The Luxpats

Category: Go Nomad

  • 5 Nomad Books Every Traveler Should Read

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    Here are five nomad books every long term traveler should read. As we interact with the Facebook communities devoted to long term travel, we see a lot of questions from hopeful nomads who aren’t sure where to start. They have practical questions about planning and budgeting, but they also have big picture questions that are hard to answer in a…

  • Podcast Spotlight – Family Travel Resources

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    We’re featuring ourselves, as interviewed on Epic Education Radio. MORE IMPORTANTLY, we’re featuring the awesome family travel resources you can find on Epic Education Radio. Podcasts like these, more than anything else, convinced us to go nomad. Listening to current nomads talk about their lives helped us to put ourselves in their shoes and imagine what this…

  • Two Unexpected Perks of Traveling with Kids

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    Our toddler is your average imp/angel combo. On a good day he gives kisses on demand, parrots everything we say in adorable toddler-ese, and helps smaller kids climb the stairs to the slide. On the same day, he might decide it’s a good idea to collapse in the checkout line and refuse to move, or slap me in the face for…

  • February 2016 Income Report: Anticipating the Trough of Sorrow

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    Here’s how business and money went in our February Nomad Income Report. If this is your first layover with us, see also our January Nomad Income Report. As you may have read in our Podcast Spotlight, February was a sluggish month for me. The tropical heat is just not conducive to work, as least for me, and I was…

  • Nomad Trade-Offs: One Day, Two Ways

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    You’re a middle class stay-at-home Mom. What is a typical spring day like for you, at home and on the road? What are the nomad trade-offs? It’s interesting to me to compare the benefits and difficulties of both lives–the trade-offs, habit changes, and general trends. This is my entirely personal comparison of the ups and…

  • Productivity and the Power of 15 Minutes

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    What happens to productivity under the constant barrage of change that is nomadic life? How do you keep working when everyone around you is wearing a swimsuit, when your arms are tired from carrying children and suitcases, when you can never quite get all the sand out of your hair, when your flight is delayed and your baby is…

  • Nomad Money Saving: The Grouping Theory

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    Okay, the Grouping Theory is just a name I made up for our nomad money saving strategy. Basically, it’s the logic behind buying in bulk, applied to more than just commodity purchases. After a few weeks in Chiang Mai we noticed a funny little trend in our spending. One Saturday, we’d decided go to Huay Tung Lake.…

  • January 2016 Income Report: Humble Beginnings

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    And by nomad income report I really mean nomad expenditure report, in all its naked and depressing glory. I find nomad income reports incredibly helpful. The only problem is that the easiest ones to find are the ones nomads are proud of. They cite tens of thousands of earnings every month. These reports can intimidate newbies, and they often end with…

  • This is Not a Parenting Article

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    You know those parenting articles with titles like “5 Things Parents Shouldn’t Say to Childless Friends,” or “6 Ways Non-Breeders Can Relate to Parents”? This is not that kind of an article. You will not find a list of #parentingfails here, or a list of “ten ways you didn’t know you were emotionally stunting your kid,” or inexpert but strident views…

  • Nomad Spending: Optimizing for Time

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    We sold everything we owned for pragmatic reasons: we didn’t have anywhere to store it, we wouldn’t need it on the road, and we needed the money. We didn’t expect our spending habits to change just because we sold everything, but they did. Through nomad spending we realized what the president of Uruguay, José Mujica, says in this…