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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Read The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan, a demon fakes his death to retire as a turnip farmer and accidentally learns to care. Also went to Space Center Houston, stood under a shuttle, walked the length of a 363-ft Saturn V. Both in this week's issue. Link in Bio.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Picked up The Lighthouse at the End of the World totally at random (B&N monthly pick). Portal fantasy, working class London gang kids. Imaginative to a fault, in a good way. Full review in today’s ATN. Plus why American cities stopped being walkable. Link in bio.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Every issue of ATN (free) contains a travel story and a book rec. This week’s travel story explores why the US passport has slipped from 1st place to 10th (behind 36 other countries) in the last 20 years. The book: Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett. atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Colombia recently got rated a top 10 dental tourism destination in the world. I finally fixed a tooth there I’d been avoiding for over a decade. New issue on the cost, what to watch out for, and whether you should consider it. ATN 74 drops today, 3pm. atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Reread The Elements of Style this week, the Maira Kalman-illustrated edition, and realized it doubles as the sharpest critique of AI writing I’ve come across, written in 1919. Plus the boat that flew from Miami to Bimini: Chalk’s. ATN 73 atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A travel story and a book. That's every issue of my newsletter, ATN. Plus practical stuff about visas. This one's about heartbreak, and they all are about how to actually build a life abroad instead of just running to one. This week's book: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. Link in bio

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In Medellín, I meet the same guy over and over. Just back from Bali, already planning Buenos Aires for better geoarbitrage. The psychology of what follows you through customs. Also: a summer murder read: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth, narrated by an 82-year-old (don’t call her 81). Link in bio.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A pandemic trapped me in Colombia in 2020. Turns out getting no say in the matter was the best thing that happened to my life design thesis. The Read: Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo. Two brothers, one dead father, gripping without a single set piece. ATN 70 today 3pm atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The new president of Colombia has 3 passports. Most Americans have zero. This week’s newsletter is about the gap. ATN 67 drops today, 3pm www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What do I have in common with Prince Harry and Max Cady from Cape Fear? We all tried to go home again. Also, a coyote eating popcorn. Issue 66 drops today, 3pm. www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Said perdón in a Ralphs after seven years in Medellín. $181. Chicken, vegetables, a watermelon. No booze. No rhyme for orange. No word for lemon in Spanish. ATN 65 is out. atexasnomad.com Plus, Tradwives. What more can you ask for?

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Medellín shut down the Escobar museum. I went to his grave in 2011. Still thinking about what the comment section on my video taught me about power and incentives. Plus, Graydon Carter’s Vanity Fair memoir. ATN 64 drops today, 3pm Sign up (it’s free): www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The thoughts that helped me most when I moved to Medellín: you would have been lonely anyway. So why not get unforgettable life experiences in spaces in between? New issue of A Texas Nomad is live. Including a Korean therapy memoir that pairs with the topic like a creamy PB&J. www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Thinking about moving to Barcelona? Here’s what you actually need to know: - Digital Nomad Visa - Cost of living - What daily life really feels like No fantasy (ok, maybe a little...) Just the romance and the reality. In this week's A Texas Nomad www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

According to the Wall Street Journal, Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers. Is the new American Dream... leaving America? The reality: visas, taxes, language barriers, and years of learning how to function again. Living abroad is a Project with a capital P. www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Your brain is running a table read of your life right now. Every mistake is insulation. Every challenge is hardware. ATN #53 atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Learning another language is agreeing to become smaller for a while. Slower. Blunter. Less precise. I chose to do it publicly. The comment section became my teacher. Fluency arrives after humiliation. Caveman first. Civilization later. atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The Revolution Will Not Be Streamed. A Texas Nomad Issue 51: Why all tll the cool kids are going analog. www.atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

To all 40+ content creators and those who aspire. People 40+ are wildly underrepresented as creators. We consume. We just don’t hit “publish” enough I took another swing at Youtube today. @edwardeffect It’s about boredom, creativity, and how not to give away that last quiet space in our brains.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

