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Hi, my name is David. I’m a blue-eyed, left-handed American who's self-employed and lives abroad. I’m a native of Connecticut (go Pats) who’s been doing the expat lifestyle for the last few years.

I got my start working for PWC after college and the military. After 60 hour weeks for a year I quit and went abroad to teach English for a few years. While abroad I built a location independent online income.

I now have a broad range of web skills ranging from SEO, copywriting to UX design and WordPress. I spend most of my time running my online business and being useful to my audience. I love to travel as a hobby and make regular, casual travel videos you can checkout on the YouTube.

Welcome to my personal development website with articles on financial independence, expat travel, and personal growth strategies.

This site has both public and private subscriber only content as well as a weekly newsletter.

What's the story behind the name?

I got the idea for the name from a poem (in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry) by Christopher Louge called come to the edge:

"Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! Come to the EDGE!

…and they came, and he pushed, and they flew."

I enjoyed the underlying meaning of this poem that there is no security in life beyond your ability to adapt and that you should actively look for that edge because that’s where the growth is, but also trouble too.

So no it's not because my content is intentionally "edgy" or anything like that, but I guess things kind of turned out that way.