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The Nomad on FIRE Podcast | Travel, Entrepreneurship and paying off over $17K of Credit Card Debt with Blair Mishleau of Blairblur.com | NOF #44
Guest Bio
Blair Mishleau of BlairBlur.com is an EdTech & PL Education Consultant. Blair shares his story of working as a teacher for 5 years but he always had wanderlust and knew he wanted to travel. He moved into a remote role as a curriculum writer and began traveling in 2018 with Remote Year. Blair eventually moved into entrepreneurship full-time. Blair also shares how he found out about the Financial Independence Retire Early FIRE movement which inspired him to become debt-free, after paying off over $17,000 worth of credit card debt! Blair also shares some of his networking tips and so much more on today’s episode!
Links Mentioned
- Remote Year, is a work and travel program for digital nomads that Blair and I met through. If you want more information, I wrote a Remote Year Review where I share my experience and showcase what they provide for digital nomads
- InterNations
Show Notes
- Blair shares his background 00:55
- Blair started traveling with Remote Year 01:42
- What’s one thing that Blair learned about himself while traveling? 06:42
- Blair talks about his month of solo travel in Seoul, South Korea 11:11
- Blair talks about what he has been up to in 2020 and starting his own business 15:20
- Advice for starting your own business 17:25
- Eric and Blair talk about imposter syndrome 19:30
- Blair shares his networking tips 21:20
- What does the future look like for Blair 24:00
- Blair talks about finding out about financial independence, paying off over $17K of credit card debt, financial literacy, and shares some resources 27:18
- Playing with FIRE Documentary
- Financial Gym
- Blair talks about his goal of reaching Coast FI 39:30
- Blair shares his new positive habit 43:40
- Where to reach Blair 45:40
Significant Quotes
- “I was giving myself permission to leave once I was debt-free” 16:09
- “All of the money I’ve made since starting my company has come from multi year relationships 23:38”
Connect with Eric and Nomad on FIRE!
- Website: https://nomadonfire.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericthenomadonFIRE/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadonfire/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nomad_onFIRE
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nomadon_FIRE/
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