Kristen Suzanne

Denmark to Housesit – Our Digital Nomad Family’s Next Stop

March 4, 2019 By Kristen Suzanne

My digital nomad family is headed to our next adventure. Housesitting in Denmark!

We’re wrapping up our time in Split, Croatia this week. It’s been two months. This location has been amazing for the proximity to the Adriatic Sea, the depth of history right next door to our apartment, the (mostly) decent weather (especially for winter), and the frugal opportunity to stay in Europe.

Cafes for drinking coffee and hanging with friends.

If you’re a digital nomad family (or solo) there are plenty of cafes for working, but the main thing I’ve noticed … cafes are for socializing with friends and not working here! Croatians take their coffee and cafes seriously, and they’re filled with people actually making eye contact and talking – not working or looking at phones.

So, though we worked in cafes, alerting everyone that we are obviously not locals, it was not the norm here. I appreciate that part of the culture – love it, but as nomads, we love and need a place to work that’s not always our apartment.

Split Croatia for My Digital Nomad Family

January 20, 2019 By Kristen Suzanne

Bakery in Split, Croatia with my co-pilot.

My digital nomad family is living in Split, Croatia.

After we left Porto, Portugal, we went to housesit for a family in Denmark. It was a repeat housesit as we first housesat for them in March when we launched our world travels. (If you’d like to learn more about housesitting as a great way to travel on a budget, check out my book How to Win At Housesitting.)

Then we traveled to Split, Croatia.

A lot of non-GoT fans might ask, “Why Croatia?”

I’m Going to Write Fiction (Part 3): Update

January 16, 2019 By Kristen Suzanne

My ambition for writing got the better of me.

I suppose that’s kind of cool (tons of ambition), but I had to put the brakes on my writing schedule.

I don’t have the bandwidth to pursue this like I thought.

Something (or someone) suffers.

As most of you know, we’re traveling the world as a family – a digital nomad family. That means we’re homeschooling and worldschooling our daughter, too. The short of it is that when I “work” my daughter doesn’t get a patient mom.

Homeschooling is a lot of effort, and my former process of managing it (versus being a more active participant) doesn’t feel right in my gut.

My intuition is telling me to slow the fuck down.

I’m Going to Write Fiction (Part 2): Here’s My Writing Schedule

December 15, 2018 By Kristen Suzanne

True to my word last week, I’m deep in my process of writing fiction.

More specifically, I’m following the little plan I set for myself. That means I’m reading two kinds of books, simultaneously, and doing a little writing also. Read more here, where I told all of you about my ambitious plan to write fiction.

I’m reading both novels and “how to write” non-fiction books.

It’s been interesting to read the both side-by-side. As I learn more on the “how to” side, I’m noticing things while reading fiction! Learning the language of how to write helps me see these very aspects in others’ writing. I have many “Oh, I see that thing I just learned about!” or “The author did a great example of ‘showing’ and not telling.” etc.

Your Brain When Writing

In one of the books I mentioned I’d be reading, The Writer’s Process, the author did a great job showing how we use our brains when writing. She also gives advice on how to optimize that. In other words, she details how we have a scribe and a muse in our brain. Plus she teaches the best way to get into flow so you can use both at the same time.

Make a Schedule

The author also talked about the importance of having a schedule for writing – and she backs it up with science along with a clever way of comparing it to baking bread, in which I have excellent experience (learn my process for how to make sourdough bread here!).

She writes, “Schedules give us strength.”

That brings me to today’s update for you.

Inspired, I created a schedule, and I want to share it with you for three reasons.

My Favorite Travel Shampoo – Shampoo Bar

December 12, 2018 By Kristen Suzanne

My favorite travel shampoo: Shampoo Bar.

As a traveler I look for ways to save on space, weight, as well as taking as much in my carry-on as I can.

It’s not easy.

Because we travel for extended periods of time, I prefer taking some beauty products in full-size so they last me at least a month. As a result, with TSA restrictions on liquids I have a hard time getting all of my beauty products in that small zip-bag.

And this limits me in the number of different products I can take in my carry-on. That’s not good when it comes to beauty products.

There’s a way to help though!

I’m Going to Write Fiction

December 11, 2018 By Kristen Suzanne

I’ve decided to try my hand at writing fiction.

Confession: I have no idea what I’m doing.

I never excelled at telling Kamea bedtime stories. That was Greg’s department. I certainly never considered myself as a fiction writer. The gall! Thinking of myself as a storyteller just didn’t register on my radar. Frankly, I didn’t think I was creative enough.

But… I know better. My father-in-law is Shad Helmstetter (author), and I know to watch my “self-talk.”

Here are my thoughts. I love to read. I love to write. Whether it’s blogging, journaling, emailing, or making a million to-do lists. Plus, making a living with words is attractive. I’m a digital nomad traveling the world with my family, and I’m immersed in many unique experiences. I’m surrounded by new material every time I step out our front door.

Denmark to Housesit – Our Digital Nomad Family’s Next Stop

My digital nomad family is headed to our next adventure. Housesitting in Denmark!

Cafes for drinking coffee and hanging with friends.

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