343: Falling in Love with Mexico City and Madrid & Building a Freelance Writing Business While Traveling the World with Lolly Spindler

Episode Summary

Hear stories from traveling the world, living in Mexico, and how losing a job led to building a thriving remote business. Lolly joins Matt from CDMX and explains how she fell in love with Mexico City and why she chose to make it her base for the last 8 years.  She talks about efforts to combat transnational gentrification in the city, and also shares highlights from her other favorite places around Mexico.  Lolly then talks about growing up in Southern California, living in Madrid, Spain and gives tips for visiting both California and Madrid.  She then talks about unexpected losing her job and subsequently building her fully remote freelance writing business while traveling the world.  Matt and Lolly reflect on their shared experience on the Remote Year program, when they traveled the world together for a full year with other remote professionals, and the impact it had on them.  Lolly shares stories from Croatia, Colombia and reflects on the depth of cultural immersion that is possible when you speak the local language.

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Lolly Spindler

Lolly Spindler is a location-independent entrepreneur, world traveler, and the founder of Crea Content Marketing, a fully-remote freelance writing business that she has run from 30 different countries over over the last 10 years. She traveled the world for a year with me on the Remote Year program in 2016, where we lived in a different city each month for 12 months across 4 continents. She is currently based in Mexico City and now coaches other creatives who are looking to build a fully-remote 6 figure freelance writing business so they can travel the world and live their best life.

What You'll Learn
  • How to experience Mexico City and help combat transnational gentrification
  • How and why to Visit Madrid, Spain
  • Why to visit Croatia in the winter time and where to go
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[0:50] Introducing Lolly Spindler 



[2:15] Falling in Love with Mexico City

[5:18] Transnational gentrification in Mexico City

[10:36] Mexico Highlights Outside of CDMX



[13:54] Tips for Visiting Southern California 



[16:04] Developing Her Interest in International Travel

[17:47] Living in Madrid, Spain

[19:53] Why Madrid is Lolly’s Favorite European City

[22:00] Tips for Visiting Madrid

[24:05] Lolly’s Writing Journey

[26:40] Transitioning into a Fully Remote Freelance Writing Career

[31:39] Traveling the World with Remote Year and Building Her Remote Business


[37:01] The Beauty of Croatia in the Winter



[39:03] Riding Mules in Colombia

[40:13] Deeper Immersion in Spanish Speaking Countries By Speaking the Language

[42:00] The Impact of Traveling the World on the Remote Year Program