As attractive and easy as working on from that hammock might appear on Instagram, anyone doing the digital nomad thing quickly realises that, as incredibly lucky as we are to be able to work and travel, keeping a business afloat when you’re on the road isn’t exactly a stroll on the beach. Now, I have […]
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Slow Travel: Durres>Bari and Civitavecchia>Barcelona as a Ferry Foot Passenger
Before I started trying to fly less, I had no idea you could get to quite so many places by ferry. I’ve already written all about why I’ve been trying to opt for ferries as a more eco-friendly way to travel, and my experiences chugging between Spain and the UK. But now I’m here to […]
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Slow Travel: Spain <> UK as a Ferry Foot Passenger
It was only a couple of years ago that I realised my (mostly) vegan existence didn’t justify or offset my flying habit. Since then, I’ve been making an effort to reduce the amount of flying I do. I started off well, taking my first rail and ferry trip from Granada to Cornwall back in autumn […]
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Money, Motivation, Creativity: the Ups and Downs of Freelancing
In the freelance realm of social media, we all see a lot of talk about feast or famine. A phrase generally used to talk about the financial ups and downs of freelance life. Because god forbid you’d actually have a nice, steady flow of work, month in, month out. You’re either drowning under client emails […]
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Tips for Translators: Why It’s Okay to Go Back to Language School
Once you’re working as a professional freelance translator, there’s this idea that you should be a walking bi-, tri- or polylingual dictionary. That you should know absolutely everything there is to know about your source language(s). And god forbid should you ever make a mistake. But the reality is that, over time, language skills fade […]
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