After seven years abroad, I came home. That sentence carries more weight than I expected. atexasnomad.com @edwardeffect

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Movement is medicine. Distance is optional. New essay is live. www.atexasnomad.com/subscribe

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This week’s ATN is about ghosting from the version of you they liked, and becoming the one they might not. The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission. The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Another draft. Another deletion. Another chance to find the rhythm. Another shot at the golden sentence.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I started pumpkin carving 6 years ago. Never missed a Halloween. 6 out of 6. Even a year apart I’ve improved. Consistency, baby.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Another border. Another stamp. Another chance to test yourself. Another shot at reinvention.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Nomadic Reinvention Another flight. Another border. Another chance to rebuild yourself. Another shot at freedom.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The scariest thing I’ve learned this year? It’s not failure. It’s posting something that matters… and getting 0 likes, except a pity comment from your mom. This is The Ghost , my Halloween short. Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway. atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

New York tax: paying double rent for the privilege of living in the only U.S. city where you don’t need a car.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I’ve decided i’m just gonna make stuff up and when people call me on it I’ll be like “my bad, must have been a hallucination.”

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Video editors belong in the same category as doctors, lawyers, and priests. The moment you hire one, they know all your secrets.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Stephen King says writing is a shovel. John le Carré maybe errs more toward an interrogation. Somewhere between the two, I finished a 499-page novel in the rain. The Art of Reinvention 3: How to Stay Creative (Without Burning Out). Issue 36 🌦️ atexasnomad.com

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Not another ‘quit your job’ blog—this is creative reinvention on airplane mode.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

AI was meant to give us time back. Instead, it’s stealing more of it, one “efficiency” at a time.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Most creators are chasing consistency. But the ones who last are chasing truth. Your voice isn’t a formula. It’s a frequency you keep returning to until it breaks you open.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Build your life like a novel. Theme first. Then tension. Then the scenes you can’t wait to write.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The scariest part of reinventing yourself is realizing how many people were only attached to the older version.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Dear Greenland take note how these guys who are wooing you to be part of the USA, take note of how they are treating Puerto Rico.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

In Medellín, I fell in love the way cities fall asleep. Quickly. Then all at once. But love on the road is a magic trick, beautiful, impossible, and gone before you understand it.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I keep mentioning this but have seen hardly anyone say it. Bad Bunny has ALREADY PLAYED THE SUPER BOWL. I guess yall didn’t notice yall staring’ at Shakira. Who BTW, is not a US citizen, which BB is.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Has anyone else noticed ChatGPT being super slow lately? Is this cause of their new slop machine?

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Forget fame. I started making TikToks just so my girlfriend would notice me.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

She asked why I disappear when I write. I told her: Because if I don’t go far enough in, I come back with nothing worth giving.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The “we’re going extinct” crowd is delusional. People will always have kids. But life is better, freer, more enjoyable with fewer kids, especially for women and people wanting more in life. The population “crisis” won’t be solved by nostalgia.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I like the new iphone so much instead of so of hiding it in a case I’m just gonna cover all the hard surfaces in my house with foam.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Your past doesn’t need closure. It needs distance. That’s why I write in a new city. That’s why I disappear.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

One of my biggest pet peeves is we get these beautiful iphones then immediately have to cover them with protectors and rubber and doodads. It’s like my grandmother’s gorgeous couch all covered in plastic.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

When silence lasts too long, it stops being peaceful. It starts to test you. The Void Threshold is the essay. Danger Monk is the film. Both born in Medellín, both about what it costs to start over. Read + watch → atexasnomad.com

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Want to quit dating apps? Walk up to an actual person and say hi. Scariest UX you’ll ever face.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Most people won’t believe you’ve changed until you’ve changed so much you don’t need their belief.

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Edward McWilliams @inventreinvent.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Every time I wanted to quit the novel, I reminded myself: This isn’t about a book. It’s about becoming the kind of man who finishes one.

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