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Arrr-guably Similar: How Coworking Channels The Rebel Spirit Of Pirates

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Choosing life at sea gave pirates the freedom to do something different, much like the coworking model provides an alternative working lifestyle between the office and working from home. The emergence of coworking around 2005 provided an alternative lifestyle, too. For pirates, the community spirit ensured human survival.

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The FIRE Movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) and Independent Work

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The New York Times article  How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank nicely covers the " growing movement of young professionals who are intently focused on quitting their jobs forever." " It's called the FIRE movement and the acronym stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early.

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Live to 100: 4 Takeaways from the Netflix Docuseries to Help You Live Better and Longer

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Contextualizing Netflix’s ‘Live to 100’ for modern times Darnell Cox is a healthy aging expert, gerontologist and lifestyle coach with a popular YouTube channel and blog through her business Live Young Lifestyle. Try these lifestyle tips Revamping your lifestyle choices is no quick fix, but the potential prize is worth the effort.

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Modern Homesteading and the Trend Towards Greater Independence

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The trend towards desiring greater levels independence - and the autonomy, control and flexibility that comes with it - takes many forms.  For example, the growing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is all about independence.  Data on how many people are pursuing this lifestyle is non-existent.

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Defining The Future Of Work: Key Terms To Know For 2023

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Digital nomads normally require a work visa or a travel visa and are able to enjoy their work/lifestyle with the help of mobile technology, wireless Internet connectivity and cloud computing. Lifestyle Design . Often associated with digital nomads, people who have a location-independent lifestyle are not tied to any particular place.

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The New Migrant Workers: "Workampers", "Vanlifers" and Digital Nomads

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The new migrants are often choosing this as a lifestyle or doing it to supplement their retirement. In other words, workampers are a form of migrant workers that travel around in RVs funding their travels with some form of work.  Fundamental changes in the U.S. Paid referral bonuses.

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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

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Come high summer, around July, farmers are in the fields pruning trees by hand to shape the conifers into the perfect Christmas-tree form. We loved the idea of farming Christmas trees and giving our children that lifestyle.” Throughout the spring and summer, farmers then plant cover crops, spray for pests and fertilize.

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