FDN Life: Freelance Digital Nomad Magazine - Issue 1 - May/June 2019
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IN THIS ISSUE
Our first issue Is here! Yay!
In this issue find helpful articles and spotlight interviews with our top 4 FDN's this month.
Our articles were written by and for FDN's, and is packed with helpful tips, insight and insider knowledge to ensure we offer value and help to fellow FDN's; whether you are just starting out or an established FDN.
IN THIS ISSUE, READ MORE ABOUT:
•EARN YOUR SHARE OF THE $1.3 TRILLION GIG-ECONOMY & Know What's in Store for Freelancers, DN's and FDN's in 2019
•Benefits Of The Minimalist Lifestyle For FDN'S.
•SPOTLIGHT: We connected and interviewed four established FDN's who shared some valuable tips and know-how with us:
oFREELANCERS: Vandita Singh & Onajite Omare
oDIGITAL NOMAD: Kitti Borissza
oENTREPRENEUR: Sofia Rego
•Wellness Expert, Ines Schuber, Shares Strategies For Staying In Good Health While Traveling The World As a DN.
•TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS: Julia Shares Her Inspiring Story To Walking Away From a Toxic Relationship.
•FDN WORK & BUSINESS
o'FREE'LANCER: Are You Taken Advantage of Now That You Are a Freelancer? - Take Back Your Life
oSTOP LIVING FROM YOUR INBOX: Productivity Strategist, Erin E. Wells, Shares Top Strategies to End Email Addiction
oGET PAID EASILY & SAFELY ONLINE: Eliminate Exuberant Fees
oTHE TOP 3 MYTHS OF THE FDN WORK-LIFESTYLE BUSTED!
•FDN TRAVEL: The Hottest Got Inspired Travel Destinations Of 2019: Travel Destinations for DN's
And much more!
FDN Life
Freelance Digital Nomad Life Magazine (FDN Life Magazine) is the world’s first quality, premium work and lifestyle magazine by and for freelancers, digital nomads, remotes, startups, side hustlers, and location independent business owners and entrepreneurs. We offer targeted, trusted and useful advice written by fellow FDN’s. FDN Life Magazine focuses on the FDN Lifestyle, work-travel, location independence, entrepreneurship, running a successful business, food, health and wellness, love and relationships, inspirational tips from fellow FDN's, finance, leadership, art, hobbies and craft, and learning new skills - to name but a few.
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FDN Life - FDN Life
FDN LIFE MAGAZINE
FREELANCE DIGITAL NOMAD LIFE MAGAZINE
EBOOK MAGAZINE
– ISSUE 1: MAY/JUNE 2019 -
1ST EDITION
PUBLISHER: FDN LIFE PVT. LTD.
CREATED BY FOUNDERS & OWNERS: MARIE-BERDINE STEYN & RAKESH NAGDA
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COPYRIGHT
– ALL RIGHTS RESERVED –
Published by FDN Life, Marie-Berdine Steyn and Rakesh Nagda at Smashwords. All rights reserved under International Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book magazine on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the exclusive, press written permission of the publisher, FDN Life Private Limited, and founders & owners, Marie-Berdine Steyn & Rakesh Nagda.
COPYRIGHT BY:
FDN LIFE MAGAZINE – ISSUE 1 – MAY/JUNE 2019 – Copyright 8 May 2019 by the publisher, FDN Life Private Limited, and founders and owners, Marie-Berdine Steyn & Rakesh Nagda.
EDITORIAL
FDN LIFE MAGAZINE - (Freelance Digital Nomad)
Publisher: FDN Life Private Limited
Issue 1: 8 May 2019
FOUNDERS & OWNERS: Marie-Berdine Steyn & Rakesh Nagda
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Marie-Berdine Steyn
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Rakesh Nagda
ISSUE 1 - CONTRIBUTORS
Anja Simic, Ben Masterson, Erin Elizabeth Wells, Indu Nagda, Ines Schuber, Julia Bedrova, Rakesh Nagda, Marie-Berdine Steyn, Michelle E. Veltman, Onajite Omare, Kitti Borrissza, Sofia Rego, Vandita Singh.
CONTACT: fdn@fdnlife.com
CONTENT
COPYRIGHT
EDITORIAL
FROM THE EDITOR > Editors Notes
DEDICATION > To You Mom
FDN WELCOME > Our Story, What An FDN Is & What We Stand For
TOP READS > Earn Your Share of $1.3 Trillion – What’s In Store For FDN’s in
2019?
