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The Startup

How to Double Your 9–5 Salary in 12 Months

Strategies for staying at your current company or moving on that avoid the typical advice offered by popular career websites. …

The Guardian

Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours

My life seemed to be getting busier, faster: I felt constantly short of time – so I stepped outside it for a day and a night …

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 28 new remote jobs.

Doteveryone

Better work in the gig economy

Enabling gig workers to live with financial security, dignity and dreams.

Miro Blog

Why the remote work trend really matters, in 19 tweets

I scoured what leading voices on Remote Twitter (you heard it here first!) are talking about to paint a meatier picture of …

GitHub

Freelancing in Finland

The ultimate resource for transitioning to freelancing in Finland for software developers.

TED

To get through life, we all need to ask for help — here's how NOT to do it

Social psychologist Heidi Grant shares 4 common ways that we inadvertently make things weird for other people when we request …

The Startup

How I Stumbled into Digital Nomadism and Backpacked Around the World

I think the world has a way of providing for those who allow themselves the opportunity to stumble along instead of …

BBC

How the Japanese are putting an end to extreme work weeks

Employees in the country whose brutal office culture has led to several deaths are beginning to rethink the tradition.

Heated

Order Tomato Juice on Your Next Flight

Tomato juice is one of the most popular drinks served by flight attendants, yet how often do you see someone drinking the red …

CNN

There's a new obstacle to landing a job after college: Getting approved by AI

College career centers used to prepare students for job interviews by helping them learn how to dress appropriately or write …

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 26 new remote jobs.

Reddit

I'm Scott from Scott's Cheap Flights. Here to help your 2020 travel resolution & answer all your flight questions for the next 12 hours! AMA

Once a year, I like to take off “work” and devote a full day to fielding all the flight booking-related questions …

BBC

Why procrastination is about managing emotions, not time

Experts like Tim Pychyl at Carleton University in Canada and his collaborator Fuschia Sirois at the University of Sheffield …

The New York Times

How the 'Sharing' Economy Erodes Both Privacy and Trust

To participate in services like Airbnb, you have to expose yourself.

Travel Stack Exchange

What's the longest distance that can be traveled by only using free transportation?

As an example, public transportation within the Melbourne city center is free, so one could take a free tram between Spring …

Nat Eliason

Making Money, Making Happiness

Having money is unlikely to make you happy. But earning money can make you very happy. Depending on how you get it.

Medium

We need Remote Work culture now — More than ever.

Instead of raising the standards of living across the global and making the dominant work culture more accessible to workers …

deprocrastination

3 tricks to start working despite not feeling like it

Is it time to go “screw it, let’s do it”?

Could a deliberately sloppy start help you move forward?

Or …

Ars Technica

The tools and tricks that let Ars Technica function without a physical office

Looking at the “future of work” with a team that’s been living it for two decades.

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 27 new remote jobs, and includes a feature on Plex.

Naval

Finding Time to Invest in Yourself

If you have to work a “normal job,” take on accountability to build your specific knowledge.

ABC

People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life, survey shows

The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer - now in its 20th year - has found many people no longer believe working hard will give them …

Reddit

First time as a digital nomad and it's more of a transition than i thought

Ive solo travelled on a few multi-month trips before, but this is my first time working at the same time.

And im finding …

Hailley Griffis

The 6 Rules I Live by For Working From Home

I’ve worked 100% remotely for almost four years now. While I’ve worked from a variety of locations and I’ve …

Rolling Stone

Who's Allowed to Use Airbnb?

Airbnb owns an algorithm that can scrub their platform of those who are deemed “untrustworthy” — and sex workers, …

Ars Technica

Letting slower passengers board airplane first really is faster, study finds

Commercial airlines often prioritize boarding for passengers traveling with small children, or for those who need extra …

Reddit

Why do people get annoyed at the term of "digital nomad"?

What are y’alls thoughts? Why has it gotten a negative or annoying connotation lately?

Los Angeles Times

Airbnb and similar sites don't show fees upfront. People are mad about it

Properties listed for rent on Airbnb routinely charge cleaning and other fees, some substantial, but such extra costs seldom …