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    • Our Journey To Financial Independence
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    • Where We’ve Been
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  • 4 Days in US Virgin Islands

    How to Spend 4 Days in USVI (Itinerary)

    Want a taste of the Caribbean without leaving the US? Head on over to the US Virgin Islands, no passports are required for US Citizens, and they also accept US visitor visas! St Croix is the biggest of the Virgin Islands, but for this article, we are going to concentrate on St Thomas, St John, and Water Island. Here’s how to spend 4 days in USVI, especially if you’re strapped for time. Note – we did travel to St Thomas and the other US Virgin Islands during the coronavirus pandemic. For up to date information, please visit the official USVI health portal. 4 Days in USVI (an itinerary)  Here’s more…

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    Have a full time job but love to travel? How will you ever find the time to explore all the places that you want to see? How will you do all the activities that you’ve always planned to do? Do you find that your vacation days are never enough every year? Fear not, for we have a solution: we’ll focus on how to travel every weekend to explore more places while you’re maintaining a full time job. Of course, the best way to travel longer is to become financially independent, where your earnings from businesses or your investments are enough to survive on. Alternatively, you could take a sabbatical from…

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  • How to Quit your Job to travel

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    For people who love to travel, this is the ultimate dream: leaving everything behind and traveling the world. However, it is not as easy as everyone makes it out to be. In this post, I talk about considerations for people on how to quit your job to travel. This is based on various circumstances in life. It is true that not everyone can just quit your job to travel, and while it is fun to watch people do it, reality is, it’s hard. You’ll see it a lot from Youtubers, bloggers, and social media influencers urging you to do it. Some got lucky, but some did a lot of planning…

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    Reading books helps to transport you to new worlds and new experiences wherever you may be. So, here’s a post on how to read (and finish) more books a year even if you have a very busy schedule. Be it reading more books to learn, to explore, relax, or just to finish up a goal you did for the new year. I’ll try to share some tips and tricks based on my personal experience. From reading 20 to 50 to 100 books a year I’ve always been an avid reader, averaging around 20 books a year from 2011 to 2019. However, 2020 was my greatest year so far. It was…

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Hi, We're Ruby, Peter & Alex

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I'm Ruby. Originally from Manila, Philippines. My husband is Peter, and he's originally from Bratislava, Slovakia. Our little one is Alex, and he's a third-culture kid born in the US to immigrant parents. We aim to see the world one weekend and vacation day at a time so come along for the journey. You can read more About Us on our page.

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