Fun and games aside the name of the blog series is called Remote in Albany which means it’s time to actually talk about working remote in my new dwellings. I gotta eat and maintain my wine budget friends! Here are a couple of things I discovered while starting to find my working routine in this new city during this particular time. I hope some of these things to note are helpful to you if you are planning on working remote soon yourself.

This weekend was a good weekend to finally be able to go outside. With quarantine over, there was no excuse to have a completely quiet few days off. The sun was out and no clouds whatsoever. So naturally, Saturday was a good day to shop. After two weeks of plotting where to go, eat, drink, and just be pandemic social I chose to have a long morning in bed, making a hearty breakfast and watch Netflix. A casual way to ease into the summer shopping day as it starts to warm up.

I made it! After two days, very little sleep and lots of coffee, I am officially in Albany. No limbs missing, just mostly brain fried as two sisters would be after driving up the coast for 2 days. The best piece of advice about driving up? Actually make it a road trip. Not a marathon. Take a few more days off, put the “getting there” anxiety to bed, and take longer rest stops in cities you have not been in before. Explore a little bit. Safely though!

I just finished watching an Instagram live with @SolStudioMarketing all about finding focus as a creative entrepreneur. They started talking about what balance actually means for someone that’s running an online business or freelancing in the online space. This resonated with me so much, because I’ve personally struggled with both the word “hustle” and the word “flow”.

I did it, you guys! After spending the time to build the foundation for the virtual and remote aspects of Vow + Vast, I’m in a position to start traveling full time to work wherever I want.