As a digital nomad, I always prefer to work from a coffee shop, rather than from a coworking space. I don't have anything against working from coworking spaces, to be honest, and, sometimes, I go test a new space or…
We will start our journey towards a new definition and understanding of money by claiming that money is just perceived value of the interactions of a given population of actors. A more formal definition will follow soon, but for now…
There is no physical money. It’s a mental construct, a controlled hallucination shared by almost the entire population of the globe. There’s no physical object which, by itself, can have an intrinsic, exchangeable value. Even if we can identify “precious”…
The decision to leave Romania for another country was taken during 2017. I just knew that I had to leave. But the actual process materialized at the end of 2018. Partially because there were quite a few loose ends that…
Living off the grid, traveling often and working from coffee shops, all of these are - theoretically - enjoyable things, but, as any activity, they have various degrees of efficiency. For instance, you may travel often, but you may not…
Being a digital nomad comes at a cost. And no, I'm not talking about a theoretical, psychological cost, but about a very earthy one: a financial cost. In order to move freely from one place to another, to function in…
Financial discipline is the most underrated, ignored and, at the same time, extremely useful trait that one can develop. Because, you see, there is a big tension on both these words: "financial" and "discipline". One one side, when it comes…
Valencia is probably one of the most cosmopolite cities in the world, and definitely the most cosmopolite I ever lived in. Since I moved here, 4 months ago, there wasn't a single day passed without hearing at least 4-5 different…
It so happens that during the last two years I traveled to UK a few times. I work for a company there, so I’ve been to London a couple of times each year, each stay being between one and two…
I've been into goal setting for a really, really long time in my life. I've been obsessing with countless measuring systems, productivity techniques and tons of apps and I even created my own productivity framework, called "Assess, Decide, Do". I…
Bruce Lee famously said once: "Be like water my friend, be like water. If you pour water in a bottle, water becomes the bottle." I thought a lot about stability versus fluidity lately. If you look at these two concepts…