Archive - The 50+ Nomad

6 Notes Sunday: Spontaneity, Positivity, & Kenny Loggins 🤔

The best notes, posts, and random discoveries from my week on Substack.

Jul 6 • Jo Barnes

The Pressure Is Killing The Magic (Set It Free)

What happens when the thing you love becomes the thing you measure

Jul 3 • Jo Barnes

How to Find the $1,000 Skill You're Already Sitting On (No New Training Needed)

5 steps for turning decades of experience into portable income

Jul 2 • Jo Barnes

July's Mini-Adventures: 31 Small Things to Make This Month Feel Bigger

One small adventure a day to help you add a little more fun, freedom, and spontaneity to your month.

Jul 1 • Jo Barnes

June 2026

6 Notes Sunday: Momentum Beats Perfection

This weeks roundup of Notes & posts worth your Sunday.

Jun 29 • Jo Barnes

4 Things Gordon Ramsay Taught Me In Vegas

Or: what could you build over the next 10-30 years if you really gave yourself the time?

Jun 25 • Jo Barnes

What My 20-Year-Old Daughter Taught Me About Audience Building In a Vegas Rooftop Pool

How Gwen Stefani sold out 18 nights at the Sphere, and what that has to do with your Substack.

Jun 22 • Jo Barnes

6 Notes Sunday: Maybe a beautiful life isn’t made from extraordinary days....

This weeks roundup of Notes & posts worth your Sunday.

Jun 21 • Jo Barnes

Viva Las Vegas: A Non-Gambler's Love Letter

Confessions of a Brit abroad who can't count cards but loves the fountains.

Jun 20 • Jo Barnes

Why Consistency is Only Half the Game

And what you need to do to play full out...

Jun 17 • Jo Barnes

I Tried to Procrastinate This Morning, But Claude Wouldn't Let Me.

5 surprisingly useful ways AI helps me get out of my own way.

Jun 15 • Jo Barnes

6 Notes Sunday: How You Spend Your Days Is How You Spend Your Life

This weeks roundup of Notes & posts worth your Sunday.

Jun 14 • Jo Barnes

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