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Introduce yourself — who are you, where are you and what do you do?

 

by @coffeeshopceo 9yr  | 672 comments

tl;dr: introduce yourself in this thread.

We must all get sick of the same backpacker travel questions when we meet new friends, I know I do.

You know the ones - where are you from, where’ve you been, where are you going, what do you do, how long have you been doing it - etc.

The novelty of answering these questions wears off after maybe a week, but they’re nonetheless insightful and no matter how much we hate them, we find ourselves asking others.

So let’s bring the dreaded backpacker questionnaire to NomadForum and introduce ourselves shall we?

**

  • what’s your name?
  • where are you from?
  • how long have you been away from home?
  • what do you do?
  • where are you currently?
  • where are you going?
  • what has been memorable for you so far?
  • will you go home anytime soon?
  • what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
  • [insert your own question here]

**

No need to answer them all if you don’t want to :smile:
But the more you share… The merrier!

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Hey everyone! Let's see, I'll chime in:

• what’s your name? Joe Frabotta

• where are you from? Cleveland, OH

• how long have you been away from home? I'm not a full-time nomad but I travel throughout the year. Right now I'm in Asheville, NC.

• what do you do? I'm the Director of Marketing for Anyplace.com, a housing platform for digital nomads (let me know what you think about it, if you check it out)

• where are you currently? Asheville for the moment, waiting for things to cool down.

• where are you going? In the fall – Cleveland, and hopefully San Diego and LA

• what has been memorable for you so far? I was in Bali all of February and it was amazing

• will you go home anytime soon? Yep, visiting family in Cleveland in August

• what have you learned during your time as a nomad? I started working remotely and traveling 3 years ago. I learned a lot – how to be productive anywhere, how to work with teammates in very different time zones, how to stay mentally/physically fit (take frequent breaks). It's a constant, evolving process!

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Hello! Just joined today! Not sure I'm posting this in the right place, hope so!

what’s your name?: Heather

where are you from? Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

how long have you been away from home? One month on this trip

what do you do? Travel blogger & YouTube creator, and remote recruiter for a US employer (for now)

where are you currently? London, Ontario, Canada

where are you going? In the next 6 months: extended stay in Mexico (still deciding where - is open to Americans during COVID), cruising the Panama Canal in January (if COVID restrictions allow), and returning to Florida, USA for a month or so.

what has been memorable for you so far? How rewarding it has been learning some of the language for the places I've gone, and seeing the very positive reaction from locals that I made the effort and took the time.

will you go home anytime soon? Mid-October for a month or so. I maintain a "home base" in Florida.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I'm most "at home" on the road!

how long have you been a digital nomad? For about 2 1/2 years.

what future trip are you most looking forward to? Couple month stay in Buenos Aires followed by a cruise to Antarctica in November, 2021

what other hobbies do you have besides travel? Learning languages, writing, photography, videography, watching pro sports, playing video games!

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@mcostello 4yr

Nice to see another Clevelander in here!

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Word!

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Hey hey! I already joined a while back, but I'm now actually working remotely for the first time, so thought it was a good time to introduce myself.

**What’s your name?**

Mike

**Where are you from?**

Netherlands

**How long have you been away from home?**

I escaped the Netherlands to work for 1 month in Portugal (Algarve). Not much COVID going on here, so the perfect place to be more into my work and myself.

**What do you do?**

I am the founder of user feedback tool Upvoty (https://upvoty.com). I'm bootstrapping this SaaS and I'm currently at $5,000 MRR (you can follow stats and insights on my Twitter: @mikedotsaas).

**Where are you currently?**

Algarve, Portugal.

**Where are you going?**

The plan is to go back to The Netherlands after 1 month. Would love to work for another month or so in the Lisbon and Porto area as well. But I guess that's something for '21/'22.

**What has been memorable for you so far?**

Meeting fellow entrepreneurs, especially in SaaS. It's such a driven community!

**Will you go home anytime soon?**

After 1 month I probably should.

**What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?**

Still early on, but from previous (short) periods: working more efficiently on my tasks. I mean, you have to. You want to explore and hangout as well.

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@stasfilin 4yr

Hi all,

My name is Stanislav Filin, I'm 26 from Ukraine.

> how long have you been away from home?

Currently, I'm back to Ukraine, 'cause we have this global situation with the virus

> what do you do?

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at London Based company. Main programming language - Python

> where are you currently?

Ukraine

> where are you going?

Probably Japan. But first, I want to travel again to London.

> what has been memorable for you so far?

Met Alice Merton in Prague, first US trip to NYC

> will you go home anytime soon?

Right now at home

> what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

To be more communicative and polite

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Hi Nomads! My name is Andrew, and I’m a senior at Stanford (and current Nomad due to Covid). I am working on a project aimed at improving remote working and office communication. I’d love to hear your thoughts on remote work. I’d be happy to help you all however I can as well. Please message me if you have a few minutes to spare - thank you in advance!

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@mfyz 4yr

Hi Nomadlist peeps,

I’ve been a member for year+ but finally got the motivation to get involved and get engaged with the community here in the forums.

My name is Fatih. I’m a product/team manager with full-stack engineer background and father by night. My home base in Brooklyn, New York immigrated from Istanbul, Turkey 10 years ago and occasionally nomadic living human being.

I had a year-long moving around + cross country from the US east coast to the south then west and north route with my wife and twin daughters. We started when they were 1 year old and returned back to Brooklyn 5 months ago. I’d love to tell more about my journey taking 10 flights in 2 months in Europe with twin babies then spending 7 months on the road, driving coast to coast while managing a multi-time zone team of 6-10 people and trying to run agency/startup business.

Because of my kids, we sort of settled in our home base for now but I have a long time itch to do a southeast Asia for 3+ months with them and perhaps meet with some of you in person!

I would love to share more on this topic if anyone is interested.

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@adeohluwa 4yr

Hi there!

I’m Adeoluwa Adejumo, Nigerian prince.

i stay in Ibadan, calm city and good weather for the most part

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what’s your name?  Dean
where are you from? Vancouver, Canada
how long have you been away from home? Since 2010 - 11 years now - only home average 1 week a year since left  as still have Mother there.
what do you do? Own a packaging business I can run from anywhere.
where are you currently? Manila
where are you going? Want to do Cambodia - both big cities.   Vietnam - the 2 big cities.  And Chiang Mai.   Have done the rest - and always end up back in Manila - English is so good and the people are nice.   Internet getting better =)  But ya - June to November - storm and rainy - sucks.
what has been memorable for you so far?  Just seeing all of asia - swimming in some 30 floors above city pools etc.  The beaches - wow.  
will you go home anytime soon?  Go home in June when can as my Mom nears her 80th so I try to catch every bday I can.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?  Have to be patient.  I get they doing best they can.   Have come to accept culture will always be different no longer how long I am somewhere or know someone - will never really know them as didn't grow up like them.

My question - where is good place to go June to November for dry and warm weather? I need warm - like 28 Celsius and above =)

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Hi, I’m Stefan Vetter and I just joined :wave: I am the founder of Wortspiel, a digital marketing agency from Switzerland. We’re a team of 11, working remotely since our start 5 years ago. Our clients include WordPress/Automattic, Swiss Post and the city of Zurich. My next trip will be to :thailand: Thailand in January. I’m looking forward to meeting you :wave:

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Hello awesome nomads- I’m Sara!

Where are you from?
I’m originally from Texas.

How long have you been away from home?
I’ve moved around the globe a bit for the last 10 years. However, I like to stay in each place for a few years before the next adventure :smile:

What do you do?
I’m the Founder of a new pet sitting and travel app called Pet Digs :dog::cat:

I’m excited to help other nomads travel more easily! The idea is that you get a free place to stay in exchange for taking care of a pet! We just launched in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are currently available to US residents and citizens, however, we hope to expand to international travelers soon. Please contact me for details if you would like to join our community!

Where are you currently?
I’m currently based in Barcelona and go back and forth between here and the US (with some other travels on the side).

What has been memorable for you so far?
The unexpected friendships that I have created along the way have been the most memorable part of the nomad experience. Even if I was somewhere for a few weeks or months, it was wonderful to make a connection and stay in touch.

Look forward to connecting with other nomads here! Feel free to say hello!

Happy travels!
Sara

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@lunchbag 4yr

Hi everyone, nice to meet you all! :wave:

What’s your name?
Jen

Where are you from?
Toronto, Canada

How long have you been away from home?
I spend half of the year in Toronto and the other half (yes, the colder half) abroad. Earliest this year, my husband and I spent time in Fukuoka, Japan and next year, we’ll be in Taipei, Taiwan from January through May.

What do you do?
I am the founder and one-woman show behind Lunch Money (lunchmoney.app), a multicurrency budgeting tool for the modern-day spender. I also maintain a personal blog at lunchbag.ca

That’s my gist! Thanks for reading and looking forward to being part of this community.

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@samsou 5yr

Hiii Nomads !
I’m Samantha from Switzerland, I’m heading to bangkok to escape the winter in December-January till June 2020

I’m helping people who hate their 8-17 job and lifestyle to become digital nomads actually, that’s my job :smiley: and I love to travel 6 month a year, and stay in Switzerland in Summer.

In Bangkok I will be staying in a condo but I don’t know yet in which neighbourhood, and I would like to be working a lot, be productive, and also meet nomads who are in the same mindset in the moment (grow their business, not chilling)

Do you know some places, cool coworkings, or group of people that I could join to meet DN’s ? :smiley:

Looking forward to meet more of you, and if you’re in BKK, message me!

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What’s your name?
Guilherme Luchesi

Where are you from?
Brazil

How long have you been away from home?
I’ve lived in Ireland for a year but in this new adventure it has been only 4 months

What do you do?
I am a WordPress developer and that’s what has brought me so far, but I’m trying to find new ways for a living as teaching financial hacks and also considering dropshipping

Where are you currently?
Portugal

Where are you going?
Spain > France > Italy > Turkey > ???

Will you go home anytime soon?
As long as my girlfriend and I still have money to keep travelling, I don’t think so

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Actually, I’m still on the process of learning, that now I am a nomad and not a tourist haha

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@mgordon 5yr

Hello!

My name is Matthew Gordon. I’m 26, from California, and acquired a remote software developer job about three months ago. I’m extremely excited to travel, meet new people, and see what experiences the world has to offer. I have been in Mexico for a bit, but now deciding where to go next. My top choices at the moment are Prague, Budapest, and Belgrade. But please hit me up if you have recommendations, I’m open to many things.

I LOVE trying new foods/restaurants, finding unique bars for drinks, dancing, road trips, really anything as long as it’s with good people. I also play guitar, read novels, and am starting to get into photography.

As an ice breaker, I’ll start with a short story. One of the best things I’ve ever done was buy and ride a motorbike across Vietnam. It took about two and a half weeks. I started In Hanoi and ended in Ho Chi Minh City. Even though the bike would break in a different way every day, and the storms would loose winds that tried to blow me off the road I had the time of my life. I was in no way unique doing this but the people I met, the adventures I had, and the sense of freedom made it unforgettable.

Please hit me up if you want to talk about cities, traveling, guitar, or anything you want. I’m also quite easy to convince when deciding on a place to travel to.

I look forward to meeting everyone!

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@yann 5yr

What’s your name?
Yann Eves

Where are you from?
Brighton, United Kingdom :uk:

How long have you been away from home?
:flight_departure: My wife (Hannah) and I left Brighton in January 2018, though my childhood was also nomadic

What do you do?
My wife works in video :framed_picture:, games :space_invader:, and property management :houses:, and I work in all things automation / programming :robot:. Some people might call that work, at least!

Where are you currently?
Check out nomadlist/@yann

Where are you going?
We’ve been enjoying looking after pets and homes on Trusted Housesitters :house_with_garden: :cat2: :dog2: - so, wherever that takes us!

What has been memorable for you so far?
On a solemn note, we can’t shake the sad picture of environmental destruction overseas by China. Or for something more cheery, we joined a dive boat off the coast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia and saw more marine life :fish: :blowfish: :tropical_fish: than we’d seen in our lives. A close second would be our ascent up Arguille du Midi 3842m from Chamonix, France - on top of the world!

Will you go home anytime soon?
We will make stops at home at least a couple times a year, prompted by friends’ weddings :bride_with_veil: especially.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
You can’t escape yourself :brain: - if you want an easy life, stay static, but you’ll be missing the extreme highs and lows a nomadic lifestyle will bring you.

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@joshstraw 5yr

Hey, Josh here. I’m an Australian living on a small island in the Caribbean. That’s our base and we travel circa 6 months out of the year.

I’m looking for new friends who live a similar lifestyle. My girlfriend and I have lots of friends across the world, but it would be nice to have travel buddies also. Someone who appreciates that it’s not all adventure and pool parties, but needs solid work time also. I guess we are seeking someone who is already established and earning enough to be be able to afford something nicer than a hostel (no offence to anyone doing that sort of thing).

My company JMarketing has been around for quite a while now. We’re multi-award winning for our websites, have staff across 4 continents and deal with small and medium sized companies, as well as some silicon valley funded guys as well.

