Archive - Post-Nomad

Expats are killing my barrio

Grappling with my role in Barcelona gentrification

Jul 28 •

Russell Max Simon

Barcelona was supposed to be temporary

Nesting in my new apartment, in the middle of a heatwave

Jul 3 •

Russell Max Simon

May 2025

Do this to pass the infamous Spanish driving test

An epic conclusion to the hardest thing I've done since moving to Spain

May 31 •

Russell Max Simon

April 2025

March 2025

The Anywhere Fallacy

Unlimited options can quietly undermine what matters most

Mar 28 •

Russell Max Simon

Dance harder, dance more

Why I write about personal things in these dark times

Mar 17 •

Russell Max Simon

Haggling about price

Someone offered to buy my half-finished Spain renovation

Mar 6 •

Russell Max Simon

February 2025

All my AI workflows

Construction and content marketing, language learning and financial advice: how LLMs have transformed my life—and why I keep them away from this…

Feb 19 •

Russell Max Simon

The sadness of always leaving

Dancing salsa on the beach in Mexico, and the post-nomad dilemma

Feb 12 •

Russell Max Simon

January 2025

Europe vs. America, economics edition

Plus one headache after another on the renovation

Jan 30 •

Russell Max Simon

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