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 Healthy food is important to Adrian. This is an excerpt from the September 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
I continue my interview with Adrian S., a married man with a family who sold most of his possessions in search of a better life. Links to earlier parts of the interview can be found at the end of this post.
Adrian S: Well, we’re planning to go to Paraguay this year but we’re still researching what they would require for health examinations. I really don’t want to get shots from some Rockefeller allopathic doctor who’s going to stick me a mercury barb.
Jennifer Barry: Yeah, I can understand that. I have not gotten any vaccines in a while and one of the last ones I did was Hepatitis B, and I reacted poorly to that. I think that vaccine is still affecting me 15 years later. Continue reading Stranger in His Own Land, Part 6
I now have a guest post up at Deb and Dave’s travel blog, theplanetd.com called Cowboys and Culture. You are probably very familiar with their awesome website since I link to them at least once a month. Here is an excerpt from my post on their website:
Although it’s the seventeenth biggest [...]
 If you read this blog regularly, you know I haven’t done much to “monetize” it. I don’t have a lot of ads or affiliate links because I only promote things that I believe in and have tried out for myself.
However, when I read that Wandering Earl was coming out with a guide to cruise ship jobs, I had to check it out. I knew he had years of experience on ships, so I was sure he had a lot of information to share. Earl was kind enough to send me a draft copy to read, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Earl (aka Derek Baron) teamed up with another cruise veteran, Liz Aceves, to write How to Work on a Cruise, a comprehensive guide to getting a job in this field. In 173 pages, they answer questions you didn’t know you had. They discuss every aspect of getting work on a ship, from choosing your job and picking the best cruise line for you, to designing a resume that will get attention and how to ace the interview. Earl and Liz even tell you how to pack for your first cruise ship contract! Continue reading Insider Secrets: Get a Job on a Cruise Ship
 Decide if college is worth the time and money. This is an excerpt from the May 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
Skepticism about the value of a college education is totally warranted. University costs have skyrocketed, but the quality of education has fallen. While the elite schools like Princeton still have great international reputations, even these exclusive institutions have dropped their standards. Between 1964 and 1993, the school year shrank 16% on average, rhetoric disappeared from curriculums, and requirements for foreign language study fell from 96% to 64% of selective colleges.
Nevertheless, it’s probably the middle tier of schools that are failing students the most. Unlike community and junior colleges which have mandates to accept almost anyone, these institutions can be more discriminating about the candidates they enroll. Nevertheless, many public universities have shockingly bad graduation rates, such as the University of Massachusetts Boston, which only awards degrees to 33% of its students within six years. Continue reading Is College Worth It? Part 2
Here is the fifth installment of my series which spotlights content I’ve been enjoying the past couple of weeks. These links are listed in no particular order. I hope they help you to live a little more richly!
I’m pretty new to blogging (less than 7 months), so I regularly read articles [...]
 This is a continuation of my interview with Adrian S., a married man with a family who sold most of his possessions in search of a better life. Links to earlier parts of the interview can be found below.
Jennifer Barry: Did you tell me you’re going to Paraguay next?
Adrian S: We went to Panamá, and then we started looking more closely at places we might want to live. It’s been an internet search so far. Uruguay is near the top of our list because it has more of a European population, people who are more similar to our children. The average young person living in a small town in Panamá didn’t have a lot in common with our kids. There seems to be such a huge gap between their life experiences that it’s difficult to overcome. I don’t know that it’ll be better in some other place. There were a lot of things about Uruguay that looked good. Continue reading Stranger in His Own Land, Part 5
This is an excerpt from the  May 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
As part of my effort to help readers “live richly,” I’ve tried to steer you away from financial disasters. I warned you of debt pitfalls in 7 Debt Survival Tips, and talked about real estate dangers in Home Sweet Home or Debt Trap?
However, there is one area I haven’t mentioned where people borrow huge sums of money, often without any logical thought – educational loans. Americans have been conditioned to urge everyone to get a college degree, regardless of the fit between this path and the potential student. The US media sounds a constant drumbeat that college graduates earn higher salaries than workers with a high school diploma, and the highest prestige professions – like doctors and professors – require years of advanced schooling. Continue reading Is College Worth It?
 Traveling used to be a lot more dangerous. While there have always been explorers, wanderers, and people who wanted to see what was over the next hill, this group used to be dominated by single men. After all, the world was dangerous, and travel was very slow and arduous. Your ship could sink, you could be felled by an exotic disease, or you could be fatally attacked by a wild animal at any time. Even if you survived, you would not see your loved ones for many years. Mail service was nonexistent in many locations, so contact was infrequent at best.
Fast forward to today, and technology has made exploring a whole lot easier. Now single women, couples and even families can jump on a plane and go. Tours and guidebooks are readily available to make your trip go smoother, with hotels and restaurants serving all but the most remote locations. Modern medical care can treat you if you are ill, and vaccines can even prevent diseases. Animals are rarely a danger outside rural areas. Contact is cheap and frequent with the internet, and you can post pictures of your travels to Facebook or your blog before you even return home! Continue reading Mobile Lifestyle
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