T.C. Roberts

I had it all—money, a solid finance career, a terrace in Sydney’s The Rocks, and a rotation of women that would make most men quietly resent me. Commitment? Not my thing.

Then I met Jezebel Ekas.

She’s an American MMA fighter, dangerously attractive, and completely unimpressed by my usual charm. For reasons I still don’t fully understand, she made...

I came to Cartagena to launch my new, highly enviable digital nomad lifestyle—or at least that’s what I told myself. Fresh start, clean slate, better decisions.

What I got instead was a nightmare with better weather.

It started with a woman I shouldn’t have trusted. It usually does. One drink later, I was drugged, robbed, and left completely broke...

I came to Amsterdam to prove my digital nomad life wasn’t a complete joke. A government-backed writing gig about Bitcoin and tulips—yes, tulips. A fresh city, and a chance to finally do something that looked vaguely like purpose.

Unfortunately, imposter syndrome kicked in.

So when my old mate Bryce showed up—armed with bad ideas and zero regard...