Nick Quick
I've lived abroad for 15 years, figured out some stuff the hard way, and I'm still figuring out the rest. I write about the chaos of actually doing that.
Currently in Paraguay 🧉Living in Asunción, building in public, drinking too much mate.
Right now I'm deep in a newsletter experiment — writing weekly micro-systems for people whose brains work like browser tabs. Fifteen issues in and I've learned that "aim low, but fucking aim" is apparently a philosophy people actually need to hear.
Also: experimenting with AI tools for creative work (the useful kind, not the hype), trying to maintain a 127-day movement streak, and slowly convincing myself that Paraguay is underrated.
Ask me about it. I mean it.
"Aim low, but fucking aim."The only life advice that's actually stuck
The Good Stuff
A handful of pieces I'd send to a friend. Not a portfolio — just the things that landed.
What Nobody Tells You About Living Abroad for 15 Years
The unglamorous truth: the logistics, the loneliness, the weird bureaucracy, and why I'm still doing it.
→The Only AI Prompts Worth Saving (I Tested Hundreds)
Not productivity guru stuff. Actual prompts that solve the dumb daily things that eat your time.
→How I Stopped Lying to My Brain About What I Could Get Done
The "aim low" philosophy in practice. Embarrassingly simple. Annoyingly effective.
→Pack in 10 Minutes. Forget Nothing. Stop Overpacking.
After 15 years and some spectacular failures (six shoes, no charger), I finally figured out packing.
→Who Is This Guy
I grew up in small-town Idaho. Left in my 30s. Ended up living in 12+ countries across Latin America and beyond, mostly by accident, occasionally by design.
I'm 48, currently based in Paraguay, and I write about the intersection of chaotic living and practical systems. Not because I've got it figured out — because I've failed at it so many times I've accidentally learned what works.
My superpower, if you want to call it that: I take complicated stuff (AI, life admin, creative systems, international living) and translate it for people who have scattered brains and limited patience for bullshit. Which is most of us, if we're being straight about it.
I'm not a guru. I'm the friend who went down the rabbit hole so you don't have to — and came back with something actually useful.
AI & Automation for Humans
Not for productivity bros. For people who just want their daily annoyances to stop.
Nomad Life (The Unglamorous Truth)
What Instagram doesn't show you about living abroad.
Systems for Scattered Minds
Frameworks that work when your attention span is also a browser tab.
Actually, Let's Talk
Not "reach out via the contact form below." The newsletter has a reply button and I read every single one — including the 2am ones. Those are usually the best.
You can also find me in the usual places. I'm most real in the newsletter, most sporadic on Instagram, and very much building in public everywhere else.