Looking forward to meeting some new buddies.

Josh & Tuscany

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Hey Nomads! I’m new here. My name is Mike and I’m from the Netherlands :netherlands:. Since a couple of months I’m living the remote life. Before this I had an office with employees and all, but I was tired of being in the same space with the same people every day of the week.

What do I do?
I run an online marketplace platform for home improvement called Vindy. :moneybag:It’s doing around $1,000,000 ARR now. We generate leads from home owners and sell them to contractors.

Side hustle
Since I work remotely, I started a little side hustle called Upvoty. It’s a feedback tool for mainly startups and SaaS businesses. It’s a typical startup that came from “scratching my own itch”. Because of the many users within my other startup Vindy, we get a lot of feedback on a daily basis. I needed a good way to collect this feedback in 1 overview and a proper way to communicate this with our users. Couldn’t find a good tool for a fair price, so built one myself. :moneybag:It’s doing a little over $700 MRR now.

Where can you find me?
Please connect with me on Instagram. I share a lot of stories and posts about my startup progress and processes over there. Physically I am usually in the Netherlands (Eindhoven or Amsterdam), but I travel a lot to Lisbon, Portugal. Still need to travel to Asia or somewhere outside Europe to make a real digital nomad move here I guess :).

Happy to connect! :raised_hands:

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@winnie 5yr
  • what’s your name? Winnie
  • where are you from? Originally from Phoenix, AZ, USA
  • how long have you been away from home? i consider home as wherever i happen to be, but i have lived outside the US for more than half my life
  • what do you do? writer, Chinese-to-English translator, independent researcher
  • where are you currently? Berlin, Germany
  • where are you going? Tivat, Montenegro in July & August 2019
  • what has been memorable for you so far? the kindness of strangers
  • anyone interested in setting up a seasonal, coliving ski chalet around Saint-Gervais/Megève/Les Houches/Chamonix in Feb & March 2020?
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@tlane2 5yr

Hi everyone!

My name is Tristan, and I’m from New Jersey in the states. I currently working in project management at a medical agency and have been here for almost 9 months. I have had a remote job in the past, but it was a contracted position, and this was in the cryptocurrency writing field.

I have traveled to over 65 countries in 6 continents and would love to travel more and explore the world! In my free time I enjoy biking, tennis, and investing (particularly in cryptocurrencies).

Currently, I am looking for any remote job in writing, project management, customer service, data entry, and more to try and be able to explore the world! Any direct contacts or referrals are appreciated!!!

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Hello everyone!
My name is Ana, I’m from Lisbon but currently in Malaga.

I’ve been away from home almost for 5 years.
I work for Oracle but my work allows me to be remote inside the EMEA area.

I am doing some side projects, namely the first coliving in Malaga.

Hope to exchange some ideas with other nomads.

Best
Ana

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@nonno84 5yr

Hi Everybody,

I’m Mauro from Marche, Italia. I’ve been working as software engineer for around 12 years, and since less than a couple of years I started to work for a distributed company which allows me to live from wherever I like on the European timezones, and for a few weeks also on more “exotic” timezones. The salary is not the best but team looks great, I can learn a lot and I’m free to work from home with the “safety” of a normal full-time contract.

Unluckily for me I’m well in my little village and I don’t like to make travelling a routine, so I tend to spend most of the time at home; I try to organise a few short trips a year of one/two months taking a place somewhere, working with a normal schedule at home and exploring the surroundings during weekends and vacations… it works quite well for me :slight_smile:
I’m on Couchsurfing, BeWelcome and Workaway, and I love to host people in my village.

Next trips in theory Norway by motorbike in July/August, and I thinking quite seriously to Thailand in November/December, but I’m still collecting info.

In my ideal world little villages on hills like mine would be crowded by people like us, and I don’t really like to live in cities so I’m grateful to companies which allow people to work from home… and when I travel I tend to stay in cities also because so I can remember that I don’t like concrete, traffic and crowded places :joy:

Just signed-up in this website, ask me if you need info about Italia and my region in particular :pray:

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Hello everyone!

I’m new here. My name is Mathieu, I’m from New-Brunswick, Canada. I have a background in hospitality, business, and science. I still live in N.B. these days, but have lived in France for 4 months as well as Ontario, Canada before. I have also traveled in the US for work, and Scotland when I was a kid.

I am looking to meet with digital nomads to better understand some of the problems and challenges found in this lifestyle. My intent is to solve some of those problems by founding a company by end of this summer 2019. As such, I would love to hear about the problems you have encountered and how we can make the digital nomad life easier, as well as any process of re-locating overall!

I’ve heard that Thailand is a good and affordable destination for a digital nomad life. As such, I am currently exploring the possibility of re-locating there for the summer, and to work from there. I would love to hear any suggestions, or tips you might have for this trip!

The idea of being a nomad is a very personal one, that is about freedom for me. I hope to immerse myself in this culture and to make it easier for people to be a nomad and to work and the same time.

My experience of moving to France a few years ago was lifechanging. It really provided some perspective in my life and motivated me to create a life on my own terms. And now here I am!

Would anyone be willing to have an introductory video conference call to discuss some of the challenges you have encountered as a nomad so far? I intend to solve some of those problems this summer, and who knows where our conversation may take us!

Thank you for your consideration! I am really looking forward to becoming a part of this community.
Sincerely,
Mathieu

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Hello all! So excited to being participating in the nomad community!

My name is Kyle Maurer and I’m from Jackson, Michigan, USA. I’ve been working for a distributed company for the last seven years but am only now just starting to travel seriously. Three months from now I’ll be going on my first extended trip. My wife, daughter and I will be spending a month in Budapest followed by a few days in both Prague and Berlin. My intention is to take a working trip like this every year to a new destination.

I know it isn’t a full nomad lifestyle but I think it suits me and what works for my family.

Professionally I do marketing stuff for a WordPress plugin company called Sandhills Development. I also help organize some WordPress conferences, co-host a satirical WordPress advice podcast called Get Options, and play guitar in a band.

Looking forward to meeting many of you!

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@pedrox86 5yr

what’s your name?
Pedro Lopes
where are you from?
Brazil!
how long have you been away from home?
Hmm… left in 2016 - currently im in Uruguai, working with Infraestructure and IT Security.

what do you do?
Im a Forensic Investigator, Security IT Professional and IT Guy.
www.pedrolopespericias.com.br
If anyone need my jobs, i work Remote to! :smiley:
where are you currently?
Uruguai and Brazil -
where are you going?
Staying put for a few months.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Cataratas do Iguaçu - Argentina side
will you go home anytime soon?
Maybe…
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I need trip more! My brain need this!

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@flipchan 5yr

Hey all :slight_smile:

My name is Filip but everyone calls me flipchan,
Im a developer at a startup called Firo Solutions
. We just went live with our beta so check that out at : watchers dot firosolutions dot com

I am swedish and love to travel and work on cool projects so thats why i decided to become a digital nomad, i have been out for 3months now. I quit my regular day job and focused more on my side project Firo Solutions which is a saas platform for keneping track of software updates. Im looking forward to getting to know alot of you and seeing planet eart :wink:

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@tomchentw 5yr

tl,dr. Feel free to ping me to hangout/cocktails/co-working via Slack handle: @tomchentw.

Hi everyone, I’m Tom Chen (tomchentw) from Taiwan and I’ve been doing remote jobs since the beginning of 2015.

I worked mostly in web front-end, with specialities in <19>React.js and Single-Page-Applications.

During leisure hours I like exploring cocktail bars and hostels, both are really new and interesting to me. I’m currently traveling/nomading in Singapore, and planned to go to Malaysia and Thailand in my next few weeks. Probably east Europe after these in the 2019 Winter/Spring.

Personality-wise, I’m an introvert but trying to be more socialized. I like meeting new people but not too much at the same time, which I really enjoy chatting deeply with a person in a day :slight_smile:.

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Hi folks, I’m Anthony from Upstate NY (Washington County). I’ve been nomadic since May of this year (2018). I’m a programmer/project manager/indie hacker (you can check me out here: https://formico.io). I’m currently living near Medellín Colombia, planning to stay in Colombia until the holidays, then explore more of Latin America.

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What’s your name?
Michel

where are you from?
Aruba

how long have you been away from home?
I have been away from home for around 19 years, but had two long stints in California and Florida, before finally going true nomad in June this year.

what do you do?
I am a software architect. What that really means is that I do a lot of Lynda courses and get myself involved in starting a lot of applications that someone else finishes.

where are you currently?
In Aruba
where are you going?
Dominican Republic for two weeks, then back to San Francisco(where my job is), then to Sao Paolo, back to Aruba, then Medellin.

will you go home anytime soon?
I’m home now.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
It’s not easy to eat healthy, so I tend to feel hungrier more often. Said goodbye to having a meaningful romantic relationship. It’s better to have less than more, so moving around is getting easier.

People are nice so far, but the more I nomad the more I want to have a base everywhere on earth :slight_smile:

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@yvony 6yr

What’s your name?
Yvonne
where are you from?
The Netherlands
how long have you been away from home?
Only about 6 weeks
what do you do?
I am a front-end developer (Pink Paisley Designs) and a guitar tech
where are you currently?
Maui, Hawaii
where are you going?
Staying here for a while
will you go home anytime soon?
Yes, but only for a few weeks before I leave again
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I can feel at home pretty much anywhere!

I’d love to meet up with other nomads, because this is all new to me, even though I know for sure this is the lifestyle I love. :slight_smile:

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What’s your name?
Davide

Where are you from?
My hometown is Palermo, Italy, but I have been living in London for 10 years, not sure which one I should call home really :smiley:

How long have you been away from home?
10 Years I guess

What do you do?
I’ve done a bunch of things overtime:
Industrial Designer » UX Designer » Product Manager » Software Engineer
with photography and music thrown in between (Recorded two album and toured Italy a few times).

where are you currently?
Budapest for a month

where are you going?
Planning to explore the world, so for now something like Budapest » Prague » Singapore » Thailand » Bali

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@kartman92 6yr

What’s your name?
Karthic Ashokan

Where are you from?
Bangalore, India is my hometown. But, for the last 5 years, I’ve been based in the US (NY, CA)

How long have you been away from home?
The last time I had my postal address in Bangalore was about 8 years ago. Moved out for school/work.
But now back home, and excited to start my nomad journey.

What do you do?
Tech. Software.

Due to H1B Visa issues, I had to leave the US. But, that kickstarted my digital nomad journey. I’m currently working as a remote/contract worker for my former employer (A startup in the US Automotive space, enabling people to literally buy cars online).

where are you currently?
Back home (Bangalore) for a hot minute.

where are you going?
Starting off with Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc). Would love to spend 6 months in Europe later on.

Can be reached at:

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  • What’s your name?
    Paul.

  • Where are you from?
    Leeds, UK.

  • How long have you been away from home?
    Still at home. Waiting for my house to be sold.

  • What do you do?
    Self employed web-dev, trying to build stuff to get some monthly income.

  • Where are you currently?
    Leeds.

  • Where are you going?
    My plan is to find somewhere new to live and to nomad around until I do. Looking at Australia, Spain and France.

  • Will you go home anytime soon?
    Only for special occasions.

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  1. What’s your name?
    Russell

  2. Where are you from?
    Originally from Texas.

  3. How long have you been away from home?
    I moved away from Texas about 10 years ago.

  4. What do you do?
    I’m a hobbyist photographer and hiker. For employment, I’m a software engineer for a non-profit.

  5. Where are you currently?
    The Bay Area in California.

  6. Where are you going?
    The plan is to visit a bunch of national parks over the next year doing photography workshops and such.

  7. What has been memorable for you so far?
    Probably the few summer weeks I spent in Sweden/Norway. Hiking during the midnight sun and the people I met on long train or bus rides.

  8. Will you go home anytime soon?
    I head back home for a week or two every year to visit my father during his birthday.

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Hi

I am Ankit, 30, and I am from Kolkata, India. For the past few years, I have been in and out of India throughout the year for work and travel. I like peaceful places, and I enjoy beaches the most. I love Thailand for its beaches and forests. I prefer to be surrounded with nature and clean air, over a busy city. I enjoy outdoor sports, and play cricket, squash and volleyball.

I have a [WebDev+ SEO] business which lets me work from anywhere in the world. My clients are located in US, Australia, UK, NZ, UAE, Singapore. I travel to attend conferences and seminars to learn and network.

Next, I am going to be in Chiang Mai, coming October, to attend a SEO conference.

For me, the last 5 years have been memorable, because I realised that the business I was doing was location independent, and did not restrict me from travelling or taking daytime naps.

I do 3-4 trips a year usually. Last week, I was in Manilla, Philippines, and I stayed there for a week. I have recently joined NL, and want to meet other nomads and share experiences!

