The Digital Nomad Dream is Dead (and this is replacing it)

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Being a digital nomad sounds like a dream.. but there is something way better than being a digital nomad...

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After being a digital nomad myself, traveling the world for 15 months while working from my laptop, making money online, I can honestly say, it's not the dream that portrays it to be. BUT. there is something way better than being a digital nomad..

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[Stefanovic]

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[SunniHorizons]

Life is so interesting. No matter what you do, someone is going to tell you that you should've done it differently. So for anyone that wants to be a digital nomad for themselves, DO IT! I appreciate this video, I really do! However, I want people to know that no matter what you do, you are going to wish at some point that you had done it differently. Stay at home, "oh I wish I would have traveled". Travel, "oh I wish I would have built a base". Have kids young, "oh I wish I would have waited". Have kids in your late 30s, "oh I wish I hadn't waited". So live your life for you! No matter what, you are going to wish you had done it differently. Great video though :)

[Tomas-Gri]

To be 100% honest, the biggest problem I had was making my business legal. I would've done it way sooner if I knew how much it boosts your business and how easy and cheap it is. If anyone’s interested, I used Nexalic to set up my LLC. Just sharing my experience, hope it helps someone. Thanks and good luck!

[Mistamannfour]

Being a Digital Nomad is not dead: you just need to modify your thinking about travel. What do I mean, stop traveling to destinations for short durations. Set up a home base country that you want to be in long term. Then travel only a couple of times per year to other destinations for maybe a month or two. Your home base can still be remote work and you can determine if you will work during travel excursions. You do not have to constantly travel to be considered a Digital Nomad.

[JokkePlays]

So basically the digital nomad life is not dead, you're just building a base and still traveling. I love this viewpoint, and "intermittent nomad" is exactly how I want to live. The best of both worlds, since you still are moving from place to place, traveling while working, but just having a "base".

[bennieburger]

I love that! As we become older the depth in experience thing is really becoming important. My fience and i are both 36 now and we are in the exact same boat. We LOVE travelling, but we also actually Love being Home!

Thank you for doing your videos the way you do, transparency seems to be your best approach and I like it!

[RonPalacio]

Just be a professional double for Bradley Cooper

[Pogmothoin]

I’ve travelled quite a bit over the past 10 years which led me to once take a job in Malta, running a small backpackers hostel.

It was here that I made the same realisation as you after I met a digital nomad there who was in his late 30s, I was 27 at the time.

He explained to me how he hasn’t got a place that he feels attached enough to that he could call home from where he’s travelled so much. He also said that he has very few deep relationships and still has to attend meet up groups (where we met and were having this discussion) to form friendships as so many people come and go.

It was an illuminating conversation and I could see that I was heading for the same path as him if I carried on living the same life (as exciting as it can be).

I now live back in my hometown and building my business here close to family and old friends. Cemented my place in the local community here. I still find plenty of time for trips away and can still scratch that travel itch.

That conversation will always stick with me!

[isdeirinnme]

In Arizona we call people like that “snow birds.” They follow the good weather, staying in Phoenix when it’s reasonable in winter, and coming up the mountain to the forest in the summer. They’re usually middle aged to retired, because that’s who can afford to own two houses. The rest of us can’t even afford one, in part because of the snow birds. Some though live in RVs and move between RV parks instead.

[marcelvanLare]

I am a dutch freelancer. I go on holidays in winter to escape the cold and grey to a warm exotic country. Now in Zanzibar. Soon back home to enjoy my routines and programming. Further i love the changes of dutch seasons, and indeed grey weather gets boring but also non-stop sun does.

[darrellwillie]

Nomad Capitalist came up with this at least 5 years ago. The idea of a couple bases and intermitent travel. Great video and message.

[RonPalacio]

Intermittent Nomadi makes so much sense tbh...the ideal is whenever the weather sucks balls you just change location, having a solid base

[dexterspeights]

Digital Nomads need to work in order to survive which is the major downside of this lifestyle. Fiscal Nomads have passive income investments work them which is the key to true economic mobility.

[sharonzaks]

This is EXACTLY the same conslution I got to, after being a nomad for 2 years.
Have a strong base + community for 6-9 months.
Then travel and explore in the bad season (harsh winter \ humid summer).
Great video!

[my_kv]

Great video! Now I’m 20, I work as a Software Engineer remotely so technically it allows me to travel around the world but I cannot decide between settling down, saving up money, building a base for myself in the country I live now vs travelling the world as much as possible, doing and experiencing new things as I’m still very young. Concept of the intermittent nomading seems like a great compromise and worth a try. Cheers up Stefan🎉

[harisodobasic]

Intermitted nomad!

Follow that concept as well.
Summer -> Amsterdam
Winter -> Portugal 🏄

[mikolajulikowski]

This is so genious, thanks for the video! It’s been almost 3 years since I moved to Denmark and I have to admit that the winter season also sucks here, while summer is nice.

[cashking]

The fact that LLC start wasn’t a 3-hour nightmare? Unsettling in the best way. Thanks Nexaalic.

[iulianserban]

welcome to the team. based in Dubai from November to May ...explore the world for the remaining months when heat kicks in.

[craiginzana]

I had the same experience at the end of my 20s and have really settled into depth in my 30s.

I’m glad I did both. I feel very fulfilled now. I’m involved and making an impact on my community. I’m married with a new baby. I have fewer but MUCH deeper friendships. It’s great.