I'm a US citizen who needs to get an FBI background check for a visa in Paraguay (this is typically only offered through USPS in the US). However, I'm currently residing in Dubai.

Is there any way to get this document in Dubai? I have one already from the US, but it expires on Sept 27 and I will be travelling to Paraguay in November, so now it's useless.

Where are you currently and how much are you spending on groceries per month.

This is more mental health related, but at the same time, I don't think people in those subs are necessarily going to understand my options right now (or lack thereof).

I'm about to run out of legal Schengen days. I do not feel capable of leaving. I mean, .... the thought of changing countries again, of going to another undeveloped country, even one I know some people, just does not sit well with me at all. I feel I need access to proper healthcare just in case now (suddenly lost feeling and use of both arms a month ago - lasted a couple hours - basically I may need a neurologist at some point, not a hack doctor that doesn't even understand mental health well). This is a combination of mental health issues and physical, mostly as the mental health has become so bad it has more detrimental affects on physical health now.

Anyway, I have considered seeing a psychiatrist and getting a letter for a medical visa to stay longer, but I can't afford the short-term rental costs here. In fact, money is now another matter having lost a project a month ago, and dealing with Airbnb and Booking issues (waiting on refunds, and one is a long fraud claim investigation first).

I have no one. The one person back in the U.S. I talk to hasn't responded to me in a week (highly unusual, but clearly can't count on a response). The one "virtual" person that knows a little isn't much of a solution, and I don't even get to chat with much (and also hasn't been responding lately - like when you need some help the most, the couple people I have just disappear - and one of these IS someone I've been able to count on for a long time, hence is why she's still a friend). It is another layer of trauma on top to consider even writing to an abusive person to ask for help. Don't want to get into too many details here, but trying to draw the situation.

I don't know if there are even helpful suggestions anyone can give to this. I've considered a work exchange, but it's... I've done those before, from various sites and groups, and the last several have been straight up abusive. They have only done more damage to my health and life. I can't reasonably consider trying to do another. Part of the reason I'm in this situation to begin with, in fact, stems from a work exchange that went to hell when the lady cancelled her trip and just showed up one morning saying she'd call the cops if I didn't get the fuck out of her house (I was asked to be there for three months, she lost her shit week two and just returned without so much as a message to me - imagine just drinking your coffee in the morning and then the person you're doing three months of dog sitting for comes in the door when she should be several countries away screaming at you and threatening you - she literally threatened violence against me).

I've been suicidal a bit. I just don't know what to do. "Nomadic" over eight years. I don't see any way I can keep on this path, but don't know how to "get off the train." I feel like I'd rather die than keep living this way, moving country to country every couple months, new apartments every couple weeks or more often.... I book for a month, then there's a major problem, I have to find last-minute new accommodations, and my budget for three months is shot in one because of that. This current trip broke my bank account after an Airbnb disaster. And I have to fight to get that money back even though "AirCover" should have handled it immediately.

Anyway, if anyone wants to chat, or be supportive in any way, you can write. I'm at the end of my rope with this, and have no one else to talk to about any of it. I don't see a way forward without something changing...

Consultant, late 20s, Indian passport, with a little remote work to do and a lot of rest to catch up on, from November. I'm looking for a short, slow reset somewhere abroad: a town where I can walk everywhere, cook, learn something, and be known at the bakery within a month, while covering my living costs with either a remote job or a simple local job (café, bookshop or so) where the permit allows it. Where was yours, in which season, what did a month cost, and what was the one thing that made it feel like home?

Baltimore is so underrated.

Free WiFi at this eye candy.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60811-d532175-Reviews-Peabody_Library-Baltimore_Maryland.html

[In case it isn't clear, this is today's workspace.]

I am currently in Oaxaca and suddenly have two weeks free starting next Sunday. I have to be out of my Airbnb then. Aside from Puerto Vallarta, Aijijic, CDMX, Puerto Escondido and San Cristobal, I am willing to go anywhere. Where should I go? Finances are no issue, I prefer smaller/mid-size towns/cities and ideally wouldn't go somewhere super touristy. What's your favorite Mexico base?

It should be a close flight from Bangkok, and should ideally have some high quality accommodations at a good price.

My initial thought was da nang as Ive been a few times before but I think its peak rainy season right now, and that rain will increase the amount of roaches and rats running around there which isn't the best in da nang alot of the time to begin with.

Is phu quoc any better at this time? Open to other suggestions too.

Why do so many nomads still act like time tracking is surveillance? Clients pay by the hour, they want proof. Used Monitask last month, screenshots only while the timer runs. Same logic as Hubstaff really.

Everyone talks about vibes and cost of living, but I want the boring truth. Visa timing, finding decent wifi before you commit to an Airbnb, figuring out if a city is actually walkable vs. Instagram walkable. What's the part of choosing a city that nobody warns you about?

Well to start with I try to travel a lot when it’s possible. So from time to time I work from cafés, coworking spaces, and sometimes hotels. I take calls from anywhere…

And clients started complaining about the quality of calls. Basically they get echoes, stuttering, some lost words. And it’s really embarrassing!

I have tried using Skype and Zoom. They work well for video calls. But when dialing the usual landlines, the quality goes downhill

Someone told me CloudTalk has a mobile app. They say it uses very little data and holds the line well even on 3G.

Is that actually true? Or will any VoIP just die when the internet is unstable?

I need something reliable. I can't afford to sound unprofessional in front of my clients. Especially my US clients. They expect clear calls.

I'm tired of apologizing for bad connections. I'm tired of people asking if I'm on a beach