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@bretth 6yr

What’s your name?
Brett
where are you from?
USA
how long have you been away from home?
Im still based in South Carolina but try to travel for 1-3 months at a time annually.
what do you do?
Ex small hedge fund trader and currently invest in real estate
where are you currently?
Madrid
where are you going?
Staying put for a few months.
will you go home anytime soon?
Yes i do want to check back in at home throughout the year. Im not a complete nomad
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Every place and person is foreign until you’re immersed in it. After a few weeks in a spot, I always feel local

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I’m Ken Jones, always an awkward name because I’m from Uruguay (no my parents were not missionaries or in the military; I’m a 4th or 5th generation Uruguayan). But I was born to travelers so I have been an ex-pat since I was 9. Lived in 9 countries and visited 37. That paultry total (compared to many of you) is about to change as I retire in December and become a full-time nomad without any home base. My 2019 journey at present includes my living in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Turkey, Austria, and Ecuador. Will be making shorter stops in Spain, Italy, and who knows. I have converted to minimalist travel and live out of a backpack and a carry-on bag. Nice sights are interesting but I travel to make new friends, try new foods, listen to live music, and dance. My travel preps are all centered around establishing contacts in my destination points so I can better dive into the local scene and culture when I get there. I always strive to add value to the lives of people I come in contact with. My standard answer to the never-ending question (“which is your favorite place?”): The next one. My dream assignment: find a travel writer who wants a travel companion (me) willing to help with research/writing/editing/photography without asking for a byline or compensation (because I just enjoy it).

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@purmasc 6yr

what’s your name?
Clair
where are you from?
South Africa - but grew up in Virginia
how long have you been away from home?
7 months
what do you do?
Start up technology in arena of medical devices and AI involving blind and low vision - clients get smart glasses and we access the camera when they need sighted assistance
where are you currently?
The Netherlands
where are you going?
Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Dubai, Bangkok, Bali, Hanoi, maybe China, Australia, then back home
what has been memorable for you so far?
being in France for FIFA 2018
will you go home anytime soon?
2019
what have you learned during your time as a nomad?
plan some, walk a lot in any direction, say yes

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what’s your name?
Pieter
where are you from?
South Africa
how long have you been away from home?
Hmm… Left in 2004, returned in 2006. Left again in 2007 and only returned permanently in 2015. Left again on and off since then and have not been back since Nov '17.
what do you do?
Currently General Manager for a consultancy company, MBA student. Previously IT project management.
where are you currently?
Malta. Well, Gozo to be more specific.
where are you going?
Staying put for a few months.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Since 2004? Kabul HHH 2008 - 2014. :footprints:
will you go home anytime soon?
Err… do I have to answer than now mom? :smiley:
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Never underestimate anybody or judge them before you know them. Even then be careful of judging.

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@nilanjan 6yr

Hello fellow Nomads,
This is Nilanjan ( you can call me Nil) :slightly_smiling_face:
I am from Kolkata in India.
I have stayed away from home for most of my professional life.
I am an experienced Project Manager trying to transition into the exciting world of Digital Marketing and Digital Analytics.
where are you currently? presently I am back home and looking for some remote work in Digital Marketing. :slight_smile:

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what’s your name?
Laura & Dan
where are you from?
Laura’s from Texas, Dan is from California, we met in NYC and lived in Vermont for 8 years before a 3 year stint in MPLS and now PDX is home
how long have you been away from home?
We start Sept '18 and plan to travel for 2 years or more.
what do you do?
Dan was in web development & data project management, Laura was an entertainment technologist - we both plan to write.
where are you currently?
Portland, OR
where are you going?
We’re headed to the Camino and then have an open itinerary.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Figuring out how to pack our lives into 150 square feet of storage.
will you go home anytime soon?
Not if we can help it.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
The best travel has some element of accident to it.

We are thrilled to join Nomadlist and look forward to interacting with others.

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@nomad 6yr

I’m justin.

I weld.

I’m going to start freelancing soon.

I’m in the U.S.

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@bugfixer1 6yr

what’s your name?
Lars

where are you from?
Germany

what do you do?
I am a programmer/back end developer (mainly PHP/Javascript/MySQL/HTML/CSS).

where are you currently?
In Germany, near Cologne.

where are you going?
Not sure yet, but I’d like to spend autmn/winter in a warmer country, probably either Spain or a Latin American Country.

what is your personality like?
I’m very much introvert.

The other questions seem to be addressed to someone who already is a nomad, but I am not yet. I’m going to become a digital nomand and registered here to gather information and meet friends who are nomads yet. I did travel though in the past. I travelled to Venezuela(when the crisis was by far not that hard there) and to Ecuador. I stayed there 6 weeks each and also had to work remotely from there. The rest was holidays, but I did not seek contact to nomads there (lacking awareness) and travelled back home after both journeys, that’s why I don’t call myself a nomad yet. Last year I walked the Way of St. James from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela and further until Finisterre and Muxía (about 820km hiking).

I like the idea to share a flat with other digital nomads somewhere and work together on accomplishing a project.

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@deemoun 6yr

Hello friends!

what’s your name?
Dmitry
where are you from?
That’s a tough one. Originally from Russia, but living in US… wait…no I travel a lot.
how long have you been away from home?
I’m not away from home. Home is travelling with me.
what do you do?
I’m a Software QA Engineer or how it’s also called a QA Engineer. In other words, I break software and enjoy it. Been working in the office, as well as remotely.
where are you currently?
Reno, Nevada
where are you going?
Mexico city, Mexico. Always wanted to go there.
what has been memorable for you so far?
The most memorable thing for me is travelling in my Van. Getting away from everyone and everything, somewhere in the desert. That’s a great feeling, although sometimes it does feel lonely, so here I am to make friends.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I’ve learnt how weird society is. It’s built around some nonsense regulations and sometimes really strange things. For example, most of the companies don’t trust people and think that sitting whole day in office makes sense. For me it doesn’t I feel much more productive when working remotely.
Are you interesting in talking to fellow nomads and meeting?
Absolutely!

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@melb 6yr

My name is Melanie and I am originally from Mississippi but currently live in the Southern California desert. I am just beginning my nomad life and happy to find a place where I can hopefully be supported as I learn my way. I am a writer and am going to South Africa in early November. I am looking forward to creating my memories.

Any insights into must sees and dos in SA would be greatly appreciated.

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What’s your name?
Duncan

Where are you from?
Family are from Scotland, I grew up in England, Scotland, Belgium. I’d say that I’m a eurokid more than anything else.

How long have you been away from home?
Brussels was probably my most long running home so I’ve been aware from there for about 10 years.

What do you do?
I like sailing quite a lot. Work wise I tend to be more on the commercial side within tech so product, marketing, commercial etc.

Where are you currently?
Right now this second I am on my boat with my partner and our dog up the river Crouch in England.

Where are you going?
We’re heading back south tomorrow towards London/Kent.

What has been memorable for you so far?
We accidentally found a river with a whole load of seals this week, that was fun. I counted around 40 in total including pups.

Who are you interested in meeting?
Anyone interested in sailing, kitesurfing, tech (business side), good wine.

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@lucozade 6yr

Hey fellow nomads,

What’s your name?
Lucas

Where are you from?
Melbourne, Australia

How long have you been away from home?
7 months

What do you do?
I just launched my own finance business a few months ago and it’s gradually turning into something I can see sustaining myself indefinitely with.

Where are you currently?
Bucharest at the moment, just starting my month in Romania.

Where are you going?
A bit more of Romania, then Serbia and Bosnia before flying to Spain via Cologne. I think I’ll be in Spain and maybe Morocco for a few months but nothing really planned past August at the moment.

What has been memorable for you so far?
Driving around the Balkans for 5 months (currently 3 months in). I had no idea how incredibly easy, fun and friendly this region would be. 5 months is not nearly long enough and I know I’ll be back here soon.

Will you go home anytime soon?
Nope. Planning to set down roots somewhere in Europe once the Hungarian immigration department gives me my citizenship & EU passport. I’ll probably go back to Aus to visit family in about 2 years though.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Just how fortunate I am to have a nomadic opportunity like this. Every other backpacker I meet asks me for a job or picks my brain about how they can ‘live the dream’ like me. I’ve learnt to constantly keep myself in check and be grateful for the lifestyle I have.

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@bretth 6yr

hey lucas

gonna be in madrid starting in august for three months if you want to meet up. I need to put my bio on here, but Im based in the US and try to travel for a month or more at a time annually. I was in dubai last november/december and heading to madrid now. I am ex hedge fund trader and now invest in real estate and am location independent. May as well use the technology nowadays to explore new countries I feel

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Hello everyone!

I like how you format questions and answers Lucas, therefore I’ll do the same.

What’s your name?
Piotrek. I like number π (pi; 3,14…) as much as I enjoy trekking, that is why my name is pronounced π-o’trek. Mind that the “pi-” sound is more like in Greek “pita” :stuffed_flatbread: than in English “pie” :pie:.

Where are you from?
Katowice, Poland.

How long have you been away from home?
I’m more or less six months in Poland and six months away every year.

What do you do?
For about ten years I was working as a tour manager, working a lot in Italy with Polish tourists. This experience helped me start my business focused on improving the relationship between tourism professionals and travellers via mobile tech.

Where are you currently?
At this moment I’m enjoying summer months in Poland, going around my hometown to places like Kraków and Wrocław.

Where are you going?
When the summer here is over, I’m going to Australia or Japan.

What has been memorable for you so far?
My first overseas trip to Japan in 2011 opened my eyes to the idea of a grand adventure. During that time I met several people, who made travelling a key element of their lifestyle and I decided to follow their lead. Eventually, I decided to connect it with online business and start the digital nomad path in February 2018.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I’m “home” right now, but it is more my parent’s home than mine. The plan is to sell it as soon as possible, so they can be more location independent too.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
That future is not evenly distributed, and we can help to make a difference. Volunteering and then working in cafes and coworking spaces enabled me to experience firsthand everyday life in different countries. The money we use to pay for local infrastructure, but also our positive attitudes and vibes are influencing people in their environment. It’s a responsibility that is best approached with mindfulness.

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@tswallen 6yr
  • What’s your name?
    Tom Allen

  • Where are you from?
    Sydney, Australia

  • How long have you been away from home?
    A month, but this is just the start

  • What do you do?
    What don’t I do? I am a Systems Engineer some days, a Full Stack Developer the others and when I find the time I am a teacher of programming in schools. Willing to learn heaps more :slight_smile: particularly bleeding edge stuff like Tensorflow (my latest hobby)

  • Where are you currently?
    Nearly on a plane to Madrid

  • Where are you going?
    Madrid, duh. Also Morocco :wink:

  • What has been memorable for you so far?
    It’s a weird one… I went to a private school, rich and thick like cream. Wanted to be Jordan Belfort. Since I’ve travelled and experienced the third world I’ve been humbled. The West thinks “they” are in need, wrong “we” are in need. Money can’t buy happiness. Tyler Durden represent… now I just do Jordan Belfort things on the weekend

  • Will you go home anytime soon?
    Hopefully not, I want the world to be my home

  • What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
    What matters in life, things about other cultures and ways of living

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@lucozade 6yr

Hey Tom, fellow Aussie here. I’ll be in Spain/Morocco from August, hit me up if you’re still around by then! Cheers, Lucas

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Hi all!

Joined this week, I guess I better introduce myself…

what’s your name?
Joe

where are you from?
Essex, England (or as everyone from Essex says whilst travelling, ‘Just outside of London’)

how long have you been away from home?
9 and a half years, first decade quickly approaching!

what do you do?
This has changed a lot during my travels. For the first 4 years I was a Game Master for World of Warcraft (very geeky), which allowed me to live in Paris and then Ireland due ot their office locations.

After catching the travel bug there, I was made redundant and used the money to move to Gibraltar. Terrible mistake.

Then, I knew I had to find work that allowed me to travel so I started working as a manager in Travel for TUI (the worlds largest travel company - Europe based). I was responsible for managing staff, service and sales in destination so would typically live in a country for 6 to 12 months before being sent straight to the next place. This role allowed me to live in Mallorca (twice), Egypt (twice - all major resorts), Costa Rica, Thailand (with Vietnam working visits), Croatia, Finland, Cyprus… and I’m sure I’m missing somewhere.

where are you currently?
A few months ago I quit that job to become a freelancing nomad. Currently in Kyrgyzstan as it’s an incredibly low cost of living tax laws are favourable; I’ve been laying low here whilst settling in to my freelance contracts so that I know the money will roll in reliably before I hit the road.

where are you going?
In 6 weeks I will move to Budapest and then have a bit of ‘east meets west’ Europe route mapped out until January. In January I hope to head to India and stay there for 9 months to a year, then move down through South East Asia, arriving in Thailand before Songkran 2020. That’s the loose plan but… we know how plans go.

what has been memorable for you so far?
Oh my god. Hanging over the edge of a volcano in Nicaragua? Playing pingpong with the ladyboys of Phuket (haha)? Over 100 dives and becoming a DiveMaster whilst in Egypt, or hot air-ballooning over the Valley of the Kings? Too many memories to list.

will you go home anytime soon?
How is where the heart is; and my heart is on the move.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
People are ultimately far more alike than you think.

