livingabroad

How to Get Out of a Rut (for Cheap)

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Ruts are like leeches. One or two won’t hurt you, but given time and numbers, they’ll both suck you dry. This article looks at ways to get out of a rut (for cheap!). Read more…

Week 48 & 49 Roundup

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Vintage Krampus

How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review, How to Make Yourself Lucky, Santa’s dark half, another Matador article from this writer, and a really cool browser bookmarklet.

A Day in the Life of a Korean Student

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Korean School kids

How does Korea end up with high marks in almost every educational category? They work their ass off. This article offers a brief glimpse into the typical day of a fictional student, and a couple lessons we can learn from this student. Click the title to read more…

ESL Teaching: The Easy Way to Live Abroad

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Teaching English as a Second language can be a great way to live abroad, but there’s a lot to learn. This article covers requirements, how to find work, how to choose a destination, and a bonus section on how to be a decent (not good) teacher.

15 Things I Love About Not Driving

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road rage

When the wife and I moved to Korea, we left a lot behind behind: our family and friends, a big apartment, the comfort of the familiar, and the very icons of our Americanity: our cars. We both drove late model gas sippers. We didn’t have a choice. In our town, like most other cities in [...]

Better Packing Part 2 -How to Pack Light, Pack Less

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Walking in Rome

Let’s lose some weight! When you’re on the road, a lighter pack can give you more freedom to explore, reduce achy shoulders and feet, and make you an all-around cleverer and sexier traveler. Part 2 of Better Packing, Better Travel explores the benefits of a lighter pack and gives you some tips for dropping those pesky unwanted pounds.

Better Packing, Part 1 – How to Stay Dry on the Road

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Want to learn how to stay dry when you’re on the road? It’s easy, and once you know how you might just find yourself jumping in puddles for the sheer hell of it.

6 Ways to Stay Sane While Living Abroad

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Living abroad isn’t easy. Staying sane is even harder. I’ve relatively new at this expat business, but the past six months have been fun and rewarding. However, I sometimes wonder if my baseline for sanity is changing. I’ve met some crazy people and heard some sordid tales about people breaking down. For example, one guy [...]

5 Things I've Learned in Korea

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As of yesterday, I’ve been living and working in Korea for six months. The wife and I arrived on a cold January night, given the keys to our little apartment, and started teaching the next day. Since then we’ve developed a tenuous grip on life here, crazy as it is. I’ve become more adept with [...]

Worldwide calling, done dirt cheap

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Are you living or traveling abroad for a long time? Need a way for (not-so-tech-savvy) people at home to reach you without breaking your budget? For the past six months I’ve been using a cheap and dirty prepaid cell + Skype setup to allow people in the states to call me for the cost of [...]