I've said this before, but I'll say it again for those who still don't understand... Before February 24th, 2022 I liked Russia and Russians, I liked Russian food, language, culture, movies, m...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2023/04/this-is-my-last-post-about-russia-and.html
Every day I get messages from people who write me or comment on my posts and videos saying "XYZ" is the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine. The majority of these people have never even been to Ukr...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2023/04/why-russia-really-invaded-ukraine.html
It's been a long journey, but as of a few days ago, I am now a green card holder of Ukraine, which makes me a Permanent Resident. The process technically started in March 2021, but in reality,...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2022/12/im-officially-ukrainian-permanent.html
> "For those who argue that some people in Eastern Ukraine wanted to > be part of Russia. > >> Some people in New York wanted the USA to be an Islamic state. >> ...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2022/10/ukraine-faq-donbas-2014-2022-russian-war.html
If you've been following my social media and YouTube videos these past few weeks, you'll know that we hit the goal of raising $10,000 through the GoFundMe that I set up with Dan Leal. Ov...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2022/03/1000-donation-ukrainian-school-for.html
I never thought that my travel videos on YouTube would be of any significant use besides a bit of entertainment and fun. I especially didn't think small cities in Ukraine like Irpin, or even the ...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2022/03/ukraine-before-russias-war-how-it-looked.html
A big misunderstanding people have is the difference between being cheap and frugal. A lot of people often wonder why I "seem cheap" even though technically I have a lot of money. Some people thi...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/12/why-i-live-like-im-broke-am-i-cheap-or.html
I've been getting a lot of requests to meet with me in Kyiv (Kiev) lately and have felt bad ignoring so many people's requests. The problem is that for every cool person that I would genuinely en...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/11/meet-me-in-kyiv-ukraine.html
If it seems like I haven't been posting much on my blog, or recording many episodes of the podcast Travel Like a Boss, it's because I've focused my time and energy exclusively on my Youtube chann...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/10/100000-subscribers-on-youtube.html
I know this sounds trival, but I promise that it sums up a lot in one little thing. One of the things I hated about living in America is how few public pull up bars there are in the country. This...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/08/why-i-hate-living-in-usa-reason-24.html
Every year I spend a few hours on my birthday or the day afterwards to sit down and reflect on not only what I learned that year, but also how I grew, what I did well, what didn't work out, and w...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/07/my-40th-birthday-thoughts-and-lessons.html
It's been so nice to be back in Ukraine, especially since I've finally gotten the keys to the apartments that I bought and have finally been able to move in...sort of at least. The last time I sa...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/07/back-in-ukraine-kyiv-kiev-kharkiv.html
I never considered Turkey to be a country to travel to, mainly because growing up in America, we never heard anything good about it. All we knew was that it was a Muslim country somewhere in the ...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/06/republic-of-turkey-traveling-oludeniz.html
Happy May everyone! Summer is officially here and I have never been so excited to see the sun again. It's crazy as one of the reasons I left Sri Lanka was because I got tired of the heat and endl...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/04/april-2021-income-expenses-and-costs-of.html
Yes I know it sounds crazy, but it's official, I bought my first ever piece of real estate. It's my first home, my first condo, whatever you want to call it, and I paid for it in cash. I still re...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/04/why-i-bought-property-in-ukraine.html
Happy April everyone! It's officially the start of Spring, and it's been exactly 30 days since I arrived in Ukraine. I'm both excited and hesitant to calculate how much I spent this month as I ha...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/04/march-2021-first-month-in-kyiv-ukraine.html
It's still hard to believe that I stayed in Sri Lanka for over a year, and honestly it would have been longer if it wasn't for a day with no WIFI that pushed me over the edge to book a flight to ...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/03/feb-2021-my-final-month-in-sri-lanka.html
I get a dozen emails or messages a week asking me for an interview, and I say no to 95% of them, mostly because of their lack of reach or audience. The tricky thing is, declining or saying no, is...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/02/why-i-say-no-to-most-interviews-with.html
It's crazy to think about it, but it's been over a year since I first landed here in Sri Lanka back on February 6th, 2020. Even crazier is that this is the longest I've spent in any single countr...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/02/why-i-spent-entire-year-in-sri-lanka.html
Happy February everyone. I'm sure that this year so far has been just as strange for you as it's been for me. The funny thing is, for the past six months or so, people kept wishing for 2021 to ar...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/01/january-2021-expenses-income-youtube.html
It's actually been a few weeks since it happened, but I didn't want to make it public just yet. Breakups are hard and they are personal. Also it takes some time to reflect and have it actually se...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/01/new-chapter-we-broke-up.html
I have two Clubhouse invites if anyone wants one. But before asking, here's why it's not worth your time joining. Here's how the app normally works. You beg for an invite, sign up for their wai...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/01/clubhouse-invites-inside-look-and-review.html
If you haven't taken the time to sit down and review your previous year, take this as inspiration to do so yourself. Tim Ferriss has said "Forget New Year's Resolutions and Conduct a 'Past Year R...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2021/01/2020-year-in-review-travel-income-goals.html
It's an exciting month as this was the first month of getting paid sponsorships on my Youtube channel. First was Rosetta Stone who reached out, then just a week later I got a six video deal with ...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2020/12/nov-2020-expenses-and-income-youtube.html
As a digital nomad, someone who works online using tech, a good laptop and phone is pretty much my entire office, production studio and everything I use to built, create, and manage my online bus...
https://www.johnnyfd.com/2020/10/digital-nomad-tech-2020-macbook-air-and.html