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@egonz 6yr

Hi everyone!!
My name is Ernesto, I am from Barcelona (Spain) I have been leaving in Nice (France) and Taipei (Taiwan).
Coming back home was not easy and after 5 years, I have decided to quite my job as a Mobile Project Manager in Bank and start making some Android dev on remote.
Since I got my working holidays visa to Canada I am going to Vancouver next month :slight_smile:
My plan is to travel around British Columbia and visit the US while working remotely, in the future depending on what I learn I might stay or coming back to Barcelona…who knows…
I wish I can start my own company ( i already did, but i failed) and start building a really independent life style :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
See you in Vancouver!

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Hi,
what’s your name?
My name is D. Brian Burghart
where are you from?
I’ve spent most of my life in Reno, Nevada
how long have you been away from home?
I left home on May 6, 2018
what do you do?
I’m a researcher/project specialist at the University of Southern California and the executive director of Fatal Encounters Dot Org
where are you currently?
Rawlins, Wyoming
where are you going?
Deadhorse, Alaska, then Ushuaia, Argentina. I’m traveling across the United States, then back across Canada to work out the bugs in my 1987 Chevy Astro Tiger.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Discovering the cultural personality of Salt Lake City was something else
will you go home anytime soon?
I think I’ll be back in Reno in September
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I’ve learned to doubt the claims made by any technological product.

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Hi,
I am Cyril Gupta. I am 37 years old, from New Delhi, India. I run a software products company and we make software for Internet marketers. We are doing fine.

I decided to make my organization 100% work from home and start traveling. Making Dubai my company’s base and going to travel around the world as much as I can.

Right now mostly around South Asia. I can be found in Thailand a lot. I just love that country.

Be happy to meet fellow Nomads and share.

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Hello people,

My name is Reinis and I am from Riga, Latvia. I have spent more than 6 years away from “home” by living in Vienna, Bergen and Prague.

I have recently moved back to Latvia, but since I can relate to various challenges people might face while being away from home-country, I am helping small businesses, start - ups and individual entrepreneurs to start their business in Baltic region with focus on remote management and administrative support 100% remotely.
I am going to Tallinn, Estonia, Poland, Austria and Italy in summer (classic Euro trip :)).
The most memorable so far has been different cultures just across “imaginary” lines on the map and how they translate in to completely different laws and regulations.
My favourite city in the world is Vienna and I am planning to spend some time there this summer as well.

Have a nice day!

Reinis

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what’s your name? Peter
where are you from? Portland OR - grew up in New York City
how long have you been away from home? 2 years
what do you do? I am an advertising agency consultant and a photographer
where are you currently? San Miguel de Allende Mexico
where are you going? To shoot the September Full Moon party like this: lagente .mx
what has been memorable for you so far? The people
will you go home anytime soon? No more USA
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? You can do anything you want as long as you have your shit together

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Hello!

I’m an Online Marketing Freelancer and Business Consultant from Austria, currently working remotely in Thailand. After studying in Vienna and working at an E-Commerce Agency in Berlin for some years, I’m now ready to discover the world and connect with you.

Have a nice day :slight_smile:

Stefan

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Hi, I’m Alan, an American living in Brazil for almost ten years now. I’m planning to do more traveling and looking for interesting places to visit and hoping to make some new friends. I’m an IT project manager and developer of mobile apps.

Alan

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@tradeaway 6yr

Here are my new comers answers:

what’s your name: Serge Garant
where are you from: Quebec province, Canada
how long have you been away from home: Leaving everything end of May, 2018
what do you do: I leave Information Technology contracting to Nomad FX trader
where are you currently: Ontario, Canada
where are you going: Bali for three months. Will visit local Indonesia embassy for 3 months visa and ask if any way to leave Indonesia to return for one more month before relocating

I am looking forward to a change and to need less money to live well where living is more affordable than, for me now, in Canada.

Heading to Singapore end of April, a week, with one night in Bali. Just to see and feel what it is and what it will be. My plan is to find and try very cheap hotels. Once I have found one okay for me I’ll ask a rate for a month or two. I’ll try to get a room cheaper than foreigner top price. I will see how that will go.

Tax alone will be a fun challenge, I can anticipate that. I will have cut all major ties and most minor once. Live and learn.
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Hi, I’m Marcel. A tall Dutch guy currently in Sydney. I’m a Nomad since december 2017 and won’t be back ‘home’ until at least January 2019.

Last year I sold two of my companies (UX-design agency and a Co-working space) to pursue new energy, break away from the ordinary and travel again. I’m still co-founder of the travel scale-up srprs.me. That’s been a crazy ride, but for now I’ve made myself unnecessary there :slight_smile:

I’m currently building (as non-coder) mbassador.io, a tool to discover and share ambitions with your best business friends. I learned a lot from the ‘traditional startup way’, but this time I want to go for the IndieHacker/Bootstrap approach. That suits me so much better, which I’ve learned after pursuing the old funding path (again) for the last 6 months…. Always happy to make mistakes and learn from them :slight_smile:

I’ve travelled al my live and been to heaps of places and countries. But never before as a Digital Nomad, so this is a new and exciting experience for me.

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@pete 6yr

Hey peeps!

I’m Pete Argent and I teach coding in Sydney, Australia at my company Digital Intelligence Institute.

I’m about to embark on a European tour to run free workshops and coding courses.

The plan is to run some free workshops in London, Amsterdam and Berlin in May on our way to setting up camp in Valencia, Spain for a few months over the summer (June - August). We’ll be running one and three week coding courses to help people improve their earning capacity as digital nomads.

If you’re in the neighbourhood, please get in touch. Happy to meet some fellow nomads on our travels.

Pete

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what’s your name?
Peter Suwara

where are you from?
I was born in Poland and have spent most of my life in Australia. Glad I didn’t stay in that little bubble and decided to travel the world.

how long have you been away from home?
Home is where your heart is. Such a true statement, make your place home wherever you are. The sun will always set and rise where every you are. Earth is my home.

what do you do?
Games Development
Web Dev with ASP
Fitness
Photography

where are you currently?
St Petersburg Russia

where are you going?
Peru, San Pedro and Ayahuasca are on the list. Australia visit to see my family again.

what has been memorable for you so far?
There have been many, most involve near death experiences hiking through dangerous places. Usually ending with a delicious meal and Hennessy X.O.

will you go home anytime soon?
I am home. :blush:

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
There are many stories to share with people. Experience life to tell your own. :smile:

[insert your own question here]
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT LIVING THE NOMADIC LIFE?

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@bovanalst 6yr

what’s your name?

  • Most people know me as Bo. :slight_smile:

where are you from?

  • Netherlands.

how long have you been away from home?

  • Officially June 2016

what do you do?

  • I am a freelance Senior Dutch Editor for a company based in Amsterdam. I look at theses all week, making sure students graduate with an awesome document consisting of brilliant grammar, spelling, structure, clarity et cetera (in Dutch, that is. Forgive me for linguistic flaws in English…). Part of my job is also assessing new editors, quality control services, complaint management.

where are you currently?

  • Melbourne, Australia.

where are you going?

  • If only I knew :slight_smile:

what has been memorable for you so far?

  • Life itself continues to amaze me.

will you go home anytime soon?

  • What is home, again?

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

  • To travel outwards is only valuable if simultaneously there’s an inner journey.
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i have a feeling nobody reads these but i’m going to do it anyways.

what’s your name? Angela
where are you from? mostly the SF Bay Area
how long have you been away from home? i’m a part-time nomad. so i’m based in NYC right now and travel 3-6 months out of the year.
what do you do? marketing for Tortuga (travel backpacks) and I’m a freelance dancer & choreographer
where are you currently? London
where are you going? back to NYC. but then San Diego in June, Berlin, Amsterdam, maybe Croatia. Maybe some island where it’s not winter before that. then in the fall I’m thinking Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia to finish the year off.

feel free to add me on Instagram @ hella_gela – apparently new users can’t put links in posts. sorry.

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@raigol 6yr

hi all!

nice to meet! i’m raigo from Tallinn, Estonia!

i’m a freelance digital-brand designer, going by the name kreit .co and quite new-comer to nomad life (2018). haven’t been around so much, but i guess i’ve stayed-in-visited the most Berlin – here today as well – making it currently (march '18) most memorable city!

this years plan is to end up in Chiang-Mai (Thailand) and Bali (Indonesia), because of the weather and the local nomad-freelance communities – though next months visiting Gran Canary and Madeira islands / safe no visa trips to get a taste of the weather & some community :slight_smile:

have some ideas staying, setting base in Asia generally, but Japan has been attractive also – if eventually end up back in Europe, most likely base myself in Berlin (as i see it today, march '18) / though Estonia is also very beautiful, open and has strong (growing) community!

cannot share any wise tips, as just working everything out for myself as well, but would love to hear Yours experiences, learnings, tips to share, etc – feel free to get in touch to discuss about these topics, as well productivity, self-growth, health-fitness!

till next time,
sun!

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I am from Pune, India. Soon i am planning to become a Nomad mostly by the end of this year.

I am a 26 year-old professional, entrepreneur, social worker, youth activist and student.

Currently i am working as a Senior Analyst at the Bank of New York Mellon. I am also a World Economic Forum Extended Shaper and a Global Youth Ambassador at Theirworld.

I Founded Mitti Ke Rang (MKR) in 2013 to address gender equality and widows empowerment, to provide them resources and support.
I lost my father when i was 3 years old. As i grew older, i saw the challenges widow’s and their children experience.
So,I have envision a world where all the Single Women & Widows are accepted by their family and in a society where they will be free to (re)build their own Life.

Moreover I founded the Social Network Startup “Connecting 196 Countries”, a forum that seeks to connect young change-makers in the world to bring ideas and share best practices which will foster development in their communities.

Solo Travelling ( Backpacker) – I enjoy travelling as a Backpacker as it gives me a different and open minded view of the world. I traveled 25 States in India, and 2 others countries : Malaysia, and Nepal.
Personally, traveling give me the opportunity to learn better about me, my limits and how to adapt myself in all the situation.

Professionally, it give me the chance to meet, urge and interact with changemakers to work for the NGO I founded.

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@paulob 6yr

what’s your name? Paul
where are you from? Southampton
what do you do? Amazon seller
where are you currently? Southampton
where are you going? Hong Kong, France
what has been memorable for you so far? Getting lost in China
will you go home anytime soon? I am home right now

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Hi, my name is Kimberly and I was borne in the wrong country but claim Canada as my home. Ok, ok, I was borne in the US but have lived in Canada for over a decade.

I have been out of the US for almost 14 years.

I am a marketing/business consultant and writer.

I am in Cyprus for the next two months and then going back to Europe (Italy and Spain) for summer and for more research on my writing project. Then in October I will go to my winter base of Panama.

Oh there are so many, too many memorable moments…seeing a dolphin right outside my home in Bocas, taking a boat to the grocery store each time, crossing a border on foot across a bridge of armed guards by myself for the first time, seeing firsthand the birthplace of my writing’s subject, and many, many more!

I have learned a lot of the world and people - that basically, we are all the same with the same wants, needs, desires, passions, worries and more. I have also learned mostly about myself; and those learning are priceless!

Home for me is now wherever there is good wifi- this adventure I am on, I worked a long time to get to this place to be able to do it; and am soaking it up until the dust that settles is my own.

“Life is too short NOT to; so yes, Nike, ‘just do it!’”

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@cy 6yr

Yo. CY here. I am from Penang, Malaysia. I am a Software Engineer, writing JavaScript code for all platforms.

Basically, I still haven’t started my journey, I would go to a few cities nearby to try out whether I am suitable for moving around. My next stop will be Vietnam.

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Hi everyone, I’m Thomas from the UK.

where are you from?
Growing up I followed my parents around the country as my father changed jobs so lived in a bunch of places and none of them really feel like home, but most of my friends and family live in and around London and thats where I go back to.

how long have you been away from home?
I moved to China six years ago and have been living here since then. I go back to Europe 1 or 2 times per year.

what do you do?
I do/have done various informal jobs here in China (tour guide, English teacher, premium alcohol sales), FBA to an inconsistent degree of success and am currently working on developing an ODM product, a portable standing desk for Digital Nomads and other people who are on the move a lot for work.

where are you currently?
Shanghai.

where are you going?
Next week I’m heading to Chengdu and will hire a car and be driving for a few days up in the Himalayan foothills before going to Tangjiuhui, the largest alcohol trade show in the world (I no longer work in the industry but a lot of my friends will be there and its a big party!). I’m heading to the Osaka region for a few days in April. May I’m planning to head to Laos then Chiang Mai. June is the planned launch date for the Kickstarter for my product so will see how that goes but hopefully I’ll be busy with that.

what has been memorable for you so far?
So many things. The first couple of years in Chongqing were pretty wild, and motorbiking through Vietnam.

will you go home anytime soon?
I plan to head home sometime in the next year. I got married last year and want to start a family soon, and want to spend more time with my parents as they are getting older. I hope to be able to continue my current lifestyle of having a base somewhere and taking a trip somewhere every month or so.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I wouldn’t really describe myself as a true nomad as I have a lease on an apartment and spend most of my time in one place, but being away from home so a long time has highlighted how important my relationships with the people I care about are to me.

