Destination Remote: Pedro from Mexico 🇲🇽

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Hello (future) Remote Friend,

We’re already halfway through 2023 and companies still force people back into the office. Crazy, huh?

Luckily, we are creating a solid community of remote workers and there are plenty of cool companies who accept Work From Anywhere!

This week, we are heading to Latin America, and more precisely: Mexico 🇲🇽.

Let’s go straight to it 👇

👀 A glimpse of what you can expect today

•  🇳🇬 Meet Pedro, my buddy from Mexico

• 🎁 A little gift for you

• 🧑‍🏫 2 more tips for landing a remote job

• 🚶 Ultimate guide to taking breaks

 👋 Have you met Pedro (🇲🇽)?

In May, I met Pedro on LinkedIn and after a few weeks of messaging, we finally got into a call in June. I was super happy about this call because Pedro has a cool story. At the age of 15, Pedro left Mexico to pursue his dream of playing golf at a higher level. So he moved all by himself to Kansas City. Just him and his scholarship.

After a few years spent in the United States, Pedro went back to Mexico to study International Business. Today he works as a Customer Success Specialist at Apollo 🚀 100% remotely from his home country. And we love it!

To avoid feeling lonely while working remotely, Pedro co-works with his brother and organizes virtual coffees with his colleagues and other remote workers (that’s how we met)!

🗽 Pedro’s must-see in Mexico:

Pedro didn’t hesitate a minute because it is the place where he’ll be on a workation* for the second time this year: the hidden beaches of Puerto Escondido. Seems like a must-see (I’m a beach-lover!).

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🖥 Set-up of the week

🎁 My gift to you

• This week, I listened to an amazing podcast hosted by SafetyWing’s founder Sondre Rasch about productivity for Remote Workers. I really wanted to share it with you.
  
  You can listen to the podcast here 🎙

• Are you looking for an accountability buddy to focus better and get work done? I just discovered Focusmate and I already love it! The best part: you can try it out for free!

🌍 Remote jobs

Imagine working from anywhere without having any location constraints.
It’s possible and here are 5 WFA job offers to prove it 👇

• Account Executive @ Argyle

• Data Scientist @Voicemod

• Performance Marketing Specialist @ TestGorilla

• Senior Frontend Engenieer (Javascript) @ DuckDuckGo

• Product Manager @ WeSchool

_{Is your company hiring for remote positions? Contact me to be featured in next week’s newsletter (WFA positions only).}

🚶 The ultimate guide to taking breaks

If you follow me on LinkedIn, you’ve probably seen my post on Monday about the importance of taking breaks. Taking breaks is good, but taking GOOD breaks is even better. That’s why I’m sharing a short guide for you to take the best breaks you can.

1. When to take breaks?

I’ve seen a lot of different opinions and theories on this topic and I don’t know which one I should believe. It really depends from person to person and from day to day. Find out what works for you!

My suggestion: track yourself to see how long you are productive on average. Once you have this information, plan your breaks into your calendar, and don’t skip them.

2. What are good breaks?

A good break gets you detached from your work. It’s really that simple. This can be different for me than it is for you.

To make it easy for you, there are only 2 rules. Your break must:

• Have nothing to do with your work.
  If you sit behind a screen all day → get off the screens.
  If you sit on a chair all day → stand up, stretch or have a walk.

• Be something you enjoy doing.

  Do something that provides you with a good feeling. Stay in a good mood, it helps your brain to focus.

To give you a few examples of good breaks:

• Go for a walk

• Do some exercises (stretch or physical)

• Call a friend

• Have fun with your kids

• Meditate

• Cook (if you like cooking)

• …

As long as you don’t forget to limit your break in time 😄 

This guide is inspired by this article by We Work Remotely.

🗞 The Remote Work Gazette

• Flexible, supportive company culture makes for better remote work. Research: Read more

• Are Your Employees Quitting Or Disengaged? Look In The Mirror For Answers! Read more

• The remote-work culture wars are far from over. Read more

🏋️‍♀️ Remote move challenge

Working remotely: the ultimate joy of being stuck to our desks, draining our energy, ruining our health, and obliterating productivity and happiness. Can't get enough of it 😅

Unless you keep yourself active and energized…
Every week I propose a short challenge for you to keep moving. Here you go for this week:

• Call a friend/family member while having a walk outside every weekday

• Do 3 reps of an exercise your like three times per day (e.g. sit-ups)

• Dedicate at least one hour per day to working while standing

You will be more productive and you will feel a lot better 💪 
Trust me on this one!

📊 Remote Stat of the week

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Be a good friend & transfer Destination Remote so they can subscribe here ✌️

Remotely yours,

Alex

PS: I’m on a mission to meet a remote worker in every country. See my progression here and contact me if you are currently working remotely from a country I haven’t checked on the map yet.