So, just two days ago worldwide we celebrated International Women´s Day.A day which on the one hand always makes me happy, it´s nice that at least once a year we are taking the time and think about the fact that men and women indeed are still facing different struggles, having different opportunities and changes and that equality is still far, …
As you all know I have been NonMadding for some time now: I am a business owner and I spend quite some time on the road. But a question I have had quite often is ´how did you get to start your own business and how do you work while on the road?´. So, here is a blog dedicated to …
Happy Valentine´s Day to all! Valentine´s Day, 14th of february, El día del Amor. Growing up I thought it was stupid, because well.. I´m Dutch, and we think we are way to down-to-earth for these kind of ´American comercial stupidities´ as we called them. Luckily, I am a (little bit) more nuanced nowadays. I still wouldn´t live just for Valentine´s …
When I was working in an office, my Mondays to Fridays would basically start the same: wake up at six, get a shower and some breakfast, go to the office at 7, start working at 7.30. Swimming and lunch between 12 and 1. Work until 4.30. Go home and have an evening. Since I quit the office job almost two …
I am a remote worker, a freelancer, a surfer, an outdoor enthusiast, a wife and a mum. Another travel blog… You might ask yourself? Yes, this blog is about travel and work, and how to combine the two, or at least try to. And what special things to take into account when you are making this your lifestyle. And how …
This post appeared first on the website of my Communications Agency Sivin Communications, and was later reposted on the Travelettes forum Starting up a company and travelling. A daydream or a nightmare? Even though I had always very much enjoyed my job as Communications Specialist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and love my life in Cali (Colombia) …
I spent about two months earlier this year in the city of Bogor. This city is about 60 kilometer away from Jakarta, and is located in the west of Java island. It´s also called the ´city of rain´, because well.. there are about 300 rainstorms a year. Yes, that does indeed mean about every day. So a nice place to …
On my way from Indonesia back to Colombia I decided to make a stopover in Seoul, South Korea. There is very little I knew about South Korea, other than the fact that it is perched between Japan, Russia and China, neighbouring with that kind of mysterious country of North Korea, inspiration for the worldwide known ´Gangnam Style´ musicvideo. So there …
