{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenomadtheory.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fc82c3a6e-5aa52270","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#15 TNT in NYC Joshua Keay: Keys to a Great Gap Year","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8fee87/8fee87d8-5be5-4604-881f-a8d420fa4e74/4dc61bed-3c09-4e1f-ad69-dbeb0070573c/1541631455artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4dc61bed-3c09-4e1f-ad69-dbeb0070573c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#15 TNT in NYC Joshua Keay: Keys to a Great Gap Year\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"#15 TNT in NYC Joshua Keay: Keys to a Great Gap-Year 🌎\r\n\r\nThinking about taking a gap year, but don’t know anyone who did it without becoming a good-for-nothing wastrel? 💩\r\n\r\nI was planning to interview Dennis Sarkozy (episode #13 TNT in NYC) during my tour of NYC, but I didn’t expect the surprise guest of today’s show — Joshua Keay.  🗽\r\n\r\nTo use Dennis’s words, Josh “jumped” when he heard I am focused on finding the best ways for people to take a guilt-free gap year without going broke. Having taken one himself, he was excited to share his thoughts on the concept with anyone considering a gap year. 🤔✈️\r\n\r\nListen to the show and read the notes/quotes here🌈: \r\n\r\n☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️\r\n\r\nJosh developed some basic skills in graphic design (namely photoshop) around age 16 or 17, and was supporting himself entirely within a year of graduating high school. ✌🏼️💵\r\n\r\nAfter realizing a college degree wasn’t 100% necessary, he worked more and more independent gigs with design agencies, or architecture firms; eventually earning enough to survive only working 2-3 days a week. 🗓\r\n\r\nJosh is big on semantics, so calling himself an “artist and designer that works in technology” is mostly a simple tag line for when people ask the classic question: ”What do you do?” 🕴🎩\r\n\r\nFurthering that thought, he talks about certain words being “precious” and shares brief stories about working with the founders of Air BnB, who would rarely mention what they do at a party, even though they are billionaires: 🔮🛌\r\n\r\n\t“There’s something interesting to be said about when you get to a point of not broadcasting what you do. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and humility is the ultimate status symbol.” - Joshua Keay\r\n\r\nThis interview is one off the most full-bodied and informative I’ve done so far.  Josh considers the word ‘insights’ too precious to describe them — preferring ’ramblings of a madman’ — but I highly recommend reading through the show notes/quotes dictated below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️\r\n\r\nEspecially if you are at all interested in developing a career as a designer, artist, programmer, consultant, or anything traditionally considered “freelance”. (Josh doesn’t like the word ‘freelance’ either, lol: )✏️💻🎨🎷\r\n\r\nI admire his semantic obsession, if he would call it that, and found myself with an increased awareness of my own speech after our conversation. Of course, it helps listening to my own enchanting voice 100 times over while editing these episodes, but let me know if anyone experiences a similar phenomena in the comments below! 🤓\r\n\r\nAs always, thanks for listening to THE NOMAD THEORY 🔮\r\n\r\nStay Wild Folks! \r\n\r\nA.C. Ridenour🍌\r\n\r\n(THE NOMAD THEORY is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and GooglePlay. If you feel so inclined, leave a review on Apple Podcasts and I would be very happy :)\r\n\r\n\r\n☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"}