If anyone has any questions about China life please hit me up, and I hope to meet up with some of you guys when I’m somewhere with a higher concentration of nomads.

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@drnomadz 6yr

what’s your name? Sean
where are you from? Currently I am in San Francisco. Born in Chicago, lived CO, OH, WI, VA but spent most of my life in various cities in Michigan.
how long have you been away from home? I don’t know what is home. One sister in the northeast USA, another in the west coast, parents in Florida. My wife and baby are in the Philippines. I don’t feel I have roots anywhere. I have been in SF for 3 years, so I guess this is my new home for a couple more months.
what do you do? Psychiatrist. Hence Dr No Mad (or I guess could be Dr No Sad, Dr No OCD, etc). I will be doing telepsychiatry, so that I have flexibility to live where I want
where are you currently? San Francisco
where are you going? I don’t know. Maybe I will set up some sort of base in Florida, or SF, or Portland, or Seattle, and from that point be more nomadic-ish. For sure will be spending time in the Philippines, probably in Cebu or Dumaguete or Taguig. I have a wife and baby, so I am still trying to plan
what has been memorable for you so far? I chose to live in a GMC Suburban once while in Grand Rapids Michigan. The winter killed me.
will you go home anytime soon? I need to make a home, I don’t feel like I know what home is.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I kind of had a nomadic life, going from place to place, but… I don’t even think I have really lived like a nomad yet, or at least in the way I want to be nomadic. I wouldn’t have called what I did nomadic, until I take a step back and realized a span of years where I moved more than once a year. I have spent a lot of time living out of boxes, and never feeling ‘settled.’ I want to spend some time ‘settling’ somewhere. Then… eventually settling somewhere else. And feel like I can do it faster and faster.

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@info792 6yr

what’s your name?
Swinda

where are you from?
Germany

how long have you been away from home?
5 years or a bit more

what do you do?
Webdesign, Wordpress-sites, Logodesign,… and i have a Coworking Space in costa rica by the beach.

where are you currently?
Costa Rica, because there are waves for surfing every day.

where are you going?
europe

what has been memorable for you so far?
how free life can be

will you go home anytime soon?
to visit yes. or home is costa rica now!?

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
that living away from home is sometimes not so easy as it sounds like. but with every situation you grow. and that having a child can change the needs of a digital nomad.

who you wanna meet?
i wanna meet more independent, free ans smart people how digital nomads are. come to my office in santa teresa, costa rica, where i created a little coworking and coliving space. i’m a webdesigner and i work from here. google for “cowork swinda” you find more about me…see you soon!

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I’m Mike from the US. I joined just today because I am planning my early retirement and I found this on a blog.

Currently I am in technology, I’m 51 and I am about 3 years from retirement. I worked in the UK for years and so I am taking my first payout of my pension at 55 then calling it quits. I’m secure financially and I plan to live perpetually on the road.

I’ve lived and worked in many places around the world, BKK, UK, Eastern Europe, South America and of course the US. I’m currently in Texas (largely to not pay state income tax!).

I’m really looking forward to connecting with others.

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@a2sojet 6yr

Hi everyone. My name is Andrea and I am a PhD student in Los Angeles. I lived in seven cities in my twenties, and traveled to about 30 countries within those years as well. I worked as a web developer, as a journalist and as community manager, all for big, well-known media companies. Nonetheless, I became more and more interested in nomads as a social phenomenon, so I decided to come back to school to study the community. I am always looking for nomads to interview, to tell me pretty much what you have written in this forum but with a bit more detail. I am Colombian and will spend the summer in Medellin doing research, so let me know if you are around! And if not, I would still like to talk.

Cheers and good travels to all!

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Hi. My name is Ricardo and both me and my wife are nomads. we’re from São Paulo, Brazil and we decided to become nomads right after we marry. We then sold what we had back home and are now traveling and setting up our business to be able to continue doing this for the rest of our lives. As we both worked in HR for a big company, our business is related to Human resources.

We’re now in Bali. Been through a lot of places during last months, but we expect to travel less from now on because no human can properly work while changing city/country each 10 days! We will still be traveling a lot until August 18 but then kinda settle 3-6 months each place.

We plan to be back home for 1 month/year… family and friends back home are much valued!

I hope we can find beer/meal partners, business partners and travel partners here and contribute to enable this lifestyle to as much as possible to more and more people.

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what’s your name?

Ruben

where are you from?

Legally Germany

how long have you been away from home?

Don’t really have a sense of Home anywhere. Moved around alot as a kid and decided to continue the trend as an adult.

what do you do?

Machine Learning & Data Warehousing consulting for money. But >50% of my time is dedicated to testing web startup ideas.

where are you currently?

Zurich

where are you going?

I remote work with guys in Eastern Europe so trips to the Ukraine Estonia and Lithuania coming up. London / Oxford in October.

what has been memorable for you so far?

The next level of freedom one feels with a computer in a backpack riding down a highway on a motorcycle with no need to show up to a specific place at any specific time.

will you go home anytime soon?

Yea I am keeping an apartment in Zurich right now.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

The Yellow construction site ear protectors are way better than bose noise canceling

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@shalu610 6yr

what’s your name?
Hi fellow nomads! My name is Shalini and currently I am more with you guys in spirit than in flesh. That is because although I tried hard and finally landed a remote job two years back (which I absolutely love), I actually have a spouse and kids, so can’t take the plunge to become a true nomad as yet.
where are you from?
Originally from India, I have settled in the US for close to 14 years now and call it home.
how long have you been away from home?
I am untethered from the office, which is great but yet tethered to a physical location. My goal is to taste the nomad lifestyle by taking the kids to a new country each year during the summer, and staying there awhile as I continue to work.
what do you do?
I am a biomedical scientist by training and a regulatory writer by vocation.
where are you currently?
San Jose, CA
where are you going?
Looking forward to going to Chiang Mai during the summer of 2018.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Just reading the comments and knowing more about this lifestyle has been wonderful so far.
will you go home anytime soon?
Trick question!
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
N/A
My question to those of you who have kids or contemplating a family- how do you guys do it?

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@nomadcook 6yr

Hi fellow nomads, this is Luis from Mexico, I started the nomadic lifestyle 10 months ago when I started traveling and working remotely for a company from the US, I used to live there (Seattle) and started traveling through South America. Once there I decided to start my food documentary project, making videos of the local dishes and people behind it; it’s called Nomad Cook. (nomadcook(.)org)

I’m not planning to stop traveling soon, I’ll only stop to touch base in Mexico to see my family for couple of months but I’ll be working on the project while there. Mexico has plenty of diverse food options to offer.

After that I’ll wether stay traveling through Mexico or go to SEA, but for now; I’m currently in Peru and heading next to Ecuador, then Colombia, Panamá, Costa Rica and Guatemala. I’m living now through the culture of minimalism, sharing and community.

At this point, I decided to quit my job and be a full time nomad, I’m still living out of savings and will take a freelance gig if necessary, but my main focus right now is this project I’m working on now. I choose the .org domain because I would like to create an organization to help creating sense of community and help with poverty issues and tech integration. I know it sounds ambitious but I’ve been collaborating with some local non-profits and organizations that inspired me to give that twist to my project.

I’m still working on creating an audience in order to connect with other fellow travelers, volunteers, projects and inspiration. I’ve been also volunteering for other small projects helping them with professional photography and video creation since they couldn’t afford to pay for this services from a local professional.

Lots of hard work to do. If you find this project interesting or inspiring, or at least worth it, please share and subscribe to my channels on instagram and youtube, which are the main ones I’m putting most of my effort at. You can find them in the blog quoted above.

Also, if you have any advice, would definitely heard. I’m learning to do all this (video editing, researching, publishing, marketing (online and traditional), traveling, volunteering and whatnot.

Thanks for reading and if you’re in South America in the next months, we might run into each other.

Luis.
Nomad Cook.

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@info132 6yr

Hi!

I am Val, I am from France but I lived abroad more than half of my life.

I grew up in Mali, Central African Republic and Niger. I came back to France for my high school and university studies. Then I moved to the Netherlands where I stayed 8 years.
Then, 4 years ago I moved to California ~ bay area.

I am a front-end coder for nearly 15 years. I have been coding with Flash, JS, Haxe and I am mostly doing Android dev now (Java).

So far, I mostly moved and settled (long-term… like 5+years) from place to places. But now that life is giving me more flexibilities, I am exploring the idea of working remotely for 1 or 2 months, 2 or 3 times a year.

Because I am committed with a full time job and a team based in the USA, I am more looking for options in South / central America as it would allow me to stay on a similar time-zone.

I am looking forward to learn more about you guys & gals experiences and to find some inspiration for my (near)future escapes.

In between escapes, I will remain based in San Francisco - Do not hesitate to ping me if you need recommendations, tips and stuff. I also work from one the coolest (if not the coolest) co-working space in SF downtown.

Cheers!

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Hello everyone!
Nice to virtually meet some of you. Or even all of you. :slight_smile:

  • what’s your name?
    Dave, David, “hey you”

  • where are you from?
    Originally I’m Russian. So, vodka and bears are my eternal friends.

  • how long have you been away from home?
    Last time I was living in Dubai, UAE for 4+ years. Then I was traveling like crazy, chasing a girl. Some kind of love story, yeps. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • what do you do?
    I’m a development department management. Third most important dude in the company. Or something like that. :slight_smile:

  • where are you currently?
    Moscow, Russia. Then I’m heading to Ukraine. Gosh, this country is extremely cheap!

  • where are you going?
    Ukraine, Prague, Budapest, some other places. I’m a good boy and will track all of the upcoming travels on my fancy nomad page.

  • what has been memorable for you so far?
    My “love story travel”. Well, it was something.

  • will you go home anytime soon?
    Probably no. I’m expecting to come back not earlier than in 3 months. Maybe even four.

  • what have you learn during your time as a nomad?
    Russian Mcdonald’s is the best, so far.

  • Do you like kittens?
    Yes, I do, thanks for asking. :3

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Hey! Rebecca
From New Zealand
I travel 11 months of the year putting on events around the world for Access Consciousness®, Joy of Business and my own business.
Been traveling all of my life, first hopped on a plane at 3 and went to 11 countries before I was 10.
I’m the Creative Producer of Joy of Business, Australasia Event Coordinator for Access Consciousness, Author, Facilitator and Private Business Consultant in my own business.
At home with family
BNE, BUD, CPH, VCE, BOM, MEL
Never having itchy feet because I’m always on the road.
Love creating my own reality.]

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Hi,

My wife Lindsey and I are both Digital Nomads that have traveled a good deal - me 11 Countries - her 48(she’s dominating me).

We have both loved meeting people on our journeys so we have now created a place for us to live that allows us to get the same experiences without leaving:

The SWAP Loft - Stay Work And Play - Austin, Texas! StayWorkAndPlay.com

The SWAP Loft is a CoLiving and CoWorking community with 3 locations in Austin, Texas - come check us out if you ever visit one of the best cities in the world!

We have also just welcomed our first child in November and plan to travel extensively with him while “Worldschooling” him. We are very interested in meeting other members that have traveled as a digital nomad family because we are intent on challenging the limiting belief that once you have a child, your travel days are done.

This community is amazing and we are so happy to have found it! We look forward to sharing all we have learned and learning from all of you - thanks again for putting this together!

Sean

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what’s your name?
Michelle!

where are you from?
Vancouver Island, BC Canada

how long have you been away from home?
I visited home in the summer, but I originally left in Oct 2016

what do you do?
Online ESL teacher… looking to branch out

where are you currently?
Chiang Mai

where are you going?
I haven’t decided yet… I will get away for a few months, maybe NZ? Nepal?

what has been memorable for you so far?
I’ve made some lasting and amazing friendships… and learned so much along to the way.

will you go home anytime soon?
I don’t expect another visit until Feb 2019

what have you learned during your time as a nomad?
That is seems super glorious but in reality, there are a lot of sacrifices along the way. It can be incredibly lonely, and it takes a particular amount of inner strength.

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Heyo! I’m Pat! I’m 22, currently in Bellevue, WA (US) and I’ve been in the working software industry for 4 years now (and I grew up as hobbiest), and I play cello on the side for fun. Up to this point I’ve been in the video games business working on games such as Minecraft, Forza Motorsport, and Crackdown. I also released my own indie game on the side for Google Play Store in that time. While I love working with 3D graphics & game-engines, more recently I’ve become increasingly web-focused after getting a little hands-on experience at my day job (doing business analytics) and seeing the potential in it.
I’m on Nomadlist because I’m disillusioned. I left college which is considered a big no-no where I live and it was the best and most fruitful decision I’ve ever made. It has left me wondering about what other things I take for granted! I really want to get out there and be my own person, see the world and stuff! That sounds a hell of a lot more fun than doing the 9-5 office thing for the rest of my career! I only need to look around my office to see where that path leads.
So, I’m going through with this! I’m planning to sell all my stuff and book a flight this August. Not sure where I’m going yet! I’ll need somewhere cheap until I’m more established on my own, and I’m also looking for remote job(s)! So if you have any tips on those things, I’ll be attentive!

