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Mind Over Matter Travel

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Elaina working on her laptop in a hammock in front of our bungalow at Atauro Dive Resort in Timor-Leste.
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We escaped a typhoon + Win a luxury European cruise!

Hello from California! I was supposed to be writing this newsletter from Taiwan, but we had a slight change of plans! We left a few days early because super typhoon Krathon is on the path to hit Taiwan any time now. Fortunately, we had the privilege of switching our flights to an earlier date. Originally, we were told the typhoon was similar to the strength of Hurricane Helene which just devastated several places on the U.S. East Coast. Luckily, it seems that the severity of the typhoon has...

25 days ago • 3 min read

Happy September! I can't believe summer is almost over. I'm writing you from Bali! We have spent the past 3 weeks here hoping to soak in the summer island vibes, but instead, we spent the first 2 weeks of it sick. We've been getting sick a LOT since becoming digital nomads, and it's one of those ugly sides to traveling that isn't shared about often. And when we do get sick, it's not just a little. Between Zac and me, it puts us down for about 2 weeks. That's why it's so important to find...

about 2 months ago • 3 min read
One of the stops on our Singapore food tour

Hi! I hope your July went swimmingly! We went on an actual vacation last month, which was incredible. I say "actual vacation," because although people think all our travels are vacations, they really aren't. A lot of the time, like today, we are locked up in our room working away on our computers. You know, we have to fund this travel lifestyle somehow! But last month, we got to go off-grid for a week with family to spend a relaxing getaway in Exumas, Bahamas. Now, back to reality (which for...

3 months ago • 4 min read