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I'm Richard Nikoley. Free The Animal began in 2003 and as of 2022, I've written and published 5,000 posts. I write what I wish...from health, diet, and food; to travel and lifestyle; to politics, social antagonism, expat-living...location and time independent—while you sleep—income. I celebrate the audacity and hubris to live by your own exclusive authority and take your own chances.
Free the Animal really means to free yourself to reach your ideal potential in all areas of your life, learn from mistakes and successes, and move on.
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Sending $30 From NYC to a Thailand Tesco Lotus in Under a Minute for 20 Cents
Sending $30 From NYC to a Thailand Tesco Lotus in Under a Minute for 20 Cents
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The Banality of Blue on Black

Get Away From Everyone Trying To Help You

I’m Helping A Rural Single-Mom Family In Thailand

My Interview With Ex-American Sean Ring
Featured: Current and Active Blog Post Series
Permanent Crisis Is The New Normal — Prosper Anyway #1
Introduction Where do you go from here since failure, default, or succumbing to the 18-month-long assault—and counting—on the whole planetary civilization is not an option? It sucks for very many; I well know, and I haven’t gotten through this unscathed myself. One of my businesses is luxury condo vacation-rentals in Cabo San Lucas and I’ve…
Natural Immunity, Gut Biome, and its Importance in COVID-19 #1 — Introduction
Back about 6 years ago in the midst of the gut biome craze, I had already been in collaboration with Tim Steele on tons of posts on Resistant Starch. Thousands of comments amongst the posts. Tim came up with the idea of further collaborating on a book and he went right to work, doing the…
What Caused My 40% Testosterone Increase?
The Sexual Mind Trying To Zero In On T For Men The bottom line is that while I can’t be certain, I have some reasonable ideas that I consider chicken-or-egg scenarios. …In December of 2019 I completed the sale of my house in California and almost everything else. During the moving process I saw that…
International Living By Geoarbitrage
I kick off a series of posts amongst my other ongoing series that’s of deep interest to me and I hope, to many others who’ve always maybe wondered or dreamed about living in a country other than the one they live in by the accident of birth. People often say, “I’m an American,” or, “I’m…
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Sending $30 From NYC to a Thailand Tesco Lotus in Under a Minute for 20 Cents

The Banality of Blue on Black

Get Away From Everyone Trying To Help You