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@yasin0424 6yr

Hey All,

I’m new to Nomad List and want to take a sec and introduce myself:
what’s your name?
Yasin (pronounced yeseen)

where are you from?
I grew up Cleveland Ohio and have lived in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. For the past 2 years I have lived in the SF Bay area.

how long have you been away from home?
I will be traveling for a minimum of 3 months and hopefully longer.

what do you do?
I am a full stack developer.

where are you currently?
Currently in the East Bay

where are you going?
I’ll be visiting NYC, Portugal, Greece and Ukraine

what has been memorable for you so far?
I guess I’ll fill this out later but I expect the most memorable part of my upcoming trip to be the time I’ll spend in Lesbos volunteering with refugees.

will you go home anytime soon?
I’m going to go home at the beginning of May for a bit before leaving again.

what have you learned during your time as a nomad?
I guess I’ll let you know when I’ve had some time abroad :slight_smile:

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@pparma 6yr

Hi to all!
My name is Pablo from Rosario Argentina, 35 years old, actually working as a UI designer.
Planning my first steps as a digital nomad, I got full workplace\time freedom since 2016 and its time for me to experience this dream. I will take my first trip as an experiment, of course, I have a lot of fears and doubts but with confidence, everything will be fine!
I really can’t decide between Chiang Mai or Budapest, so any help is wellcome.

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I’m in Chiang Mai currently and I spent two months in Budapest last Spring. I loved Budapest! Visa can be an issue in both places for me, but I prefer Chiang Mai. I expect to visit Budapest again in the summer. Both cities are excellent as far as being affordable and well connected to other areas for travel and adventure. Both have many expats and tourists, but Europe and SE Asia are very different so the similarities end there!

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@coco 6yr

can send email to [email protected] i will go chiang mai,have whatsapp? my number,+8613722615324 can we become friend,i wll february 1 arrive chiang mai

     coco 

can add my whatsapp?

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Well Hi there :wave:

My name is Jeremi and I am from Poland. Together with my wife we are closing to our 60th day abroad. We are both IT professionals by trade (me being software engineer, Klaudia - tester). We are currently on our unpaid time off in our companies and working on our stuff.

Currently we are working on (I can’t put link in post :wink:) - our product which is what we call experience repository for software professionals, especially working with code. Product is live and we are starting to promote it slowly to gather initial feedback and opinions.

Right now we are in Vietnam, with trip to Laos planned, after that I guess Cambodia and Thailand.

See you around!

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@coco 6yr

cool cool

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Hey hey! :smile:

I’m Mariana (Mari as short name), I’m from Brazil and I’m new here. I am little by little reading about you guys in this topic (which is very nice btw). How many interesting people! I found the group randomly - or not that randomly! in the web searching about websites related to nomad life to do a presentation in an university about the subject, as I’ve been discovering all these alternative ways of travelling and wanted to spread the message.

  • Right now I’m kinda home (mom’s house/father’s house/friend’s house in Brazil), cause I just got back from Europe (mainly Barcelona, where I lived the whole 2015) after deciding that I don’t really want to have a home, or a base. I’ve been in Spain and France for three months ‘‘worldpacking’’, in friend’s houses, working a lot and having lots of fun.
  • I am a graphic/visual artist. I do freelancer jobs as graphic designer, public relations, marketing little bit too. But the thing that I most like to do is ART. I am an illustrator, I lately started painting walls, and I also started tattooing this year. Poetry and music (singing) are also part of my art.
  • I’ve decided to live in France next year cause I fell in love with the country and language, so I found a family who is going to host me as an Aupair. Very difficult for a nomad lifestyle person, but a nice experience for sure. I’m preparing everything to go on march! After that I plan to start a journey in Asia.
  • Since I started to realize I don’t belong anyhere, a few years ago, and till now, I’ve been in this process of ‘‘letting go’’. Each experience is a different and more intense letting go. I’ve finally managed to admit ‘‘YES I AM A NOMAD PERSON’’ lately, which was such a relief for me. Trying to fit in in a life model in which you don’t feel like is difficult. I’ve learnt that the farthest you get from you original context, the more you discover about yourself. It is a true liberation.
  • Well, I’ve told a lot, I can tell here what I want to achieve with a nomad lifetyle: I want to find myself in all of my plurality, to reach every corner of my soul, to prove myself, to be thousands of different people, to allow myself to live different personalities, and to expand as much as I can. I am a nomad inside so that’s why now I’m a nomad outside.

I hope I can find a way of live that allows me to live it! Cheers and thank you for readind :smile:

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@ddpelayo 6yr

Hi community!

My name is David Pelayo and I’m from the south of Spain.
I’ve been away from home for a few years - now back to home again.
I’m engineer and entreprenur - also do IT consultancy.
Currently I live in a place nearby Barcelona and Tarragona, in Spain.
Going wherever live and opportunities push me - but would love to live in latinoamerica for a few years - and explore the whole of it.
Memorable? Founded two companies - both of them successful, from the economical point of view - not successful because they ended or were discontinued. But that’s life, isn’t it?

I went last year to explore a bit of Chile, Perú, Bolivia and Colombia. I started working remotely a couple of years ago, and I can assure you I would never work in an office again. Simply because of the flexibility and freedom you feel when you can go everywhere and work from any place.

My twitter account is @ ddpelayo.

Nice to say hello to all of you!

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@ds 6yr

I am an Australian living in Liepaja Latvia at the moment. I have a guesthouse open to digital nomads looking for a great location off of the hypecycled cities. Great internet, great places to go out etc etc. All for just 150 euros a month. liepajahostel I have my own online business so am keen to meet nomads passing this way.

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Hi guys !
My name is Fabrice, digital nomad since 2011.
I’m currently living in Colombia, one of my favorite country for sur.
I’m mainly a french travel blogger on Instinct Voyageur

If you have any questions about Colombia, let me know !

Fabrice

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Hi there! My name is Robert Roper, and while I am currently not a digital nomad I do aspire to be one within the next few years. I am from Los Angeles but for now I live in Manhattan, KS as I complete my PhD in Economics at K-State. As the traditional career paths in my field are more geographically restrictive than I would prefer, I would love to transition into the digital nomad lifestyle. My goals are to begin freelance writing for money, with the possibility of moving into web development as I continue learning how to code. I am currently an intermediate-advanced R programmer and have recently begun learning in JavaScript, with a particular interest in producing interactive visualizations and maps.

By the time I graduate, I expect to be earning enough money to afford a reasonable standard of living outside of a traditional 9-5 in a lower-cost city. My destination interests include small to midsize cities in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and East/Southeast Asia, but I’m sure that these interests will continue to broaden and evolve. Beyond my own destinations, I have family all over the Western US and a sister and inlaws in Germany, so being able to afford travel over the long term is a high priority to me.

This is the first time I’ve really shared these goals with anyone, so I’m grateful to have this resource available to me. My dream of traveling the world while earning a reasonable living has been deferred long enough – with your examples and support I look forward to making it happen!

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hi!my name is Marta and I am from a little town of Spain but now I’m living in Barcelona since 8 years ago. I work as a teacher and I would like to visit Prague during my next vacation, because one of my best memories was my erasmus year, in Poland. That year I traveled a lot and I met people from all over the world. I really miss that feeling. Barcelona it`s ok and it is also a very multicultural city, but you know what I mena, it is still my own country.

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Hi I’m Ryan.

Been a lurker here for 3 years and am finally getting involved! This NomadList and all related sub-sites have been so helpful, thanks Pieter.

I grew up around Los Angeles, Cali, and never cared much for travel to other countries… until I actually did it. Now I can’t get enough. From early 2014 until now I’ve been experiencing new cultures and places, mostly in western Europe, SE asia, and the Hawaiian Islands (where my heart lays).

In my first year as a DN, I traveled around with an ex-girlfriend, mostly in the U.S; it was a heartfelt time. During my second year, I hopped around western Europe by myself, which was an enlightening albeit lonely experience. During my third year, I traveled with 2 of my best friends around SE Asia, which was one of the funnest times of my life. For the most of my 4th year, I’ve been hopping around Airbnbs in California, but it just doesn’t feel right. I’d like to get back out to Europe or SE Asia by Dec 2017.

To support my life, I started as a UX freelancer, mentored UX students, and eventually built a UX/CRO agency. I’ve built another successful company recently, a dropshipping business selling phone cases, with many failed eComm, productized services, and SaaS companies in between. Soon I want to start another eComm business related to dogs, which I’m more passionate about, as well as start building some kind of online community for eCommerce/CRO/entrepreneurship.

One of the things I feel I’ve missed most as a DN is a sense of community. I would like to change that this year, and get involved in as many DN and entrepreneur communities that I can.

The most important lessons I’ve learned is that action overcomes fear; and the more fears that I overcome, the more I feel free. Free to go anywhere, do anything, be anyone, and be around better people. I’ve also come to really appreciate relationships more than I ever had before.

So who wants to hang?

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Hi there. I’m Scott Roy, 36, and a Canadian Digital Marketer (primarily in PPC/Analysis/Data space). I consider myself a minimalist, a hunter gatherer of insights and I’m hunting some form of self actualisation. I’ve actually been wanting to write something like this as of late as there’s a lot on my mind, so why not write it here, right?

When I was younger, I went to school for marketing, but ended up doing sales for ages. Made really good money, but just felt so unfulfilled by it all. I’m a creative. I love to think and have big ideas, and sales just didn’t cut it. So, I quit my job and just started freelance marketing online. This was around 7 years ago. Around that time, the vision of travel and work started to form, but things were a little complicated as I was in a beautifully committed relationship with my partner and her son.

A few years later, freelancing gave me the opportunity to travel to Sydney, Australia. I was approached out of the blue on oDesk from someone asking me to lead their Digital Marketing team for a new startup in Sydney in the education sector. After realising it wasn’t some kind of Nigerian prince scam, I took the job, leaving the family behind for a few months while I got things sorted.

The job, and the boss, were both pretty horrible, but I got to learn a lot. We had marketing budgets of $400k/mo and I was lucky to have dealt with $4k budgets prior to this, so I really got to learn more on the job. I ran TV campaigns, radio campaigns, 0digital campaigns, led a team of marketers, and everything was going pretty well. The job was stressful as shit though. Think yelling and screaming in the office, think degradation, all sorts of stuff like that. It just wasn’t very pleasant, but you do what you have to do to get the residency and stuff like that, right?

I guess from the work stresses and stresses at home, it all was too much and the relationship of 10 years came to a sad close. It really was a beautiful relationship, but I’ve always wanted to work and travel, so as a single guy, I guess I had the opportunity. Work started setting up an office in the Philippines, so I set up shop there for, what was supposed to be 3 months, and completely destroyed myself. 2 months in, work called me back to Sydney. Crisis mode there as the government put the business to trial for unfair practices, which proved too much for the company; bankrupted it, shut down and millions of dollars in fines.

Left that job, started a new business in the same industry with a couple guys, and left that. Sydney just wasn’t home anymore. I wanted to freelance and Sydney is ridiculously expensive to freelance. Ended up getting with a marketing agency in Sydney where everyone is remote, so I decided to do that most of the time, and deal with my own clients at the same time.

Left Sydney to New Zealand, to Fiji to Hawaii and now I’m home in Canada until I take off for Vietnam, Thailand and India. That’s 2017. What does 2018 bring? Who knows.

I’m really not that interested in being a tourist wherever I go. I’m more interested in travelling and living places temporarily and really just getting the vibe of wherever I am. For example, Fiji was amazing. I hung out with local guys drinking and chatting about spirituality. Soaking in their vibe. It was happy, peaceful, amazing. Then juxtapose that with landing in Hawaii and the vibe was just all off.

Being back “home” has just been so off as well. I’ve opted to get a place away from everything for a month to just focus on work and nothing else, which has led to a bit of an isolationist feeling, though, knowing in under 30 days everything will change (yet again) keeps me going.

I’ve made mistakes on the way…I’ve learned that I need to settle somewhere for a month, and then go on. In New Zealand I changed spots every other day, and work was impossible to complete. I’ve learned that I like being in the middle of a city, not on the outskirts. I love walking and have everything within a nice distance. I’ve learned that I’m horrible with money. I’ve learned that this “life” isn’t what I want it to be, so I’m out here looking for something that I don’t really know what it is. Some lesson? Some insights that other people around the world can maybe provide?

No idea. Work in progress.

The more I sit back here at home, the more I realise that people’s priorities seem all messed up. That we’re all chasing this idea that isn’t really valid anymore. So, I think it’s up to me. To us. To figure out what everyone is missing and report back.

I feel incredibly privileged for the passport I have, and the abilities that I have to work remotely. We’re like the 1% of the planet that get to do this. I aim to not waste it. We’ll see how that goes I guess. Work in progress.

