Author: Marina Pappas
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Manuel Antonio: Monkeys, Toucans, and Floating Islands
Across Town Saturday morning, after a week of hectic tech problems and emotional intensity of all forms, I was finally getting ready to go on a weekend trip to Manuel Antonio, a beach town about 3 hours outside the city of San Jose. I was meeting some news friends across town to take the drive…
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Week 1: Costa Rica
What could happen? Name the worst thing that could happen to a Digital Nomad when they reach their destination. If you said, no Wi-Fi or the internet doesn’t work, then you would be right. I work for a small, Swiss company selling a very niche medical products for dentists. I work as part of customer…
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A Promise to Myself
The office neon hurts my eyes and the socks I chose this morning aren’t holding up their end of the bargain. My ankles are blistering as the cheap shoes rub against my skin, and I mentally prepare for my trip to the restroom. This building is boring like most corporate places are, so I laugh…
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A Thank You to The Universe
Progress One month and one day ago I made a promise to myself that I was going to follow my dreams and move to Costa Rica. The hope was and is that my current job will agree to let me work fully remote for the foreseeable future. This has been the plan since the beginning,…
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I’m Moving to Costa Rica
Energy Monday’s are a lot like seeing the underside of a starfish. They are never what you expect, unless you expect them to be awful, because in that case they most certainly will be. It is one of those unspoken rules of the universe. If you have a bruise on your ankle, someone who you…
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Doing What I Can With What I Have
It’s funny to think about what you do have when everything in the world is reminding you about things that you don’t have. I don’t have the house or the car. I don’t have the dream job or the dream relationship. Some people would look at me and my life right now and wonder what…
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