HeyJaredFreedom Focus
5-time expat and former digital nomad sharing reflections and strategies for building a life guided by curiosity, with the freedom to choose where and how to live and work. Plus, lessons from building a creative side income along the way.
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One year ago, I wanted more money, more meaning, and a more satisfying life. Here’s what changed. (opens the original)
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I sent this email yesterday, but for some reason it only went out to 14 people. Whoops! If that was you, I hope you had a lucky day ✨ Trying again today!A vaguely familiar word pops into my mind. It’s “languishing.”I look it up. The internet defines it as: “a psychological term popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe a sense of stagnation, emptiness, and aimlessness that sits in the void between depression and flourishing.”Relatable.Except it’s August 202
One year ago, I wanted more money, more meaning, and a more satisfying life. Here’s what changed. (opens the original)
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A vaguely familiar word pops into my mind. It’s “languishing.”I look it up. The internet defines it as: “a psychological term popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe a sense of stagnation, emptiness, and aimlessness that sits in the void between depression and flourishing.”Relatable.Except it’s August 2025, and I’m not trapped inside my four walls during a global pandemic. I’m sitting on my couch on a hot Sunday in NYC, perfectly free to go anywhere I want—and somehow feeling
TOMORROW: Come figure out what more freedom could look like for you (opens the original)
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Heya, I promise this will be my last reminder before tomorrow’s session! I just want you to know how excited I am for tomorrow’s Freedom Roundtable — to exchange experiences, vent about the challenges we’re navigating, creatively and collectively troubleshoot some of them, and spend an hour with people who simply get it.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S_V5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
You don’t need more career clarity. You need life intensity. (opens the original)
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Looking for ways to connect with fellow multipassionates, career-changers, current and former employees, solopreneurs and other like-minded people questioning conventional ideas about work and success?Join us next Wednesday, September 23, for our first Monthly Freedom Roundtable—a live Zoom discussion for paid subscribers about the challenges we’re navigating, as well as the ideas and strategies we’re using to create more freedom and alignment in our lives, all in a fun, inspiring, and judgment-
There’s more than one way to build a life (opens the original)
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Welcome to Freedom Focus. Every month, I share an interview with another Substack writer who followed their curiosity and challenged conventional ideas about work, success, and how a life should be lived.Over the years, I’ve had conversations with fellow Substack writers who have taken wildly different approaches to work, travel, creativity, money, and where they live.Some left conventional careers. Some built businesses. Some chose flexibility over status. Others completely changed direction wh
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