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@jnomad30 7yr

Intro -
I just realized I hadn’t gotten around to this so here goes -

My name is Julia and I’m from NYC. While many dream of living there, its where I’m from and I felt the high cost of living to be taking away from my goals of growing my business while also enjoying a decent quality of life so I packed up my life in a couple of bags 2 months ago to begin my nomadic journey.

I planned my move to Thailand for an entire year before I arrived. Spent a month on Koh Samui for some vacation and beach time to start and then came up to Chiang Mai where I’m now based until the spring to connect with the digital nomad community here.

My business is coaching 6 and 7 figure business owners in public speaking - essentially helping them craft and deliver killer talks for conferences and I’m also a speaker myself.

I plan to be in Thailand through the spring so I can have some consistency for my routines and then will probably be spending most of the following year around Southeast Asia. After that, perhaps a bit of Eastern Europe or a short visit home to New York before checking out Central and South America.

I don’t plan to go home anytime soon. While I do miss some of my close friends and family back home,
I keep in touch with them regularly and since I’ve met some other cool nomads out here and have been experiencing a way better quality of life since arriving in Thailand, I’m loving it right now.

My introduction to Chiang Mai wasn’t as pleasant but I survived a fever and more than a week of "thai tummy"
so now I think I’ve adjusted much better. :slight_smile:

I’m fairly new to the nomad lifestyle but as a Type A planner, I’ve done a lot of research on offshoring and realized how as an entrepreneur, life as an expat actually affords me quite a bit more than if I’d stayed living in the states.
Eventually, I’d like to get a residency and second passport elsewhere to give me more options but that’s in the longer term game plan.

Unlike some online entrepreneurs, I’m quite the extravert so do feel free to get in touch. Glad to be here.

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Hey Julia -
Started reading this and realized how similar my situation is. I grew up around NYC which has proven to be a poor place for passion if you want to pay your rent. I’m leaving for Thailand with my girlfriend in two weeks with the goal of launching a company before I go. We’d love to get in touch to pick your brain about your experiences and techniques so far. If you have some time, please PM me @njneer in the slack group

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@laopela 7yr

Hi all! My name is Laura, a 50-something empty nester, and I’m about to embark on the digital nomad lifestyle! I’ve been wanting to work internationally for about five years and, next month, I’ll be leaving my life as I know it and start on my new adventure.

My original plan was to go to (Galway) Ireland and work for two years and extend if it was working out for me. My company wanted to make me an EMEA employee, get a work permit, but it has not panned out, so I will be remote. I’m from Austin, TX and will be bouncing around from London, Paris, Brussels, Spain and Portugal until January, then over to Ireland and UK for a bit.

I know I’ve already made some rookie mistakes in booking by travel and lodging in this first round, but lessons learned! This site has been a great resource for me and I’ve been able to get many questions answered.

Cheers - and look forward to meeting up with some of you down the road!

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@ericb 7yr

Hi there lovely nomads, I am Eric ,
Born and raised in the Netherlands Spanish mom Dutch dad.
About a year ago I moved from the Netherlands to South Africa (johannesburg) for a job offer. Loved the move but then the company I was working for ran into some trouble with the visa and thus my path with them ended.
Since I still had some time left on my tourist visa I decided to stick around SA for a while and have fun with some friends. We went to Bali for a couple of weeks that’s where I realized I did not want to go back to the Netherlands…
After a bit of research I rand into the Digital Nomad lifestyle and became extremely interested.
I’ve dabbed in developing website, but my main job has been an application developer for and with the OutSystems low coding platform.
For now I am still in my research phase to see what is possible for me and how to achieve it all. During this research I rand into this forum and decided to join as it seems to be a great community and a great source of information.

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Hello, all!

My name is Astrid Amalia.

I am from Jakarta, Indonesia.

I am still at my place - away from my real home - in Jakarta, but I would love to be digital nomad one day. So I will let you guys and this group to teach me how. I will read and learn.

I now work as a freelance writer, blogger, yoga teacher, and craniosacral and reiki therapist.

That is all I can say right now.

I am a newbie here and still learning about this group, so if there is something wrong I do, please let me know and PM me.

I would like to thank Pieter Levels for bringing me to this group. I hope I can learn a lot from all of you.

Cheers!

Astrid

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Hello, my name is Mark. I am from the US. Northern California most of my life (past life).
I was a Firefighter/Paramedic who had to retire early (age 40) due to an injury. After I recovered from my injury and was healthy (somewhat) again I decided to start Traveling and I also started pursuing a second career as a Helicopter Pilot. The helicopter pilot thing did not work out. I ran out of funds after competing my private license and was unable to continue. The travel thing did work out and I have been having a blast traveling the world these last 5-6 years.
With the helicopter thing, I began working for a helicopter company in the summer months in the US chasing fires during fire season and traveling during the winter months.
A few years ago, I went homeless (on purposes) and do not have a home base. I have been traveling as a Travel Hacker. So, between my half retirement income, a chuck of money from my summer job combined with zero living expenses (they put me up for the summer) and travel hacking, life has been awesome and in that time, I’ve gone to about 60 countries. Mostly staying in 4-5 star hotels and flying 1st & bus class, yet I have spent some time in hostels, couchsurfing, AirBnBs, etc.
I am writing this from Buenos Aries on some days off from the job. I decided that this year will be my last year at the job. Next year I am taking the next step in this journey and go full-time, year-round. Because I will be giving up a large chuck of money and I will be adding 5 months of living expenses I will be starting an online venture so I can continue my lifestyle without compromise.
I will be starting in the heart of Digital Nomadisim and head out to Chiang Mai in January where I can at least live off my retirement as I start. Yet I like spending most of my time in Europe.
Always looking forward to meeting some of you on the road and swapping stories over $1 beers :grin:

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Hi everyone,
I’m originally from California. I’m a linguist by academic training, and also in the sense of someone who loves to travel the world and learn languages.
After a few years in the corporate world I quickly realized that I hated everything about it, especially sitting in endless soul-crushing meetings and working on other people’s stupid projects. So I became a freelance translator from Japanese into English. It was very difficult at first but I’ve been doing it for almost 10 years now and have enjoyed good success, building up a solid business with stable clients who give me plenty of work. I love the freedom, autonomy, and location-independence of freelancing and would never give that up. Life is good.
This year: Taiwan, NYC, Korea, Okinawa. Next year: ?
Cheers!

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Hi DNs! I’m Brian, originally from the States but now am Aussie.

I work in the digital space as UX engineer.

I’m on a nomad research trip, see if this is something for me or not as it’s not for everyone. First stop, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam… I hear it’s GREAT!

This initial trip is just five days.

Cheers!

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what’s your name? LeLinda Bourgeois
where are you from? Anchorage Alaska
how long have you been away from home? I travel frequently but have to return to my home and career.
what do you do? I am a Mental Health Clinician with 25 years in behavior modification programing.
where are you currently? Anchorage Alaska
where are you going? NUTS! IF I don’t get to travel soon.
what has been memorable for you so far? all of my travels and talking to people around the world to learn their unique stories. Delivering babies in Africa. Seeing many diseases and the devastation that it causes to poor countries.
will you go home anytime soon? I hope not! I wish to travel most of the time. I must return occasionally to assist my mom who is getting up there in age. Hence the reason for wanting to remote work so that I can return to her as needed.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? That i need and want more of it. I am a people person who thrives on getting into other cultures, places and things and figuring out their goings on.
[insert your own question here] How easy is it to connect with folks out there once I am on the road?

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Hi, nomads!
I’m Lauren. I’m originally from the US, and I’ve been a nomad since May of 2013. I’m an empty nester (now 52, I was 48 when I sold everything and hit the road). I traded in my dance & yoga studio for a freelance writing career in order to travel. I don’t make a lot of money, but I love the freedom.

Last year I tried to go home. Got an apartment, bought furniture, the whole shebang, mostly because I got lonely on the road.

But home was lonely too — my experiences are now so different from a “normal person” that it’s hard to connect deeply — so now I’m on the road again. In Peru at the moment, heading to SE Asia in the fall. Happy to be on the trail again, and hoping I’ll be able to connect with other nomads here.

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@price4x 7yr

Hello Dear people of Nomad List!

It’s me again! Xenofon! I was born in Greece a bunch of years ago and I moved to the US for college - Beloit College in Wisconsin of all places…

Wisco’s Holly Trinity - Beer, Cheese and the Green Bay Packers!

Although I loved it there, after graduating with a dual degree in Economics and Politics I moved to NYC with 30 dollars in my pocket and started to hustle! Worked five jobs, barely paid rent, and had the time of my life.

During my three years in NYC I also enrolled to CUNY Baruch College for a web design and development certificate. While at Baruch I also started my startup, Aeroship, and I have been working on it ever since!

I have been in the US for about 7 years now, but I officially leave the US in September and I plan on traveling back and forth between the East Coast, Western Europe and Greece for the foreseeable future. I am on here to learn more about the Nomad Lifestyle and introduce my startup, Aeroship, to everyone!

Aeroship helps people travel abroad for free, so I think y’all will love it! Instead of people shipping their items through FedEx, etc, which I am sure all of you know by now is extremely expensive, they use travelers like you and me! Aeroship facilitates the process, securing both traveler and package, and rents a percentage of you underutilized luggage.

Literally, our target is to used a traveler’s checked-in luggage to help him travel for free. You can even still keep your carry-on!

I would love to hear what y’all think about this and I will be around this and other forums over the next few days. There is a bunch of things I want to see on this website, so I am super excited!

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@maanas 7yr

What’s your name?
Maanas Royy

Where are you from?
I am born in India and lived great part of my life in India. I have started working Freelancing for almost 10 years and graduated to a digital nomad in last 3 years.

How long have you been away from home?
I have been away from home for 3 months as of now.

What do you do?
I m freelancer software architect which take specific long term assignment and work with clients remotely as part of the team. My areas of expertise include: Linux, Security, PHP (Symfony), Python, ELK Stack. I m currently working on AI and Big Data Analysis using python. My special area of interest is visualisation using D3js

Where are you currently?
Hong Kong

Where are you going?
Well i m here for some time, I plan to go to iceland towards the end of year.

Will you go home anytime soon?
Short Visit Yes, Long may be after an year.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I m still a newbie.

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Introducing myself:
I was born, raised, and raised my kids in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Now, somewhat by accident, I am a confirmed nomad with almost seven years’ nomadic experience.
I’ve been an internet entrepreneur for 23 years and seem to be inseparable from my laptop. My LinkedIn profile will give you a better overview. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paynedennis/
We currently operate over 20 websites specializing in Travel & Tourism, Wine, Books & Literature. Most of our activities have a public relations theme. These websites form a solid publishing platform for our friends and clients.
Our most active site at the moment is http://TravelWritersNetwork.com, our membership and press pass site for everyone in the travel industry.
In the past couple years, I’ve lived in Switzerland, Greece, France (twice), Spain (plus the Canaries), Estonia, Morocco, Croatia, Slovenia (currently). Not sure what’s next.
If you are like me, the longer you are on the road, the more confused you get about what’s important in life, but often confusion is a good thing. Relax and enjoy!
Dennis

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@coco 6yr

add me linken study for you

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@danielaf 7yr

what’s your name?
Daniela

where are you from?
I was born in Germany but never liked it. Already lived in Brazil in the 1990’s and knew I’d leave Germany again as soon as my kids were grown up (they’re 20 and 22 now)

how long have you been away from home?
I don’t have a home, I left Germany in October 2014. During the first 1.5 years, I spent most of my time in East Europe, then about a year in Portugal and in April 2017, I returned to my beloved South America with Peru being my first destination.

what do you do?
I teach German and have a blog for digital nomad language teachers which I would like to turn into a real community with useful resources, online workshops, workations etc. My second project is called “Yoga Workations” but so far, I’ve only registered the domain. However, the idea is to organise a mixture of daily yoga practice, workshops, coworking and coliving in various South American cities.

where are you currently?
While I’m writing this, I’m spending a week in Tallinn, Estonia.

where are you going?
Next week I’ll go back to Lima, Peru where I intend to stay for another 3 months before I move to another country, probably Argentina or Uruguay.

will you go home anytime soon?
As I mentioned above, there’s no place called home. I intend to stay in South America with Peru as my home base.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
New possibilities always come up. No need to be afraid. In general, people are friendly and helpful. I’m not too old to live the kind of life which makes me happy. Spending time with like-minded people, good friends and loved ones is more important than running from one tourist attraction to the next. Daily yoga practice helps me to keep fit and stay calm.

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@raz 7yr

Hi everybody,

Glad to be part of the digital nomad community!
My name is Razvan and I am from Romania. After I finished high-school there, I started a degree in Software Engineering in Edinburgh, UK. I graduated in January this year and now my full attention is on finding what I would like to do in this life. I always liked the idea to travel the world and find the best source of income to support my travels. I actually just started my first nomading trip a few days ago and I’m really excited to find out how this works for me.

