Edward McWilliams

Nomadic Reinvention. 50 countries. Tools, systems, and strategy for starting over well. Still drifting. Still designing. A Texas Nomad. The Edward Effect.

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There is a photo of me next to Pablo Escobar’s grave. I’m not going to show it to you. But we should talk about it.

ATN Issue 64 drops today, 3pm

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A first date in America now costs $189.

69% of Americans aren’t dating regularly anymore. Nearly half say it’s not worth it financially.

New ATN drops today, 3pm.

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Nobody puts the quiet apartment in the brochure. New issue of A Texas Nomad live today!

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Small tip for anyone giving a commencement speech to college grads:

Maybe it’s a little tone deaf to extol the virtues of AI right before releasing thousands of job-seeking humans into the market.

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The online people winning online are no longer the most polished. They are authentic, sometimes ugly, but human.

This week:
learning DaVinci Resolve
scoring my first video
failing the color correction
posting it anyway
ATN issue 61 drops today.

https://t.co/89VzvqBrH2

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The richest men alive are spending millions to never die.
They keep arriving at the same answer your grandmother already knew.
ATN #60 (New issue today!) →
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+ all things Kara Swisher

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@ShadowMechYT In a world of subscriptions, be a Minecraft.

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Thinking about moving to Barcelona?

Here’s what you actually need to know:
- Digital Nomad Visa
- Cost of living
- What daily life really feels like

No fantasy (ok, maybe a little...)

Just the romance and the reality.

In this week's A Texas Nomad
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@inceptstellar This is why I prefer going to movies in other countries like Colombia. Everyone picks up after themselves and there is even a line to the trash and recycle after the movie.

And the floor is never sticky!

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Political Exiles. Nationalists. Gentrification critics. Realists. A look at the comment wars behind the headlines about Americans moving abroad.
In tomorrows:
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Americans are leaving the United States in record numbers.

The internet treats this like a lifestyle trend.

The reality: visas, taxes, language barriers, bureaucracy, and years of starting over.

Living abroad is a project. A Project with a capital P.

New issue of A Texas Nomad ↓

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I've sat through dozens of Hollywood table reads.

Actors breathe life into a script. The writer feels every sour beat in real time. Self-correcting on the fly.

Turns out, that's exactly what your brain is doing every single day.

Running simulations. Insulating pathways. Filing away every mistake.

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If you’re afraid to sound stupid, don’t learn a language.

Fluency begins with embarrassment.

Talk like a caveman.
Let people correct you.
Get better faster.

New issue: Caveman Fluency.

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Today’s issue of A Texas Nomad is about learning a language that actually works in real life.
(Hint: not Reddit.)
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The Revolution Will Not Be Streamed.

Issue 51: Why all the cool kids are going analog.

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Grit isn’t intensity.
It’s what happens after motivation wears off.

Issue 50 of A Texas Nomad is out.

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To all 40+ creators and those who aspire.

We are wildly underrepresented as creators.
We consume. We just don’t hit “publish” enough

I took another swing at Youtube today. @edwardeffect

It’s about boredom, creativity, and how not to give away that quiet space in our brains.

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@DiscussingFilm I thought we were still debating the morality of designer babies.

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I spent seven straight years abroad.
Coming home taught me the hidden cost of that freedom.

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