Hey remote renegades—

While some folks are busy negotiating cubicle spaces and forgetting to swipe their badge when they go to lunch, we’re over here quietly (and stylishly) redefining the future of work.

This week’s issue is your 2025 Remote Work Reality Check.
Zack’s breaking down the data, Becca drops a wisdom bomb, and Ric’s got a hot take on what’s next. Spoiler: It’s looking damn good.

Let’s keep shaping the world we actually want to work in.

— Ric & Shellie

By Zach Wright

Your company offers flexibility, but can it actually support it? 

Teams that thrive aren't just going remote, they're building infrastructure that makes distributed work functional. From async communication to tool consolidation, four critical shifts are separating the winners from the wishful thinkers. 

But here's what most companies are still getting dangerously wrong.

Stop Playing Remote Work Roulette →

✅ The Future of Remote Work: How AI Will Shape Virtual Teams and Productivity by 2025

✅ Top Remote Work Trends: Impact, Effectiveness, and Future Outlook of Working from Home

✅ Work Flexibility in 2025: From Remote-First to Candidate-First

✅ The Geography of Work Is Shifting—Here’s What the Research Shows

A monthly column helping remote workers build their inner lifestyle medicine cabinet, one story, one embodied practice at a time by Becca Marshall.

Ever catch yourself squeezing "just one more thing" into your day when you're not even behind? 

That urge to fill every blank space isn't productivity, it's an old pattern that mistakes busyness for worthiness. I've discovered that every time we honor the pause, something essential returns: our breath, our rhythm, our inner knowing. 

But here's what nobody teaches remote workers about moving between tasks.

Use Becca’s 60-Second Sanity Reset →

🔆 Small companies' pitch to workers: No RTO required. Economic researchers say flexible work helps startups compete with big firms for talent.

🔆 The male breadwinner is gone. Why working from home is necessary for modern families. There's one flexible arrangement that has become crucial to the functioning of households.

🔆 Why It’s Hard to Make Friends as a Grown-Up. If you've found it difficult to keep up adult friendships, you're not alone.

By Ric Pratte, Thrive Remotely Founder

Can we please stop pretending remote work is still an "experiment"? 

From my front-row seat in this revolution, I'm watching three seismic shifts rewrite the rules of work forever. But here's what keeps me wired at 2 AM: most professionals are about to get left behind, and they don't even see it coming.

Discover Why Most Remote Workers Will Fail →

Next week: ‘Lifestyles of the Remote and Flexible’ - Share your beautifully chaotic remote work reality and help fellow flexible workers feel less alone in the wonderful weirdness!

Your laptop’s not glued to your kitchen table, right? 

This week's lineup proves remote doesn't mean hermit mode. From AI workshops in Asheville to river floats in Boise, fellow location rebels are gathering everywhere. Skip the Zoom fatigue and actually meet humans who get the WFH struggle. 

Your couch will survive without you.

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