Nomad + Spice

All the books we've loved this year in which time has no meaning.

• Kit's Goodreads list grows apace!
• Shoutout to the "cozy mystery" genre (and its many subgenres), introduced to us via A Deadly Inside Scoop
• Viv's book recommendations:
  • The Guest List by Lucy Foley
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
  • Next on the list: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

• Kit's book recommendations:
  • One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London
  • The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
  • Beach Read by Emily Henry
  • Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X Kendi
  • The Deep by Rivers Solomon

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• What does the rest of 2020 look like for location independent women?
• We reflect on the first five months of the pandemic
• Marie makes the most of her new circumstances
• Viv bangs on about Couch to 5k (again. We have forgotten what we said on the previous episode)
• Tweets on capitalism
• Sarah is adjusting and adapting, and holding still
• Check out our Black Lives Matter action list
• Although her day-to-day life hasn't changed that much, Janice is being kinder to herself <3
• Sonia's benefiting from having made her travel plans a bit more flexible

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The second installment of our three-part documentary series tracking how nomads are handling this wild year.

• In our third month of lockdown (oh, sweet summer children)
• Viv's doing Couch to 5k with a remote run club
• Kit's playing Beat Saber on a VR Headset (neither of us is as good as the video)
• We read Braiding Sweetgrass in our book club
• Robin the Wandering Aunt checks in from Dallas about letting herself lean into her emotions
• Sally shows us up with really good sound quality and is definitely making the most of living on the beautiful Sunshine Coast during the pandemic
• Emily shares her lockdown experience from a small town in England

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• We offer a COVID-19 time capsule from a million years ago (March)
• Jenny Lachs shares how she was feeling in the early days of the pandemic, particularly around productivity and self-care
• We discuss how we're parenting our parents regarding coronavirus safety
• Tiff shares what it's like being stuck far from home and how the what-ifs are causing stress
• Jacqueline Jensen talks about the emotional roller coaster she's been experiencing
• Audrey paints a picture of her life and the push and pull of inside and outside
• The Washington Post graphic
• Cynthia shares how connecting with other online business owners and home workers has helped her, and reminds us that 'social distancing' is a misleading phrase
• Elly checks in from Bali and recommends Crash Landing on You on Netflix
• We talk about some online experiences (Viv's show Werewolf: Live and our friend Kayla's online yoga classes)
• Kit shares all the ways digital nomad communities (including 7in7 and Digital Nomad Girls)
• Janice shares her introvert wisdom
• Viv talks about her (short-lived) experiment in being a YouTube chef
• Maria calls in from Buenos Aires and ponders the concept of Home
• "Always look for the helpers"
• Miranda has launched www.getremoteready.com
• How to run a digital coworking session
• Sarah's Benvenuti Arts
• Tarek's Nomads Giving Back
• Cynthia's work

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• Check out Dani Donovan's cartoons!
• My Brother My Brother and Me year names
• Join Viv doing Veganuary and also Yoga with Adriene's 30 day challenge!
• Join the Charge What You're Worth Club via Patreon
• Jennifer Miller is part of Family Adventure Summit, which is like 7in7 for families!
• Nab the final spot on our Scotland reading retreat!

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• Our first-ever Reading Retreat is SOLD OUT!
• Lupita Nyong'o's perfect holiday is the same as ours
• Listen to our two-part episode on how to raise kids as a nomad: Part 1 & Part 2
• The best advice for deciding if you want kids: "You're going to regret it either way some of the time, you just have to figure out which way you'll regret less."
• Why Have Kids by Jessica Valenti is a good book to read if you're on the fence
• Audrey tells us how she feels very conflicted about having kids
• Emily lived with her niece for a year and learned it was a lot of effort to have a kid
• "Don't ask yourself if you want to have babies, ask yourself if you want offspring. Do you want adult kids?" - advice from Viv's wise friend
• Esther talks about how it's more challenging as a lesbian and how it's hard to leave a partner's child behind after a breakup
• 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage so don't ever ask someone if they're going to have a baby
• Anna talks to us about how her life changed because of her partner's job, NOT because of her baby
• Sarah talks about how meeting nomad parents have helped her realize that she can have a kid and keep her lifestyle

