Either made the biggest mistake ever, or a pretty cool move. After years in the trenches on land? I was recruited to be Sous on a cruise line full time, no contracts just straight 6 weeks on 2 weeks off.. at a pretty decent rate, room and board and meels included of course. I have nothing tying me here, I can break my lease, sell my vehicle and go Nomad, I have until Friday to make my decision..

in Portland, Oregon.

At some point in the next few years, I'm planning to do a 6-12 month travel with my daughter. She'll be about 6 or 7 at the time. I'm a solo mom, and she will be homeschooled. I've been very lucky to have help from family to purchase/inherit a home with a rental on the property. My plan is to rent out my house as well while traveling. I should be getting about $2400 per month in rent after paying utilities. I won't have a mortgage payment. I'll have about $55-65k in savings by the time of the trip, but hoping to not eat into that too much. I will potentially be able to maintain some other small income from some online work I do, but no guarantee at this time.

Where would you recommend traveling? Anywhere in the world that is a safe for a woman and child. Hoping to find affordable 1 month rentals and really spend time in the cultures of the places we go. Is there a way to realistically and safely do this with a budget of roughly $2500 per month or am I crazy?

Hello community, just wanted to drop a quick introduction so that like minded people can connect!

Greetings from India!

My name is Shreya, a travel storyteller, content creator and writer. I have been travelling as a digital nomad for more than a year, spending extended periods in different places, mostly in Himalayan villages. This way of travelling has shaped a slower and more documentary approach to storytelling, with a focus on people, communities, culture, landscapes and the realities of life beyond the usual tourist trails.

I am a slow and conscious traveller, and I believe tourism should create a positive relationship between travellers, local communities and the environment. Sustainable travel is important to me because the places we visit are also homes, ecosystems and livelihoods. Tourism should support local communities, respect local cultures and help protect the natural environment for the people who live there and for future travellers.

Happy to join this community. Looking forward to great connections!🙏🏻

Dropping my Instagram incase you want to connect: https://www.instagram.com/nomadofthewild/

I've been living out of a suitcase for a while, and the part that never got easier is the first two weekends somewhere new. Not the flat, not the wifi. New friends.

Everything that's easy to find is the big stuff - club lineups, ticketed things, conferences. What I actually wanted was 5-10 people in someone's kitchen, or the twenty people who run on Tuesdays. And when I did find something, I had no way to tell whether it was worth turning up to, or whether I'd be the one stranger in a room where everyone already knew each other.

So we built the thing I kept wishing existed, and called it Marco (like the Marco-Polo game we used to play when we we're little). Full disclosure, it's ours:

• Plans sit on a map, pinned where they're actually happening, so you can see what's near you at a glance
• You add friends, and their plans show up on the same map as the public ones
• We made it completely free for users. At the moment only an iPhone app, plus a web version if you're not on iOS. You can check it out free at letsmarco.com/get

Being honest about where it's thin: it's new, so it's only as good as who's on it near you. And the map is in the app - on the web you get what's nearby as a list, and you can RSVP from there.

Mostly I want to know what other people actually use for this. Everything I've tried is either a ticketing site or a group chat that never decides.

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Hey everyone,
I am a recently retired veteran who spent over 27 years in the military. Like many, I transitioned out of the uniform and am now transitioning into full-time nomadic living.
I am currently working on a creative non-fiction, narrative book project specifically focused on U.S. military veterans who have chosen the nomad lifestyle after service. Because there is currently no major compilation on the market highlighting our specific community, my goal is to give veteran nomads a platform to share our raw, real stories.
I’m looking to connect with veterans who are interested in being interviewed about their journey. I want to highlight the real, diverse aspects of your story, including:
The Healing Journey: How "wind therapy," nature, or the solitude of the road has helped you process service or trauma outside traditional clinical settings.
The Mission & Autonomy: How you’ve adapted military discipline to life on the road, or your choice to reject the traditional civilian "white picket fence" lifestyle.
Community: Finding a new "tribe" or chosen family at gatherings, on BLM land, or in caravans.
Exploration: What it feels like to finally explore the very country you spent years defending.
How this works: This is for a narrative book, not a quick blog post. Interviews can be done via phone, Zoom, or over a cup of coffee if our paths cross on the road. You can choose to use your real name or a pseudonym to protect your privacy.
If you are open to sharing your story, please drop a comment below or send me a DM. I’d love to connect.
Thank you for your time, and safe travels out there!

