Brain Pickings
The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies …
LifeArticles
The best articles, stories, and big ideas about digital nomads, remote work, and the future of work from across the web, sorted chronologically. Since 2015, we've curated 5305 articles, written by 5805 authors from 1252 publishers.
Equitable Growth
Trying to get a grip on the gig economy
The data show that independent contractors won’t become a major share of workers anytime soon. And while the number of …
Gig EconomyRoads & Kingdoms
Japan's 105-Hour Workweek
The sheer willingness to hand over so much of a 24 hour day, almost all the waking hours of your life, to your profession, …
WorkMedium
Why I Stopped Helping People And You Should Too
My mother taught me never to give unsolicited advice, nor try to help anyone unless they ask you for it. I always thought …
LifeForbes
The Death Of The Office: What Happens When The Workspace Is Mobile, On-Demand And All About Networking
Meanwhile, for workers of all generations, working is now more than ever considered an “experience,” rather than …
Future of WorkThe Roam Diaries
As We May Live
Nearly 100 years after our modern idea of home was invented, we started a company that aims to create something better. …
Life WorkWIRED
Now Working From Home Can Be Working While Seeing the World
For champions of this lifestyle, near-constant traveling is a way to stay fresh in an industry that often requires workers to …
Digital NomadStumbling and Mumbling
Costs of under-confidence
This reminds me that one of the under-rated skills in life is the ability to know one’s skill.
LifeMedium
How I became a morning person (and why I decided to make the change)
I traded a typical night-owl schedule—up ’til midnight or later, staring at a screen, writing, doing design work, …
LifeTeleport
Five people with extremely unconventional homes
Housing can be a lot more difficult than just choosing a place and moving in. Sometimes, when the situation calls for it, …
LifeCNN
No office, no boss, no boundaries -- rise of the nomadic rich
A new breed of cash-rich, entrepreneurial mavericks is taking the dream and traveling with it. But they also pay a price
Digital NomadThe Guardian
Working gap years: how going Remote can connect you with like-minded people
Imagine travelling the world while keeping your salary – that’s the premise behind the Remote Year project.
Remote WorkBrain Pickings
How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time
“We live in a society which sees high self-esteem as a proof of well-being, but we do not want to be intimate with this …
LifenuSchool
How to Sell Without Selling
The truth about freelancing is that getting hired as a freelancer has exactly nothing to do with your abilities as a …
FreelanceThe Art of Non-Conformity
Don't Pursue Something that Someone Said You Should Want
Don’t commit to one idea of the future but instead, commit to a problem that you want to solve. Then you can stay …
LifeFormAssembly
Remote Work: The Complete Guide to Distributed Teams
When people think of work-from-home jobs, they often think back to the countless sketchy get-rich-quick (no real effort …
Remote WorkMedium
How to NOT take a photo
Next time you encounter something truly breath-taking, stop yourself from grabbing the closest image-capturing-machine. …
LifeToptal
Digital Nomads Can Manage Teams, And Manage To See The World
If you are not there yet (at a beach, that is), this article is for you. It explains how you can also achieve the luxury of …
Digital NomadYouTube
Without Bound - Perspectives on Mobile Living
Without Bound, a documentary featuring perspectives on mobile living from a group of fascinating folks who live fulfilling, …
Digital Nomad VideoProject Syndicate
Worker Protection in the Gig Economy
With the proliferation of digital job platforms, the social safety net for workers in the US – threadbare to begin with – is …
Gig EconomyThe Atlantic
What Telecommuting Looked Like in 1973
A vision of remote work from before the personal computer.
Remote WorkInside Design Blog
Remote work's next generation
But what I am questioning—for all remote employees—is what comes beyond the physical act of remote working. In other words, …
Remote WorkToptal
A Digital Nomad Adventure: Traveling with Hacker Paradise
On a two-week assignment to the up-and-coming Vietnamese town of Da Nang, amid sunshine, sand, waves, and the Vietnamese …
Digital NomadThis Is What Happens When You Try To Do the Impossible
For 5000 years or longer, humanity has driven forward with story-telling. Too many people forget that but the only way to …
LifeNPR
Map: The Most Common Job In Every State
The most common* job in each state 1978-2014.
WorkThe New York Times
Born to Be Conned
Stories are one of the most powerful forces of persuasion available to us, especially stories that fit in with our view of …
LifeHarvard Business Review
Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive
Too many companies bet on having a cut-throat, high-pressure, take-no-prisoners culture to drive their financial success. But …
WorkWhere do you see yourself after 5-10 years of freelancing?
I ask this at 37 years old, because I wish I would have asked myself this when I was in my 20’s. I can see now that I …
FreelanceCarryology
Packing List: 5-Day Documentary Trip in Nepal
Whether he’s climbing in the Himalayas or blogging in LA, Chris Brinlee Jr. is an adventurer and storyteller who …
GearEsquire
The Long Haul - One Year of Solitude on America's Highways
I graduated journalism school tens of thousands in debt, and I needed fast cash with minimum expenditures. Craigslist, I …
Work