Author

Alex Carter

@things-to-do-in-this-weekend

articles: 58
total claps: 4,177
top claps: 248
avg read: 4.3 min
paywalled: 31
active: 2024-05-23 → 2026-07-15

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✈️ · Travel · 21 PSY · Psychology · 18 ECO · Economy · General · 16 🚀 · Self Improvement · 9 PFI · Personal Finance · 9 🧠 · Mental Wellness · 5 EDU · Education & Learning · 5 PSY · Mental Health & Psychiatry · 5

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#expat-life ·16 #psychology ·15 #life-lessons ·11 #travel ·9 #self-improvement ·9 #money ·8 #nism ·7 #personal-finance ·7 #spain ·6 #living-abroad ·6

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Rich People Buy Time. Everyone Else Buys Stuff and Calls It Freedom

The trade most people get backwards their whole lives.

Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 248 claps paywalled #money #personal-finance #psychology

Rich People Buy Time. Everyone Else Buys Stuff and Calls It Freedom

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Americans Who Retire on $1,800 a Month

Ecuador is where the American dream goes when the money runs short.

Jul 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 245 claps paywalled #retirement #social-security #ecuador

The Americans Who Retire on $1,800 a Month

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

I Asked 100 People Why They Left Spain. The Reasons Weren’t What I Expected.

Six months of interviews with people who got the dream and handed it back.

Jun 15, 2026 · 7 min read · 243 claps paywalled #expat-life #travel #life-lessons

I Asked 100 People Why They Left Spain. The Reasons Weren’t What I Expected.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Everyone Told Them Not to Move to Medellín

They went anyway. The danger they researched isn’t the one that got them.

Jul 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 241 claps paywalled #medellin #colombia #digital-nomads

Everyone Told Them Not to Move to Medellín

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

How to Survive Your First Year Abroad Without Losing Your Mind

The field guide nobody hands you: 15 things to do, in the order you’ll need them.

May 31, 2026 · 9 min read · 218 claps paywalled #expat-life #living-abroad #moving-abroad

How to Survive Your First Year Abroad Without Losing Your Mind

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

7 Signs You’re Lonely in Your Marriage

And nobody talks about this kind of loneliness.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read · 210 claps paywalled #relationships #marriage #mental-health

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Your Friend Who Moved Abroad Is Not Okay

The sunsets are the tell

Jun 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 193 claps paywalled #social-media #expat-life #mental-health

Your Friend Who Moved Abroad Is Not Okay

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Moving Abroad Is the Most Expensive Way to Run From Yourself

There are two kinds of people on that plane

Jul 01, 2026 · 4 min read · 189 claps paywalled #self-improvement #mental-health #travel

Moving Abroad Is the Most Expensive Way to Run From Yourself

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Most of Your Spending Isn’t for You

It’s for people who aren’t thinking about you.

Jun 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 179 claps paywalled #money #psychology #personal-finance

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Husbands Don’t Make It

Except when it’s the wives. And I can tell you in advance which one it will be.

Jul 13, 2026 · 6 min read · 178 claps paywalled #marriage #retirement #mental-health

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Why Your Smartest Friends Aren’t Rich

Intelligence is brilliant at explaining why you’re broke.

Jun 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 171 claps paywalled #money #psychology #personal-finance

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Middle Class Isn’t a Class. It’s a Treadmill.

Enough to lose. Not enough to feel safe.

Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read · 160 claps paywalled #psychology #money #personal-finance

The Middle Class Isn’t a Class. It’s a Treadmill.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The 5 Most Overrated Countries for American Expats

Ranked by the people who actually left them.

Jul 07, 2026 · 5 min read · 144 claps paywalled #expat-life #travel #living-abroad

The 5 Most Overrated Countries for American Expats

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

It’s Not Too Late. You Just Decided It Was.

“Too late” is a decision, not a fact.

Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 139 claps paywalled #life-lessons #psychology #self-improvement

It’s Not Too Late. You Just Decided It Was.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Nobody Has Actually Been to Antarctica.

Every Instagram photo you’ve ever seen from Antarctica was taken in the same 1% of the continent.

May 27, 2026 · 5 min read · 137 claps paywalled #travel #antarctica #tourism

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

What Spaniards Quietly Laugh About Behind Americans’ Backs

It isn’t the loud voices. It’s the thing you do to seem polite.

Jun 16, 2026 · 4 min read · 123 claps paywalled #expat-life #culture #travel

What Spaniards Quietly Laugh About Behind Americans’ Backs

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

How to Move Back Home Without Feeling Like a Failure

A field guide to the move nobody plans: 15 things to do, in the order you’ll need them.

Jun 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 121 claps paywalled #expat-life #repatriation #living-abroad

How to Move Back Home Without Feeling Like a Failure

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Cost of Living in Spain 2026: What Americans Actually Spend

Not the brochure number. The real one — including the costs other guides leave out.

Jun 04, 2026 · 13 min read · 113 claps paywalled #spain #cost-of-living #expat

Cost of Living in Spain 2026: What Americans Actually Spend

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Americans Who Escape TO Europe Fail Twice as Fast as Those Who Choose It.

She didn’t move to Spain because she loved Spain.

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 111 claps #psychology #life-lessons #travel

Americans Who Escape TO Europe Fail Twice as Fast as Those Who Choose It.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Best Expat Country You’ve Never Considered Keeps Changing Its Mind

Malaysia has everything Americans want. Except an answer.

Jul 05, 2026 · 3 min read · 111 claps paywalled #malaysia #expat-life #retirement-abroad

The Best Expat Country You’ve Never Considered Keeps Changing Its Mind

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Real Reason Americans Leave America

It’s not politics. It’s not money. And you’re going to argue with it.

Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 107 claps paywalled #expat-life #psychology #moving-abroad

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Why This Indonesian Coast Tells You Not to Save the Drowning

The rule sounds monstrous. Then you find out what’s in the water.

Jun 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 106 claps paywalled #indonesia #wildlife #survival

Why This Indonesian Coast Tells You Not to Save the Drowning

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Half My Case Files Left Because of Trump. The Other Half Left Because of You.

Both camps swear they’re never going back. Both are wrong at the same rate.

Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read · 102 claps paywalled #psychology #expat-life #america

Half My Case Files Left Because of Trump. The Other Half Left Because of You.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

The Cheapest Paradise on Earth Has the Highest Quit Rate. It’s Not the Money.

The country that breaks the most people is the one that asks the least of them.

Jun 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 88 claps paywalled #thailand #expat-life #digital-nomads

The Cheapest Paradise on Earth Has the Highest Quit Rate. It’s Not the Money.

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AL Alex Carter · THE BORDERLESS

Moving Abroad Doesn’t Fix a Marriage. It Performs an Autopsy on It.

The move isn’t what kills it. It just tells you what already did.

Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 82 claps paywalled #relationships #marriage #expat-life