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• Check out our glam Albanian wedding photos in the Facebook Group
• Kit wrote about why 7in7 is exclusively for experienced nomads - because the truth is most don't make it past the one-year mark
• Buffer's annual State of Remote Work Report
• Digital Nomad Girls has a great resource where 50 women share their nomad jobs
• Hannah Dixon's 5 Day VA Challenge and the Bucketlist Bombshells' courses are two programs that we know actually work to help total newbies get started
• Audrey from The F School says we shouldn't listen to other's opinions
• Robin from Wandering Aunt advises newbies to take things at their own pace
• Sarah tells you to JUST GO!
• ALWAYS ask for a Speedtest

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• We recorded this in summer, but it got pushed back by some of our other episodes, and we're thrilled to finally get it out!
• Jenny Lachs from Digital Nomad Girls thinks nomads have a responsibility to be politically and socially active
• Activist burnout is a real thing and we need to have strategies for coping with it
• We discuss integrating activism into your work like the Australian play Kill Climate Deniers
• Audrey from The F School wants you to give money to causes you're passionate about
• Check out Lesbians Who Tech!
• Who wouldn't love cuddling kittens at Coco's Animal Welfare in Playa del Carmen?
• Vianessa Castaños reminds us that we need to be aware of the politics in the places we want to visit
• Ambar Januel encourages us to be consistent with a cause!
• Phonebanking and textbanking are ways you can help get out the vote no matter where you are!
• RAICES Texas is a great organization supporting immigrant rights in the US
• Go to the Nomad + Spice Facebook Page to raise money for _________
• Women on Waves gets abortions to women via boat - support them! - and check out their map of reproductive rights
• These Come From Trees stickers!
• Sami Gardner gives free career coaching to underrepresented women and prioritizes women, queer people, and minorities in the hiring process for her clients
• Here's the article on making what you do explicitly political

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• Check out our Reading Retreat in a Scottish Castle! Just ONE spot left!
• A mother-daughter team created the Myers-Briggs test in the 1940s, based on a discredited idea from Carl Jung
• It's now a $20 million per year industry
• Viv's article on the Myers-Briggs
• Vox's mini-documentary on the Myers-Briggs
• Janice from the Career Introvert thinks the personality tests can sway how we act
• Viv's concern with these tests is that they don't adapt, grow, and change with you
• Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Quiz and her blog post describing it as a more focused test
• Here's the adapted Pottermore quiz that gives you all your Hogwarts House percentages, if you want to find out how much Slytherin you have in you
• Here's what little kids are learning about Growth Mindsets in school these days
• Michelle from Intentional Travelers finds that the tests help her work better with others
• Sami says they satisfy her curiosity
• The Forer effect shows how we believe that standard reports are customized just for us
• The Enneagram model is super old
• "Horoscopes for business people": What Your Myers- Briggs Personality Type Means For Your Career in Forbes
• Sally discovered some very helpful insights about friendship and loyalty from her personality type
• The Notes From Your Therapist Instagram account is wonderful
• Burnout is now a legitimate syndrome according to the UN

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• Viv's going to bootcamp run by a 60-year-old Dolly Parton lookalike 🙌
• There's a coworking space with a climbing wall in London, and we want more
• Shout out to Very Nomad Problems' Nomad Olympics
• Friend of the show Jenny Lachs likes the "evil" Carrot Fit app
• Kit likes trying new things with ClassPass
• Kayla tells us how being a nomad makes keeping fit more fun
• Kit's steps were abysmal in 2018 because she was mostly in hot places
• We chat clothes, gear, and why we live in leggings
• Invest in good bras!! We recommend Enell for super-bouncy activities
• Michelle works out 6 days a week and recommends "silent workouts for small spaces" on hoypro.com
• We have to battle the internalized sexism that says sports are for boys
• We love dance parties like Seen on Screen in London and Shut Up & Dance in Wellington
• Marbree hikes to meet people and is more fit now than she was before becoming a nomad
• The women of our Facebook Group give GREAT tips for new workouts to try!
• Michelle talks about how the Four Tendencies can help us plan better workouts

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