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Rikki A
@rikki-brm
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Write for a living & books, bikes & beverages for fun.
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https://www.ownupgrownup.com
Created
June 4, 2017
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rikki-brm
remotework
2018-03-28 04:27
Café etiquette...for all you Steemians writing posts from coffee shops
I LOVE working from coffee shops. The smells, the calm conversations, the coffee—but it seems more and more coffee shops are setting policies against bringing your laptop. Some of my tips are pretty common
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life
2018-02-15 23:17
Working remotely and housesitting: the perfect pair
Housesitting is the perfect side gig for remote workers. Working from a hostel or Airbnb can be a bit of a nightmare—bad wifi, drunk girls giggling and slamming doors at 3 a.m., an uncomfortable twin size
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rikki-brm
writing
2018-02-01 04:08
Do you have an example of, or are you part of, a lifestyle community?
Hey Steemians! I'm working on a book idea about what I'm currently calling 'lifestyle communities': groups of people that live and work together. For example, someone I met is a member of an online education
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blog
2018-01-30 22:13
Ready to ditch the desk job? Here are three different ways to work wherever you want
Flexibility, travel, more interesting employment opportunities—these are a few of the main reasons people decide to work remotely. Sixty-eight percent of workers in the US say they expect to work more
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rikki-brm
steemit
2018-01-17 02:42
When your cryptocurrency tanks but everything is still right with the world
Got a morning text from my partner that said check your crypto—it's tanking! I checked and surely my meager investment had dropped in value, though not as much as I expected it to. My heart sank a bit
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life
2018-01-10 03:33
Why investing in real estate is only good for investors & alternatives to traditional renting/owning property
My husband and I are getting ready to finally become homeowners (probably sometime next year) and I've been looking into where we want to live, what we want to buy...or build. I refuse to be house-broke
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writing
2018-01-02 22:49
A better way to set new years resolutions
Now that the hangover's passed and my thinking is mostly clear again, I want to share a better method for setting and achieving your 2018 resolutions. I've set new years resolutions almost every year since
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rikki-brm
steem
2017-12-29 20:05
What does the Steemit community need?
I've been actively using Steemit for about a month now and am really enjoying it. I've more or less sworn off other social platforms besides Twitter...but the troll/bot problem and groundless celebrity
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rikki-brm
books
2017-12-28 05:05
Maybe the best book on writing you'll ever read
I've been writing for about 10 years now and FINALLY read Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird". Why did I wait so long?! Well, for one—I've been focused on copy and news writing for the past 10 years,
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books
2017-12-21 16:33
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder and why you should read it
“The last free place in America is a parking spot.” I just finished Jessica Bruder's "Nomadland," where she shares stories about the disappearing middle class and the growing number of people
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life
2017-12-20 20:03
Can you save money working from home?
I've been reading a lot about Millennials' issues with paying down school & consumer debt while trying to save for the future. Things look pretty dismal. I wondered if working from home could save
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life
2017-12-19 21:05
Do you work from home?
My husband surprised me while I was on a "workation" in Spain by making our bedroom closet into an office! ( I've worked as a freelancer and then from home full-time for the past 2 years. And
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rikki-brm
introduceyourself
2017-12-18 16:42
Writer, looking at new ways to live & prosper in the age of Capitalism
Hey everyone (Steemers?) I found Steemit doing some research for work (I write/research about crypto and blockchain) and immediately fell in love with the idea. Facebook infuriates me, especially with
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rikki-brm
blockchain
2017-12-18 16:20
Where are all the women in crypto?
Great story in Fortune about the gender bias in cryptocurrency and the blockchain.
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remotework
2017-12-15 17:47
Would you like the first chapter of my e-guide about remote work?
If you've ever dreamed of ditching your office job, or your finding it hard to work from home because you feel isolated, distracted, or overworked, I wrote this guide just for people like you. I've been
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rikki-brm
working
2017-12-15 17:42
Defining Your Dream and Working Remotely
I've been working remotely full-time for the past two years, which has been a really positive experience. This year, I traveled to Spain and met several "digital nomads", people working from
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books
2017-12-14 03:47
Just finished No is Not Enough by Naomi Klein ... thoughts
Naomi Klein's book "No is Not Enough" fits well with the cryptocurrency vision—taking the power away from banks and other financial institutions and middlemen, and distributing it to the people
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remotework
2017-12-14 03:40
10 years in, this is what I know about working remotely
2017 was my 10-year freelancing anniversary. I freelanced part-time until two years ago, when I launched into working from home full-time. Working remotely has completely changed how I feel about work
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millennial
2017-07-05 20:57
Overcoming doubt and discouragement
There are times when life throws everything it has at us, when our strength is tested and when our connection to our purpose in life falters. What do you do when that happens? I started a podcast in late
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