IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE

“Anywhereist” is Warnick’s term for the type of worker – freelancer, remote worker, gig economy practitioner, digital nomad, entrepreneur, and so on – who is not bound to a single location by his or her employment (and by some measures, that’s about half of us, even in the pre-Covid era). This growing trend points to a powerful interrelationship between how we work and where we live, between our communities and our careers. For Anywhereists, developing a location strategy that puts them in the right place can make all the difference to their career success, entrepreneurial dreams, financial life, and ultimately, their freedom to craft a life that doesn’t revolve around work at all. In ANYWHEREIST, Warnick examines how to best help Anywhereists search for the place that is best for them. The book will help readers create a custom location strategy by using the 5 C’s: cost, creativity, capital, connection, and commitment.

Wherever they happen to be, Anywhereists’ very existence both defines and portends a massive shift in the way we think about careers. Their demographic power is immense: some economists predict that the rise in Anywhereist working will erode cities even as it saves suburbs and rural areas. In ANYWHEREIST – part personal business, part self-help, and part sociology –  Warnick will examine the ways Anywhereists are changing both the geography of work and the work of geography. 

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Melody Warnick is the author of This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are (Viking, 2016). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Fast Company, The Guardian, Slate, Quartz, CityLab, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, O: The Oprah Magazine, Medium, Livability, and many others.