Live And Earn

“We're not bothering anybody by asking for more money. We're not bothering anybody by asking, ‘where's my late payment?’ We need to be assertive and direct.” -- Lola Méndez Six years ago, Uruguayan-American journalist Lola Méndez packed up her New York apartment to travel around the world full-time. From Hong Kong and Chiang Mai to Mexico and Morocco, Lola has written about sustainability, social justice, identity and more for publications including CNN, ELLE, and Architectural Digest.  Unable to travel from her homebase of Montevideo, Uruguay, during the pandemic, Lola diversified her portfolio as a writer and even had her best earnings yet, making $10,000 in one month. Rather than keep the wisdom she’s acquired about negotiating and pitching to herself, Lola advocates for financial transparency in the journalism industry and for freelancers as a whole.  On this episode of Live & Earn, Lola takes us behind the scenes of what it’s like to travel for a living. She also shares some of the secrets to her suc