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Published in Globetrotters

·3 hours ago

This Is the Single Biggest Issue with Long-Term Travel — It Might Not Be What You’re Expecting

“Home” feels a long way away right now — In the middle of the night a few weeks ago my husband threw up and then passed out. Multiple times. As I sat with him wondering how bad it has to get before I call for an ambulance, (fainting is super scary when they keep passing out halfway through a…

Travel

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This Is the Single Biggest Issue with Long-Term Travel — It Might Not Be What You’re Expecting
This Is the Single Biggest Issue with Long-Term Travel — It Might Not Be What You’re Expecting
Travel

5 min read


Published in City Life

·3 hours ago

One Big, Glaring Advantage to Apartment Living That Is Rarely Talked About (And Will Let You Sleep like a Baby)

I just want to sleep well at night — I will defend apartment living until I die. Even if I choose to live in a house again, I would never look down upon, belittle or tell people they’re ridiculous for their single-story-living choices. In fact, I think they’re really rather clever, but perhaps not for the reason you might…

Apartments

4 min read

One Big, Glaring Advantage to Apartment Living That Is Rarely Talked About (And Will Let You Sleep…
One Big, Glaring Advantage to Apartment Living That Is Rarely Talked About (And Will Let You Sleep…
Apartments

4 min read


Published in In Fitness And In Health

·1 day ago

As a Sommelier This Is the One Thing I Wish Everyone Knew About Alcohol and Health (That Is Seldom Talked About)

Not all alcohol is made equal — Whether you like this fact or not, a lot of people in the Western world choose to drink alcohol. It’s been like that for 9000 years. If you’re someone who chooses to imbibe, I have some really important news for you. Something I have never seen talked about — especially…

Health

6 min read

As a Sommelier This Is the One Thing I Wish Everyone Knew About Alcohol and Health (That Is Seldom…
As a Sommelier This Is the One Thing I Wish Everyone Knew About Alcohol and Health (That Is Seldom…
Health

6 min read


Published in Making of a Millionaire

·5 days ago

6 Real-Life Human Beings Who Live Phenomenal Lives by Rejecting Lifestyle Inflation

These people prioritize living over stuff and are reaping the rewards for it — Lifestyle inflation —increasing your spending as you make more money — is phenomenally dull. It sucks the life out of you and your spare time. It is a very effective distraction from undertaking interesting, fun stuff. The best, most interesting people I know don’t care about lifestyle creep. It’s exactly…

Money

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6 Real-Life Human Beings Who Live Phenomenal Lives by Rejecting Lifestyle Inflation
6 Real-Life Human Beings Who Live Phenomenal Lives by Rejecting Lifestyle Inflation
Money

5 min read


Mar 15

Airbnb Hosts Almost Never Get It Right. Here’s Everything Your Customers Really Want (An In-Depth, Practical Guide)

Born from equal amounts of experience and frustration — Despite my very public (and viral) breakup with Airbnb, I still want to write this guide. A guide to exactly what people want from their short to medium-term accommodation. Partly because I’ve spent 10 years on the platform — the last 3 of which have been full-time — and thus…

Airbnb

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Airbnb Hosts Almost Never Get It Right.
Airbnb Hosts Almost Never Get It Right.
Airbnb

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Published in Better Marketing

·Mar 13

This Is What It’s like to Be Singled out as a “Featured Publication” on Substack’s Homepage

An honest account of the good and the bad — It took some digging to find out why I woke up to hundreds of new Substack subscribers. I had no idea. Then the email came through. …

Marketing

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This Is What It’s like to Be Singled out as a “Featured Publication” on Substack’s Homepage
This Is What It’s like to Be Singled out as a “Featured Publication” on Substack’s Homepage
Marketing

5 min read


Published in Making of a Millionaire

·Mar 8

You Spend Money Because You’re Bored

Stem the boredom, stem the spending — Humans spend roughly 30% of their time bored out of their brains — and companies know exactly how to capitalize on that. We are very, very good at stemming boredom with spending money. …

Money

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You Spend Money Because You’re Bored
You Spend Money Because You’re Bored
Money

5 min read


Published in Simple + Straightforward

·Mar 6

Liquor-Making French Monks Are Sticking Two Fingers up to Capitalist Growth and I Love Them for It

They’re restricting the production of Chartreuse to devote more time to solitude and prayer — If you like spirits and have never tasted Chartreuse, you’re missing out. It’s one of those fabled liqueurs whose story has reached almost mythical status. For nearly 300 years, Carthusian monks living deep in the French Alps make a spirit from a secret recipe of 130 herbs, plants, and flowers…

Capitalism

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Liquor-Making French Monks Are Sticking Two Fingers up to Capitalist Growth and I Love Them for It
Liquor-Making French Monks Are Sticking Two Fingers up to Capitalist Growth and I Love Them for It
Capitalism

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Published in Simple + Straightforward

·Mar 2

She Was Eight Months Pregnant When They Bundled Her into a Loudspeaker Cabinet and Loaded Her onto the Back of a Truck

A true story that shows how perspective is everything — This was Romania in the 1970s. She was a local woman who was terrified of giving birth in her local hospital. She’d heard stories about what they were like under — what was then — dictatorial Communist rule. Instead, she took the place of a musician in a rebellious Romanian…

Self

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She Was Eight Months Pregnant When They Bundled Her into a Loudspeaker Cabinet and Loaded Her onto…
She Was Eight Months Pregnant When They Bundled Her into a Loudspeaker Cabinet and Loaded Her onto…
Self

5 min read


Published in Mind Cafe

·Mar 1

The Quiet Power of Rejecting “Comfort Creep”

The more comfortable you are, the more uncomfortable life can be — There’s a viral Instagram reel doing the rounds of a girl sleeping under a pile of coats at a party in her twenties. …

Life

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The Quiet Power of Rejecting “Comfort Creep”
The Quiet Power of Rejecting “Comfort Creep”
Life

4 min read

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Charlie Brown

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Writer of opinions. Wine pro. Simple words designed for a simple life. Also at simpleandstraightforward.substack.com

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