working remotely

The highs and lows of working remotely in Portugal

I spent the months of March and April working remotely in my homeland Portugal. Despite being on familiar ground, I haven’t lived there in ten years, which is partly why I get the holiday feels every time I’m back. Remote (and sunny) enough thus. At the beginning of 2022, it felt like there was no more time to waste. I needed tangible progress in my life and, suddenly, that took form in a workaway with freelancer friends in the South of Europe.

Amsterdiving my way through life

One day I dreamed of being location independent. After years of trying things, I’m now working-from-home from my homeland Portugal and I’m-working-from-home from my other homeland the Netherlands. I feel like one of those kids living happily between the homes of divorced but gracious loving parents. Granted, this doesn’t come without challenges, but for me this feels like a path worth taking. I won’t pick sides: I need both countries for different reasons. Whether in Lisbon or Amsterdam, I’m ‘amsterdiving’ my way through life. What the heck is ‘amsterdive’ about again?