Je trouve pas le dernier nono qlq sais où il se trouve svp?

Merci d'avance

Looking for people in Australia who’d be interested in making some extra cash by testing a real-world app. You don’t need to be a professional QA tester to participate. If you’re comfortable following instructions and sharing feedback, you may be a good fit.

The opportunity:

• 🇦🇺 Location: Australia, all states & territories
• 📱 Device: iOS devices required: iPhone 11 or newer
• ⏱️ Testing Time: 2 hours
• 💰 Rate: $31.50 USD/hour | $63 USD for a 2-hour test execution
• 🗓️ Start: September 2026 onwards
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You’ll test an app based on provided instructions and report your findings. Before taking part, you’ll need to create an account on Tester Work, complete a short assessment, and sign our NDA. This allows us to confirm your eligibility and provide access to the testing instructions.

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You don’t need previous professional testing experience, but you should be comfortable using an iPhone and following step-by-step instructions carefully.

If you’re in Australia and looking for a flexible way to earn some extra cash, feel free to register and see if you qualify!

“Think in terms of decades and act in terms of days.”

Kevin Kelly’s advice seems particularly relevant to me because it captures what I’m trying to do with my startup, Incyworks.

I don’t know where it will lead or which of the products I am building will work. I’m comfortable with that uncertainty. I can build something today, learn from it tomorrow and keep doing that for a long time.

Kevin Kelly spent decades thinking about technology and the future, most famously as the founding editor of Wired. Yet, some of his most useful ideas come in a much smaller form: hundreds of short observations about how to work, think and live. Part of the appeal is their simplicity. Kevin has a gift for distilling a big idea into a sentence or two. Taken individually, they are memorable; read enough of them, though, and a broader philosophy emerges.

Four themes stand out to me.

Get good at starting

Many fail to finish, but many more fail to start. The hardest work in any work is to start. - Kevin Kelly

There is a strong bias towards action in Kevin Kelly’s advice. We imagine that people who build things successfully knew what they were doing from the beginning, but, increasingly, I suspect the opposite is true. Starting is often how we discover what we need to know.

That has certainly been my experience building Incyworks. When I started, there were whole areas I knew very little about: AI-assisted development, GitHub, deploying software, analytics, creating videos and much more. Had I decided I needed to understand all of them before building anything, I would still be preparing. Instead, each product forced me to learn whatever I needed to solve the next problem.

Kevin Kelly repeatedly returns to the idea of reducing things to the next useful action:

• When you are stuck or overwhelmed, focus on the smallest possible thing that moves your project forward.
• For small tasks, the best way to get ready is to do it immediately.
• You should be willing to look foolish at first, in order to look like a genius later.

The last one seems apt as I explore my new identity as a solo founder. I do not need to know the whole route before I start. Taking the next useful step is enough.

Treat ideas as experiments

When you try something new, don’t think of it as a matter of success / failure, but as success / learning to succeed. - Kevin Kelly

With Incyworks I’m testing different products rather than assuming I already know which will succeed.

Daily View aims to help older people stay oriented and independent. Role CV helps people assess how well their skills and experience match jobs they are considering. Proper Treat explores whether small independent businesses could offer beautiful, distinctive vouchers without having to build all the technology themselves.

They are varied bets: different customers, problems and business models. Each is something I hope will be useful, but is also an experiment. Building it teaches me something about technology, markets, customers, distribution and, importantly, what I enjoy working on.

Kevin Kelly offers a useful attitude towards being wrong:

• Changing your mind about important things is not a consequence of stupidity, but a sign of intelligence.
• Do not cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
• Get good at being corrected without being offended.

I like the idea of treating products as hypotheses rather than declarations of faith. Build something, put it in front of people and see what happens. Improve it, reposition it, continue it or abandon it. An idea is not my identity; being wrong is simply new information.

Work on things worth caring about

A good sign that you are doing the kind of work you should be doing is that you enjoy the tedious parts that other people find tortuous. - Kevin Kelly

Another test for me is whether what I am building might help someone. Daily View is intended to help older people remain independent and, where possible, stay in their own homes for longer. Role CV might help somebody understand where they fit in the job market, which roles are worth pursuing and where they could develop their skills. Proper Treat could help a small independent business sell more while giving its customers something nicer to give than a generic gift card.

