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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. He stumbled on a story about Matt and Jessica Johnson, an American couple who sold everything to buy a sailboat and travel the world with their cat.

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2015 Travel Trends

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There are already  lots of 2015 travel trend lists out.  According to the World Travel Market Global Trends report golf is in a decline, dropping from 25 million players in the early 2000s to 19 million in 2013. They expect these fares to continue to decline in 2015 due to increased competition.

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How Ice Cream Gave Hap Cameron Purpose & Inspired Him to Open Happy Cones

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When Hap Cameron turned 30 on 11/11/11, he had just summited Mount Kilimanjaro and was watching the sun rise from Uhuru Peak, Africa’s highest point—a poignant feat that was the symbolic cherry on top of a layered life goal of working and living on every continent by the time he was 30. I was living with my parents in their spare room.

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This Canadian Real Estate Agent Helped His Daughter Break an Unusual Guinness World Record and Found a Breakthrough of His Own

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From 2015 to 2016, Canadian real estate professionals Tom and Kerri Everitt accompanied daughter Capri (then 11) and her brother (then 9) as the former set out to sing national anthems in as many different countries as possible. Everitt says with a laugh. “I I mean, it’s impossible.”. All in one calendar year.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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One 2015 study from Northwestern University found that, in regards to sensory processing as a predictor of creative achievement, divergent thinking did not correlate with real-world creative success. In a 2015 study published in Memory & Cognition , Zabelina explored how patterns of attention may influence creativity.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female official for the NFL in 2015 and the first woman to referee the Super Bowl in 2021. Nicole Aunapu Mann and Katya Echazarreta both made history in 2022 as the first Native American woman and the first Mexican-born American woman, respectively, to travel to space. As of 2022, the U.S.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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Virtual events also saw a rise in popularity, as they allowed audiences to attend without paying for travel or worrying about exposure to COVID-19. Zoom, Google Meet, Discord and other chat services allowed families and friends to communicate across long and prolonged distances and for school and work to continue.

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