SPOTLIGHT > Freelancer Vandita Singh
GARDEN & HOME > The Minimalist Lifestyle: Benefits
GARDEN & HOME > Considering a Minimalist Lifestyle? De-Clutter Your Home, Garden & Work Space
ART > Indu Nagda
HEALTH & WELLNESS > 3 Simple Tips: To Travel The World in Good Health
FOOD > Eggless Vegetarian Pancakes
FOOD > 6-Foods That’s Great For Health & Vitality
LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS > My Story: Walking Away From a Toxic Relationship With A Narcissist
LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS > Helpful Strategies To Let Go Of A Toxic Narcissistic
Relationship
SPOTLIGHT > Digital Nomad – Kitti Borissza
WORK & BUSINESS – INSIDER TIPS > Running Errands For Everyone Now That You Are a ‘Free’lancer?
SPOTLIGHT > Freelancer – Onajite Omare
WORK & BUSINESS – EXPERT ADVICE > Stop Living From Your Inbox: 5 Strategies To End Email Addiction
PAYMENT SOLUTION > Get Paid With Deel
SPOTLIGHT > Entrepreneur – Sofia Rego
WORK & BUSINESS – EXPERT ADVICE > Can Anyone Become A Successful FDN? – Part 1: Busting the Top 3 Myths Associated With The FDN Work-Lifestyle
FUN & LAUGHS > Laugh A Little
TRAVEL > The Hottest GOT Inspired Travel Destinations
ENTERTAINMENT > Top Books for May-June 2019
SPACE & SCIENCE > Tiny Human Fossils Discovered: The Line Between Myth And Science Is Indeed A Fine One
FROM THE EDITOR >
FDN LIFE MAGAZINE ISSUE 1!
It’s official! Issue 1 is here!
After months of hard work, we are proud and excited to present you with the very first issue of Freelance Digital Nomad Life Magazine; FDN Life Magazine in short.
The first ever work-lifestyle magazine focused on freelancers, digital nomads, remotes, startups, side hustlers, location independents and entrepreneurs from around the world. (Eish! Now that was a mouthful).
Thank you for purchasing our first issue. We hope you will enjoy reading it and find some new or inspiring insight to apply in your life and FDN business.
IN THIS ISSUE
For our first issue, we connected with fellow FDN’s across a wide array of industries, inquiring just how they have managed to build their FDN businesses and careers. Each one shared some interesting tips and information that might surprise even the most established FDN. We travel to various GOT filming locations, since hey, the final season of GOT is pretty big news of late! We also connect with FDN’s who share their life experiences, stories on love, life and how they are taking full advantage of the FDN work-lifestyle.
DEDICATION >
TO YOU MOM
To my beautiful, kind hearted mother Petro Steyn, I dedicate this first issue of FDN Life Magazine. Mom, you always loved reading magazines. Wherever you are now, there in heaven or back here on Earth living a new life, this first issue is for you.
- With all my love, your daughter, Marie-Berdine Steyn.
FDN WELCOME >
OUR STORY, WHAT AN FDN IS & WHAT WE STAND FOR
Hello and welcome to FDN Life Magazine. We are honored to have you read our first issue.
OUR STORY
We are a couple who part-time freelanced for almost 11-years while working full-time jobs. By August 2015 we decided to retire from our cruise ship careers to become full-time freelancers. We also integrate travel into our lifestyle as we work-travel different countries several times annually to quench our thirst for adventure and travel.
From our diverse experiences in freelancing from home, starting up new businesses, managing our online entrepreneurship, and traveling while still working and completing our client’s projects, we had difficulty in explaining to others what it is we ‘exactly did for a living.’
We realized that we couldn’t place just the tag of ‘DN’ or ‘freelancer’ around our necks. We were simultaneously freelancers, digital nomads, remote workers, entrepreneurs, and online service business owners, to name but a few. As such, from that point onward and whenever asked what we did for a living, we gave the short answer, we are FDN’s.
To us, FDN became the all-inclusive term for working remotely, being a startup owner, entrepreneur, freelancer, side hustler, home-businesses operator, and/or a location independent.
Before our freelance endeavors we worked in different and diverse careers. Most notably with world famous 5-star brands such as ESPA, the Leela Palace Kempinski, the One & Only Hotel Kerzner Group in Dubai and India; then, with Canyon Ranch (USA) onboard Celebrity Cruise Lines before we quit the 7 am – 10 pm (as is known on cruise ships :-), to become full-time freelancers.
For the past 4-years, we have developed our freelance entrepreneurship, MBS Create-Innovate-Inspire, to what is today to generate a sustainable income for ourselves, and one that affords us an independent lifestyle where we could be more in control of our earnings and grow our skill set and expertise exponentially. We loved the freedom the FDN lifestyle afforded us, but most importantly, meeting and working with clients and friends from around the world.
The FDN work-lifestyle is not for everyone; we learned that pretty quickly on in our careers as full-time freelancers. We often work more hours and put in more ‘free’ hours than we did as regular salaried employees. These days, whenever asked for advice, we don’t promote or paint a pretty picture of the FDN lifestyle, and we certainly don’t promote the FDN lifestyle to anyone interested in earning a quick buck.