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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. If you go into another city or someplace new, you’ve traveled.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. If you go into another city or someplace new, you’ve traveled.

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Digital Nomad Numbers Skyrocket Thanks to Work From Anywhere

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million in 2019 to 10.9   As the report chart below shows, the number of digital nomads with traditional jobs roughly doubled from 2019 to 2020. Because of this, only 1 out of 4 (24 percent) American digital nomads said they plan to travel internationally over the next year. The number of U.S. digital nomads grew from 7.3

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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Allwork.Space and Alliance Virtual Offices conducted a survey, and also analyzed third party research, to understand how remote work impacts individuals’ health and wellbeing. . 2019). . Those with no commutes also reap the benefits of additional sleep time which is linked to many health benefits. . DeFelice, M.,

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How to Prevent Burnout

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Stress is part of everyday modern life, but the never-ending to-do lists, demands and added responsibilities wreak havoc on our health and productivity. . Travel Association , 768 million vacation days went unused by employees in 2019, and 236 million of those had to be forfeited entirely. The important term here is “unrelieved.”

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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. A 2019 article published in the Journal of Applied Business and Economics looked at work boundaries and both the ability and willingness of employees to disconnect from technology.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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You might find yourself naming things like “beauty,” “health,” “community,” “family” or even something grander, like “justice.” Maybe over your lifetime you were an intrepid traveler. This article was published in November 2019 and has been updated. Tap into your core values. What’s most important to you?