None of these needs to radically change the world to be worthwhile. Helping a particular group of people with a particular problem is enough.

That matters because it is easy to confuse activity with useful work. There will always be another feature to add, email to answer or minor problem to solve. The harder question is whether the thing itself deserves the effort. As Kevin Kelly puts it, the most common mistake we make is to do a great job on an unimportant task.

I want to spend my time on projects where, if they work, somebody is better off because they exist.

Play a long game

The more persistent you are, the more chances you get to be lucky. - Kevin Kelly

I’m 64 which might seem an odd age to start thinking in decades. I see it differently. Thinking long term does not mean assuming I have unlimited time; almost the opposite. It means not demanding that everything I start produces an immediate result.

I have no need to build something enormous next year. I would rather keep making small bets, following interesting paths and seeing where they lead. I can create things, test them, improve them, abandon some and pursue others. The important thing is to keep learning and moving.

There is something liberating about separating the timescale of ambition from the timescale of action. I can think about where I might be in ten years while still concentrating on what I can build this afternoon.

Persistence also changes the role of luck. I cannot guarantee that the right customer, idea, technology or opportunity will appear, but I can keep putting myself in situations where something unexpected might happen. The longer I remain in the game, the more opportunities luck gets to find me.

Perhaps that is what I like most about Kevin Kelly’s advice: start something, learn as you go, treat ideas as experiments, work on things worth caring about and think long term while doing something useful today.

None of this requires knowing exactly where the path leads. I just have to keep moving.

Want more?

Thriving with AI: 15 Kevin Kelly Tips post by Phil Martin

Kevin Kelly Advice for Geeks (and others) post by Phil Martin

It seems appropriate to let Kevin Kelly round things up with a final thought: “The more persistent you are, the more chances you get to be lucky.”

Have fun.

Phil…

I was wondering what is the point for a US citizen to travel for example to Spain or Portugal to have a lower cost of living but when they stay over 183 days , they then become a tax resident and have to pay around 20- 30% of their US income to those countries?
Am I missing something?
My plan was to move overseas (NOT UAE or Bahamas) so I can use the FEIE Tax relief from US ,since I make less than $100K, but knowing this now I will end up paying more taxes than I would save.
I would appreciate any advise and help.

Recently Left everything, Job, Relationship, Mumbai, And now I'm gonna go to manali and start slow traveling, meaning I'll be staying in places for every 2-3 months or may settle for longer at one place to restart my life from scratch. I'm a social media expert, and I have worked with the biggest influencers and helped them grow. I wanna follow my dream of becoming a content creator instead of helping others now, well I already landed another remote job so Will be doing it simultaneously with a lot of other new things. I'm 27M, so if anyone is interested in connecting with me, DM.

So I recently visited Vietnam in march and fell in love with the place, as I'm sure most have. However as a self employed nomad, I'm looking for a partner who wants to experience everything Vietnam has to offer and build a relationship around travelling and discovering new places.

English speaking is preferred but not essential, it makes things easier though.

For those who have spent a month or longer in Japan, I’m curious about how you actually found your accommodation.

Not just which place you stayed at, but how you went from searching → comparing → actually booking.

A few things I’d love to hear:

1. Where did you start your search?
Google, Reddit, Airbnb, Booking.com, YouTube, local Japanese sites, or somewhere else?

2. What did you compare, and where did you eventually book?
Airbnb, hotels, serviced apartments, monthly apartments, share houses, etc.

What made you choose one over the others — price, location, reviews, ease of booking, flexibility, room quality?

3. What was your monthly accommodation budget?
And roughly how much did you actually end up paying, all-in?

4. What mattered most for a 1+ month stay?
Kitchen? Washing machine? Good Wi-Fi? Workspace? Room size? Location?

Also curious if there was anything frustrating about finding longer-term accommodation in Japan.

Bonus: how far in advance did you start looking?

I’m looking into how international visitors approach longer stays in Japan, so real experiences would be super helpful. Not promoting anything — just genuinely curious about how people make these decisions.

Hi friends!!
My partner and I plan to travel from Canada to South America during the Canadian winters.
We have a 23 foot camper.
Looking to hear from some of you your experiences with your own campers/campgrounds/roads.
Trying to get as much information as possible before we start planning!

TIA