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What actually works when your office keeps moving Photo by Phakphoom Srinorajan  on Unsplash 👉 Join the Astrolabe Assistants email list  to get nomad business intel in your inbox each week — and learn how to build a business that truly works from anywhere. For the last decade, I’ve been running businesses while traveling full time — across continents, time zones, and radically different cultural rhythms. I’ve worked from capital cities and tiny islands. From winter-dark Lond

Why sustainable location freedom depends on operations, not aesthetics Want a business that travels as well as you do? 📩 Get The Top Five Sanity-Saving Systems I use to run my business from anywhere  when you join the Astrolabe Assistants newsletter. “Work from anywhere” gets marketed as a mood. A laptop on the beach. A passport stamp montage. A founder who somehow answers Slack, runs a company, and catches sunsets without friction. But in reality, anyone who’s actually buil

Clockwise from top-left: Grand Anse Beach in Grenada; Monument Valley in Arizona; Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming); My altar in my new flat (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Tal-Mixta Cave on Gozo Island, Malta; Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona As this year comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what delegation has taught me — not just about running businesses, but about trust, expertise, freedom, and what it really takes to build something sustainable

As I wrap up a ten-day trip to Malta, I’m reminded how good systems create freedom. The water here is impossibly blue, the limestone glows gold at sunset, and my business is still running smoothly — because my systems don’t depend on me being at my desk. If you want 2026 to be the year your business starts supporting your ideal lifestyle, this is the perfect time to audit your systems  and make sure they’re ready to carry you forward. Join our mailing list  for more intel abo

Three things every artist needs to stop struggling and start thriving Photo by Hugo Richard on  Unsplash Artists are some of the most visionary people on the planet.  But too often, that vision gets buried under burnout, underpricing, and uncertainty about how to turn creativity into consistency. The truth? Making your art business profitable doesn’t mean “selling out.” It means structuring your creative life so that it can sustain you . Here are the three pillars I believe

Running a global team is equal parts magic and madness — especially when you’re coordinating across the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. But here’s the good news: once you understand a few operational principles (and use the right tools), time-zone management stops feeling like chaos and starts feeling like choreography. After a decade of managing globally distributed teams, I can break down what actually works. 1. Let the Tools Do the Heavy Lifting (Doodle is Your

I’ve grown Sourceress, Index Solutions, and now Astrolabe Assistants into globally distributed teams. As a result, I’ve learned something that I didn’t expect: productivity doesn’t look the same for everyone . What helps me  focus could distract someone else — and vice versa. If you want to build a team that’s effective, flexible, and truly empowered — especially across time zones and seniority levels — you need to look through a kaleidoscope of perspectives. Here’s what I’ve

These simple delegation templates can save you hours of back-and-forth and improve the quality of your remote team's output tenfold!

Most people think of hiring an assistant as an expense. But if you do it right, it’s one of the smartest investments you’ll ever make in your business. At Astrolabe Assistants, we help artists, coaches, and creative entrepreneurs build systems that don’t just save them time. We build systems that make them money. Today, I want to show you exactly how that works. Step by step, here's how your new assistant can pay for themselves (and then some). Join our mailing list  for mor

Photo by Johnson Wang  on Unsplash Welcome to Part Three of our Productivity on the Road series. 🌍 Part one of this series lives here if you want to revisit or catch up.  And part two lives here .  This week, we’re talking about one of the biggest success factors for remote teams: clear communication.  When your team spans multiple time zones, structure creates freedom. How? By helping everyone stay aligned, efficient, and focused on what really matters. Join our mailing l

Photo by Samantha Eaton  on Unsplash Today's post contains part two of my three-part series about how I stay productive as a digital nomad with ten years of full-time travel under my belt.  It's a lifestyle that only works when you get shit done AND make time to experience the part of the world you're currently exploring. Part one of this series lives right here if you want to revisit or catch up. Join our mailing list for more top-shelf intel 2. Pack, buy, or borrow what y

Here I am working hard in Sint Maarten. I recommend that you do not smoke cigarettes in Sint Maarten like I did. Especially not two packs at a time. I quit four years ago at the end of this month and you can too ! If you’ve ever tried to “work from anywhere” and found that your productivity takes a nosedive as soon as you change time zones, you’re not alone.  So this is the first in a three-part series about how I stay productive as a digital nomad after ten years of learning

Photo by Ahnaf Piash  on Unsplash If you’re running your own business, chances are you’re juggling too many hats — and some of them are getting pretty heavy. In truth: not every task deserves your energy.  In fact, the most successful founders I know are the ones who’ve learned exactly what not  to touch. You won't have time to continue self-actualizing and investing in your true purpose if you're doing admin and busy work. So, let’s talk about five of the tasks you should n

Subscribe to our mailing list right here  if you want to get our next knowledge drop automatically (we email 1-2x per week max). It's been crucial for me to implement structure now that my “office” is wherever my laptop happens to be. Here are three systems I lean on for streamlining my business operations so that they work just as well on the road. And there's real data to back up each one. System #1: Use Asana for Task Management + Delegation Asana is a super easy app for m

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