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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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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

When you’re one half of a couple, frequent business travel can take its toll on your relationship. However, for some business travellers (and even their partners) there is a middle ground. Bleisure’ travel – as it has been dubbed by some in the travel industry – is the mixing of business trips with leisure experiences.

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Bethenny Frankel Wants to Give You Love & Career Advice

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and has expanded its lifestyle brand into food, wellness and other products marketed to women. This was a light day for me because it was also a travel day!” This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. Skinnygirl Cocktails was one of the fastest-growing spirits brands in the U.S.

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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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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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After a major activewear retailer copied multiple designs in 2015, K-DEER fans started the hashtag #IStandWithKDEER to express their support for K-DEER and call for a boycott, which ultimately led the brand to pull the items. For the past 12 years, its entire supply chain traveled less than 250 miles. “We An abrupt stop.

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Tracking the Digital Nomad Trend

Small Business Labs

Digital nomads - folks with a location-independent work and lifestyle that allows them to roam the earth working anywhere that has a good Internet connection - are getting a lot of attention these days.  My guess is this term will have 3x or so the number of citations in 2015 than it did in 2014. 

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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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