Working 70 hours a week vs. being a digital nomad

Start 2015 I proclaimed I wanted to become a digital nomad. I wanted to travel the world, work remote and see the world.

A quick definition for those unaware of the term digital nomad:

Digital nomads are people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner. Such workers typically work remotely—generally from foreign countries, coffee shops, public libraries, co-working spaces and even recreational vehicles—to accomplish tasks and goals that traditionally took place in a single, stationary workplace.)

It was something I had dreamed to do for a long while. Being able to live where I wanted, work when I wanted and see what I wanted – not limited by geography.

In 2015 I managed to get that to work. I managed to be able to pull a stable 50k DKK salary a month (roughly 7.5k USD) from running my remote outsourcing company – and I could have increased that and been living like a king in most places of the world. I lived in Thailand and Philippines. I worked from Malaga. I worked from Bucharest. I worked from Hong Kong. I worked from Berlin.
– All amazing places – especially since I had/have friends and family in those places.

Continue reading Working 70 hours a week vs. being a digital nomad

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Goals for 2016 and reflections on 20

Goals for 2016 and reflections on 2015

Last year I made a reflection post about 2014, and that was a great experience for me personally; I want to do the same this year.

Last year I started out the post with the following:

“2014 has been the best year of my life. I say this every year, but it’s comforting to know I can keep saying it.”

Is the same true for 2015?

Continue reading Goals for 2016 and reflections on 20

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Updating your goals every month keeps ambitions high

I think one of the most important things in our lives are ambition. Ambition to do more and live “bigger” lives.

I wake up every day and believe I can change the world and get everything I want. I believe I can not only have a huge impact, but also have great friends, be very healthy and be very wealthy.

Continue reading Updating your goals every month keeps ambitions high

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Review and experiences with Joylent – a Soylent copy

A couple of years back, the company Soylent started with a blog post.

Rob Rhinehart posted that he had mixed his own cocktail of stuff, by which he meant everything the body needed (including vitamins, proteins, fats, carbohydrates and whatever is required). Instead of making food, he could store this as a type of powder and eat it.

Continue reading Review and experiences with Joylent – a Soylent copy

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

How is the startup scene and community in the Philippines?

I spent June in the Philippines, working my ass off on my own startup. I also got the chance to learn much more about the startup scene in the Philippines. With that in mind, I thought it deserved a blog post.

Now, I was extremely lucky that David Margendorff from PawnHero and John Dang from Zipmatch wanted to chip in to give a more diverse view of how they see the startup community and scene. PawnHero and Zipmatch are established businesses in the Philippines, and they basically know everything there is to know about the scene.

Before we dig in, I think it’s important to provide some context. Not all readers are very familiar with the Philippines, and context matters, as it is an extremely exciting market worth exploring.

Continue reading How is the startup scene and community in the Philippines?

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Being sick as a digital nomad – when a disease hits you

Being a digital nomad is awesome most of the time. You get to see the world, work from different places, and meet a lot of new people. It’s fun, it’s challenging and it is a trend on the rise.

I like graphs, and in this post I’d like to introduce a graph which shows the way I see human emotion. It’s based on a simple fact: Sometimes we, as human beings, are happy and satisfied. Sometimes we’re sad and dissatisfied.

If we draw this graph for normal human beings, it should look something like a sine wave, going from “good to bad to good to bad to good”. Hopefully having more good than bad:

Continue reading Being sick as a digital nomad – when a disease hits you

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Uber in Manila (Philippines) – how good is it?

I am a huge Uber fan and I use it everywhere I go. I’ve always been pleasantly surprised by its service and quality. I have used Uber in Denmark, United States, Thailand and now the Philippines.

Now, the reason why I want to make this post, is because the Uber experience in the Philippines is very different than any other country.

There are some good, and some bad things about it.

Continue reading Uber in Manila (Philippines) – how good is it?

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Self-improvement can be very difficult – also when travelling

While I am travelling the world as a digital nomad, I am also trying to improve myself. This is something I’ve done since I made a lot of ridiculously ambitious goals when I was 18 years old.

Now, improving yourself is fucking difficult. You set a goal, lets say loose 10 kgs, and you’re super determined. Well. Until you get caught up, and is having food-sex with that amazing Ben & Jerries ice cream. That’s life, and it happens to anyone. However, luckily enough, sometimes we manage to break our patterns and thereby changing our actions until they become habits.

Continue reading Self-improvement can be very difficult – also when travelling

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

How different countries affect you emotionally and mentally – and a self-improvement followup

Today I learned something new.

I have traveled a lot before. I’ve spent months travelling. I have lived in Hong Kong for 3 months, before spending 3 months in Manila. I would say I am quite a seasoned traveler and know my way around. Yet, I still learned something critical after arriving in Hong Kong yesterday.

In order to explain better, let me explain a bit about myself:
I see myself as a “high performer”. I don’t try to be Elon Musk and work myself tirelessly 20 hours a day to save the planet (even though I probably should… later in life), but I do try to get the most out of life.

Continue reading How different countries affect you emotionally and mentally – and a self-improvement followup

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂

Review of Amazon Machine learning – first experience with machine learning

 

I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering from the best technical university in Denmark. I have a Master’s Degree in Business.

I see myself as quite a technical person. My job is to make sure that the developers in my company make great code, and that we pick the right architectural decisions. We do a good job, and our customers seem to love us (well, they keep buying stuff!).

But I am a business guy. From a business perspective, I am totally hyped about machine learning and artificial intelligence (which for some reason is the same in my mind – well, let us say – was). I believe it’s the future, and I totally want to build the next “machine-learning”-applied product that will conquer the world.

But I have no experience with machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning or any of the other fancy words I’ve read.

Continue reading Review of Amazon Machine learning – first experience with machine learning

I am on Twitter. If you found the post interesting, you should follow me. 🙂