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Hey I'm David. I'm self employed and live abroad. Here I share behind the scenes content of running an online business, living abroad, personal growth strategies and building wealth.

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How I Make Money Online - Become a Wealthy Expat Instead of a Peasant English Teacher

First off, I got my start as an English teacher in Thailand so I don't mean to disparage English teaching. It changed my life forever and for that I'm thankful. However, I've seen too many men get stuck as English teachers in Thailand and elsewhere. They quickly go from being

Expat Travel

How to Get to Thai Immigration in Bangkok

So you're planning on staying in Thailand for a few months or up to a year? Maybe you're wanting to get an education visa, perhaps you're simply wanting to extend your tourist visa or are in the process of becoming an English teacher in Thailand. One thing is for certain,

Emotional Baggage, Stuff, Whatever

You know, I was thinking just a second ago as I laid in the dark trying to sleep for the fifth time in a row at 3:33 am and this thought occurred to me, a persistent thought, the kind of thought that just demands to be written down. The

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Dream Killer - Doing What You're Supposed to Do

I’ve wasted a lot of time in my life doing what I'm supposed to do. * I went to college because that’s what you're supposed to do. * I got a job to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day because that's what you're supposed to do. * I

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Don't Use PayPal For Crypto

You can buy crypto currencies with your PayPal balance. I'm the proud owner of one whole LTC. Do I recommend doing this? No. Actually, let me be more clear, HELL NO.

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Toxic Positivity - The Recluse of the Untalented

10 years. 10 years I've been watching this guy waste his life on his personal development blog. Starting when he was 24 to now 34. It's a real tragedy: "I help emergent creatives, leaders and change makers refine and align their authentic story through self knowledge techniques in a holistic

Tools & Gear

Movie Studio 18 Bait and Switch - Upgrade to Vegas 19 Instead

So Movie Studio 18 came out and it's a train wreak. As I mentioned previously, I upgraded to Movie Studio 17 [https://www.edgeofdavid.com/movie-studio-17/] from 14 and it was a massive upgrade. With the new version of 17 you got: * A fully capable video editor for a one

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8 Reasons Why Connecticut Sucks

I was watching this YouTube video of Joe Rogan talking about why Connecticut sucks and I nearly spit my coffee out all over myself laughing because it was so funny and so spot on (but obviously over the top). "CT sucks" and "Connecticut sucks" are pretty popular search terms because

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Inflation is Theft. Don't Like It? Do This Instead

Inflation is theft. You'll hear that a lot and some think it's just a hyperbolic statement but it's a very true statement about our current money system. Now let me clear inflation can occur because of supply and demand. That's obviously not theft, but inflation does happen because of governments

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Being an Entrepreneur is "Hard"

I constantly read posts about how tough it is and how much you have to sacrifice as an entrepreneur (aka Gary V - or 1DV as in one dimensional as I call him). This is so silly and it's often bastardized by 2o year old, wanna-be pretend entrepreneurs  who spend

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How to Turn Your Life Around

Ever wonder why some people are doing better than you? They have better everything. Better lives, better relationships, more travel, more money, more sex, fun and happiness? Ever really wonder what they are doing differently? You should because success is predictable and you can create it it for yourself as

Expat Travel

The Ha Giang Loop Vietnam - Yep It's Really That Incredible

Ha Giang is a stunningly beautiful, northern most province in Vietnam where you can find the border with China. It used to be quite a dangerous drive through the mountains, but over the last 5 years it has developed into one of the most beautiful, scenic motorcycle adventures I've done

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No, the Canon SL3 is Not a Good Vlogging Camera

The Canon SL3 [https://amzn.to/2MCWtdu]is an excellent camera for creating tutorials, online course creation for Skillshare or Teachable and making any sort of talking head video. It's also a good camera for stills, nothing to write home about but it can get the job done in the

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The Edge of David "Shorts" Experiment - I'm Shadow Banned?

Alright so I decided to try out YouTube shorts. They are simply 1 minute or less videos you post to YouTube. Simply record your video in portrait mode and upload it. Then wait for the shorts algorithm to pick it up. You can use the hashtag "shorts" to help speed

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The Homeless States of America

The following was not written by me. It's a comment by Alvan Karpas [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMbUIf48lDyRrqFmqD95LQ/videos]on Nick Johnson's video: "The 10 States Where Homelessness is Out of Control and Beyond Repair." I found it insightful so I wanted to repost it here. Okay boss, you

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How to Invest Money - The Monetary Ranks

Welcome to your free crash course on how to invest your money. This guide is going to cover everything you need to know as a total beginner. It starts off with assuming you're in debt and goes through what to consider doing as you start to make money and build

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Don't Waste Your Life (A Warning)

I remember listening to this monologue on happiness by Ben Stein. Why are some happy and other not? Why are some living in a default state of joy and others wishing “if only”. The answer was brilliantly simple. The ones that are unhappy are people who let their parents or

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Why it Took 3 Months for Me to Become a WIX Affiliate

So a lot of you know that I'm an affiliate marketer. I run two websites in totally different niches. My most public website is Website Creative Pro where I'm the face of that brand. I produce tutorial videos on how to create a website, domain names as well as website

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The Best Vlogging Camera Ever - The Sony X3000

So you want to start vlogging about your incredibly exciting (or boring) life? You'll need a camera for that. The best vlogs are engaging, tell a story and have an interesting perspective. More important than the video quality is the actual story. Sure, if you’re an aspiring film maker

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Exploring the iPhone Mini For Vlogging - Pros and Cons

Every single tech reviewer for phones assumes everyone wants some giant phone with 8 cameras to play videos games on or whatever. It's quite annoying as there is a large audience of guys like me who want a good, small phone which I think is why the iPhone SE is

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8 Ways You Can Focus on the Important

Identify four areas of your life that are important to you. For most of use the most important things can be compressed into family, work, health and _____? The last will be unique to you, for me it's travel. I find that in your select priorities to have only one be

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What's a Full Moon Party Like?

So what's a full moon party like? This post will break down your basic full moon party in Thailand in a few different ways. Consider this your "what to expect" guide. Please note I went in 2017. In a nut shell a full moon party is like an out door

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Friendship Purgatory - When It's Ok to Have No Friends

When you’re growing as a person, you’ll find yourself alone at some point. This aloneness I call friendship purgatory. A period of time where you’ll have no real friends. For the socially awkward, I’m sure they’re quite familiar with this. You can find yourself here

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40 Hour Work Weeks Are Dumb

It’s time to acknowledge that hours spent doesn’t equal results. Results come from one thing, and one thing only: making work that matters. I don’t care if this takes you one hour of your day, or twelve hours a day. If you’re not creating work that

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How To Open a TIMO Account in Vietnam

Are you going to be living in Vietnam? You’re going to want to open a TIMO account then. TIMO is an online bank where foreigners who have a valid VISA for 1 year are able to open an account. If you’re American, you’re in luck as you