343: Falling in Love with Mexico City and Madrid & Building a Freelance Writing Business While Traveling the World with Lolly Spindler
Podcast: The Maverick Show: Travel Stories on Culture, Identity & Living Beyond BordersRating: Explicit Published On: Mon Jun 30 2025
Description: Hear stories from traveling the world, living in Mexico, and how losing a job led to building a thriving remote business. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Lolly joins Matt from CDMX and explains how she fell in love with Mexico City and why she chose to make it her base for the last 8 years. She talks about efforts to combat transnational gentrification in the city, and also shares highlights from her other favorite places around Mexico. Lolly then talks about growing up in Southern California, living in Madrid, Spain and gives tips for visiting both California and Madrid. She then talks about unexpected losing her job and subsequently building her fully remote freelance writing business while traveling the world. Matt and Lolly reflect on their shared experience on the Remote Year program, when they traveled the world together for a full year with other remote professionals, and the impact it had on them. Lolly shares stories from Croatia, Colombia and reflects on the depth of cultural immersion that is possible when you speak the local language. → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU: See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally You can buy me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)
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