From Cubicle to Adventure: How to Combine Work and Travel for an Epic Life
Elena Poughia on How to Combine Work and Travel for an Epic Life
“Experience everything that life has to give.”
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Listen to Kristin’s spontaneous chat with German digital nomad and entrepreneur, Elena Poughia, at Web Summit. Hear Elena’s insights on combining work, travel, and hobbies/interests for an epic life.
Elena shares her candid thoughts on how to design your life around your interests, plan your life through travel, and live in places where the people, activities, and events align with you.
The freedom of remote work has created limitless potential for where you can work and live… Where will you go next?
What You’ll Learn:
How to design your life around travel and your interests.
Why Lisbon is a great city for digital nomads.
Why you should consider going to Web Summit.
“Finding your space” and settling down as an expat.
The benefits of solo traveling and moving abroad.
What attracted Elena to travel to Portugal and Lagos.
The importance of prioritizing downtime and connecting to nature and your environment.
Following your instincts when traveling and living abroad.
The power of tuning into what you want in life.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
Why go to Web Summit?
What attracted you to travel to Portugal, and specifically, Lagos?
What do you love about solo travel?
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Meet This Week’s Guest:
Ms. Elena Poughia is the MD of Dataconomy, one of the top 10 AI magazines & educational platforms in the world, and the founder of Data Natives, Europe's largest data science community. As an advocate of data privacy and ethics, is an Evangelist for polypoly and support the EIC (European Innovation Council) as an expert in various working groups. She frequently mentors startups for Vision Health Pioneers, tech2impact, African Tech Vision, Applied Data Incubator, WeWork Labs and others. She is particularly committed to supporting womxn and marginalized communities by helping them become established in tech professions.
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Destinations:
Estonia
Lagos, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Riga, Latvia
Surfer’s Paradise, Australia
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