Let’s get structured from here:

How long have you been away from home
5 years from Romania, 3 days from UK. (I guess home is where I am really)

What do you do
I am a Software Engineer by profession. I work in a start-up that builds surgical simulators and I write the software for it. I guess this fact doesn’t allow me to be a full-fledged nomad, but I find it better than constantly hunting for freelance jobs and doing stuff that you don’t necessarily like. Having this jobs gives me stability, a really good salary, and a software that I started in the first place.
On the side, I also started my own company and I’m almost done developing a platform for eliminating procrastination while helping the education system in poor regions in Africa. As a part of this, I started a vlog on youtube where I document my ‘nomading’ experience.

Where are you currently
I’m currently in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. If you are here, give me a shout :slight_smile:

Where are you going
Going back in the UK in 3 months to be together with my girlfriend while she’s studying. Then Thailand most likely.

What has been memorable for you so far
So due to the fact that I just started my experience, I will share something memorable that I realised just before starting the trip. I was planning to go in US at first because my girlfriend secured an internship there and I always wanted to go there. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the visa approved due to the lack of history that I have. After the thick veil of dissapointment started to dissipate, I actually realised that I can just point at the map and I can go wherever I want other than US. And that’s what I did. This was my dream for a long time and it was just under my nose all this time.

I think I should better stop my rant here :smiley: Glad to be part of this community and feel free to ask me any other questions. If you’re in Playa at the moment, give me a message and we can meet up. I will start working at Nest co-working on Monday.

Cheers,
Raz

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Hi everyone. My name is Kevin, but I usually go by J-Kev, I’m a blogger and freelancer focusing on sustainable and adventure travel from Vermont, USA. I just launched 6 months ago, so things are very new and still building my blog as a loc. Indy business​. I’ve been traveling for the last 4 months in South America. I’m in La Paz, Bolivia and headed towards Peru…the “Gringo Trail” as they call it. Unfortunately I will be returning to the states in a little less than a month, as the $$ has run out and blogging is not yet affording complete location independence. I’ve learned a hell of a lot while traveling, but I think one important lesson I’m learning is the importance of having community of some kind while traveling, which is one of the reasons I joined this platform.

Ok, that’s enough about me. Looking forward to learning more from all of you!

Cheers,
JKev

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Hi everyone,

my nomadlife literally started 2 hours ago. I graduated college two weeks ago and am now sitting in a long-distance bus toward Prague, where I will stay for a month. Afterward, I will go to Lisbon and then Chiang Mai. I wrote a curriculum for myself which I will follow for the upcoming months. When I am finished, I will reevaluate what I want to do then.
Until then I appreciate every advice from the more experienced nomads in this forum. I finance myself by doing freelance business consulting projects. Moreover, I am trying to bootstrap a small e-commerce site with some friends of mine.

If anyone will be in Prague soon, do not hesitate to write me a message.

/Mike

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@tiff 7yr

Hello everyone!
I’m Tiffany and I am from everywhere. I’ve been a nomad since I turned 18 when I moved away from my hometown of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, which makes this my nomad lifestyle 16 years and running. Currently I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I am finishing up my last semester of grad school for UI/UX. I may not be as nomadic as some of you since I have never lived outside of the United States, but I haven’t stayed in one place for more than 4 years in my adult life. I hope that I can pick up a remote tech gig once I graduate as I plan on moving to either London or Sydney (maybe both!) after I graduate. I will be studying abroad in Seoul from August-December '17, which will be my first long stint outside of the US.

what has been memorable for you so far?
The people I’ve met and the ways I’ve changed as a person. I have distinctly different segments of my life that seem surreal now. The people I befriended, the hobbies I pursued, and my philosophical ideologies have evolved over time. I have learned to be more accepting of other people’s world-views despite our political and religious differences, and interestingly, I have grown to enjoy these differences as forces me to view the world from a different perspective.
will you go home anytime soon?
What is home? I don’t really consider anywhere home at this point in my life and I can’t see myself staying in one place for long for the foreseeable future.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I’ve learned that I don’t need much to be comfortable, for instance, if the airline loses my bag I can adapt to only having a few changes of clothes. When I’m at home, only having 2 changes of clothes seems horrible, but in the end, no one knows that I’ve been wearing the same outfit for a few days but me. I have learned to control my negative emotions and just go along for the ride. Regardless of how we feel, when the plane door shuts we are in it for the long haul and being in a bad mood doesn’t make it any faster.

Maybe the most important lesson I’ve learned is that doing something for the first time is scary. Packing up your entire life and leaving your friends and everything you’re familiar with in order to seek a new adventure is exciting and terrifying. The first time we plunge ourselves into the unknown is always the worst but in those moments we learn that we are strong and that the unknown helps us to find ourselves. The first big move is shocking, but it is also empowering and rewarding enough to make the subsequent moves feel like another decision and not some monumental feat.

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@ady 7yr

Hi.
I’m Ady a “vampire” from Transylvania (Eastern Europe). 27.
After backpacking/volunteering/couchsurfing in more then 30 countries mostly in Latin America, East/Southeast Asia and some parts of Europe I currently became a non-techie digital nomad (part time online English teacher) basing myself in Arequipa (Peru) for a couple of more months.
Aftter this I might had to Colombia (the coffee region) for a couple of months followed by Mexico for a couple of more months.
In the upcoming year(s) I plan to travel in the capitals of Eastern-Southeastern-Central European countries and some north African countries (roughly spending a week in every capital…roughly 30 countries in total).
Oh…and of course returning to Southeast Asia is a must…soon :smile:
I’m on a lower budget then most Westerners (500-1500$) and in the meantime I might get some online diplomas in the field of Psychology/Counselling.
Anyways…if there is some fine young lady out there willing to join me…well feel free to message me…hahaa…yeah I know it’s not a dating site.

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@agrberg 7yr

Hi!

I’m Aaron, 32, and from the USA. My girlfriend, Rachel, and I decided to go fully remote sometime last year and were able to start our journey this past April. We’ve only been away from home for a little over a month but it’s been a fantastic experience so far.

We decided to come to Europe on our first jaunt as I have a good friend getting married in Germany next month. We started in Paris and have since been to Cannes, France, Amsterdam and Utrecht, Netherlands, and are now in Athens, Greece where we’ll be until the end of the month when we head to Berlin, Germany. We’re not entirely sure where we’ll go after that except that we have to return to the states this summer for a series of weddings.

Fear of the unknown is natural but we’ve since been cured of it after learning how amazing travel is and how similar the world is despite our languages and cultures. No place feels like home but it’s all welcoming and enjoyable.

I’m a software engineer (primarily Ruby on Rails and JavaScript) currently working at Splitwise (apparently as a newbie I cannot put a link in the post but just tack on the .com or find it in Google) and I love how easy it is to work with my team back in the states. Thankfully they’re flexible so I can work “normal” hours relative to my timezone or shifted hours to sync up with the east coast depending on how much exploring I want to do during the day.

I’m thankful to be joined by my girlfriend Rachel who is a freelance designer and illustrator.

After the myriad of weddings are over we plan to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas in the states with family before we head abroad again. Our plan is to see Hong Kong for Chinese New Year and then see the rest of Asia, specifically Southeast Asia where I see so many of you are or have been.

We’d love any travel, location, or working advice you have and are excited to join this site!

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Hi all! I’m Brianna, a soon-to-be nomad who currently lives in Tampa, Florida. I help businesses keep more of their money (I’m a contract CFO).

I grew up in Phoenix, did a stint in the Baltimore/DC/Philly area, and moved to Florida six years ago. I love it here, but long to travel, and recently realized that… holy shit… it’s… doable! So, now I’m planning. I have two kids who will be traveling the world with me, and my person, who will have to come back more often for stateside obligations. TL;DR = a lot of logistics, but still doable :slight_smile: Ideally, my kids and I will do a 6-8 week away, 3 weeks in US schedule.

I have worked remotely for seven years so that won’t be a huge jump for me. Really looking forward to being untethered and giving my kids some perspective other than their semi-suburban white privilege bubble.

Look forward to chatting with/meeting you!

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Hi All!

I am a freelance lawyer, working mainly on Upwork and some other platforms. I have been doing this since 2010. It has been a hard start, as you may imagine, Bolivian IT and Corporate lawyers are not immediately tagged as trustworthy, but since three years ago my main income has been working on platforms and for repeat clients online.

My law firm is officially based in Cochabamba, Bolivia (I do have offices here) but I can really run things remotely as I realized some months ago, including representations I currently hold for other companies.

I have been on Cryptocurrencies projects and different startups. I am also a Startup Weekend Mentor in Cochabamba.

I am not yet 100% sure I really fit in this community (digital nomads :sweat_smile:), but me and my wife have started planning some trips to find out schedule and workability of the law firm from more far away places.

See you all digitally!

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Hi Nomads! I have been free from the corporate world of London since 2005 when I took a leap of faith and headed to Bali to build up an affiliate network!

Back then I use to have to upload files via internet cafes (whatever happened to them?! lol) using a flash drive. I had some good fortune in 2007 when CNN ran a story on me and things really took off.

As of today, I am struggling a little with affiliate marketing, so I am seeking new income streams to continue this lifestyle I love.

It’s great to see so many other nomads now. I was a little lonely back in 2005, but remote working is only going to grow.

Best advice I can give is to just go for it. Have a few months living expenses behind you and grab a taxi to the airport. Travel light too :slight_smile:

P.S. I am currently in Peru but in vacation mode. Lima could be a nomad hotspot in the future. SE Asia, Southern Europe and NZ are my main locations.

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@teacher 7yr

Hello there! My name is Seda. I’m a 33 year old elementary school teacher, astrologer and meditator. I recently discovered VIPKID, an online tutoring program and have decided to go for it full time. I plan to quit my teaching job at the end of this school year (June) and my first stop will be a return to Dharmsala in the Himalayas. I loved the energy of McLeod Ganj and my goal is to work about 20 hours a week teaching online and spend the rest of the time volunteering for the Tibetan cause and travelling. If you have any questions about VIPKID, meditation, astrology or online teaching resources, I’m happy to help! Love from Vancouver, Canada!

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@capoma1 7yr

Hello Nomads,

I’m a new nomad here, guess this also is a proof of it hahaha. My name is Carolina, I’m from Cali, Colombia. I’ve been away from my home 4 months already, and still traveling. I’m a professional in Marketing and advertising. I work supporting an incentives program for some costumers in LATAM countries. I´m currently in Turkey, in Istanbul traveling and knowing other places. I’m going to Seúl soon. For me it has been memorable people’s energy. Anywhere you go there is someone willing to help you and curious about get to know you. I will go home at the end of the year probably, I still don’t know yet :slight_smile:

As a Nomad I’ve learned a lot of auto motivation, self-control, confidence and multidiscipline. I’ve learned anywhere you go, there are friends and there is something from yourself you don’t know you have, a new aptitude or new vision of life.

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Hi , there !
I will introduce myself replying to the questions directly :slight_smile:

what’s your name?
Alberto Escosteguy
where are you from?
Born in Rio de Janeiro but I live in Canada and I am Canadian.
how long have you been away from home?
I come and go , but you could say since 2009
what do you do?
I used to be a Psychologist and a Professor. I quit it all to be a travel blogger.
where are you currently?
In Vancouver waiting for my flight to Singapore.
where are you going?
Singapore ( 2 months) and Ubud- Bali ( 1 month)
what has been memorable for you so far?
life itself
will you go home anytime soon?
I am leaving tonight !
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
that freedom and inner peace are priceless.

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My name is Andrew and I’m from Virginia, USA! I’ve done a few small bursts of nomadic living in the last year. Currently, I’m in Cambridge, England and will be traveling around Europe until early July. I arrived in the UK early April…so about a 3 month nomadic journey! :slight_smile:

I am an account manager for a t-shirt selling platform, based in Richmond, VA. I am also working on growing my online skills - currently going through Codecademy & I just launched a personal website (more to come).

Excited for the road ahead… many adventures to be had :slight_smile:

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@redromina 7yr

Hi! My name is Romina. I make YouTube videos about travel and living a minimalist life as a remote entrepreneur. I have a digital media services and film production company. Under this company I provide social media management services, photography services, website building services, and video productions. As my channel grows I am doing less of those things.

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Hi Everyone!

I’m Cristian, and started by moving from Romania to the US almost three years ago. Me and my wife have been in California ever since, but the change opened up our appetite for travel, so the current plan is to head out starting next spring; we’re taking this year to set everything up. We’re both developers (13 years of experience for me, 6 years for my wife), so that should help us a bit, and I’m already working remote - my team is in another state.

I’ll surely pester the forums with more questions the closer I get to the departure day :slight_smile:

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Hi everyone!
I’m Katie, from London in the UK and I accidentally became a digital nomad about 5 months ago now. I say accidental because I left the UK for Mexico in November 2016, fully intending to get a job locally and settle in one place and then, just a week before I left, saw what is now my job advertised on Instagram - such an East London cliche of myself! :joy: A few Skype interviews later, I couldn’t quite believe my luck at landing a job that would enable me to join the digital nomad tribe!
I work as a researcher for a site called Project JUST, looking into ethics and sustainability in the fashion industry, which I find totally fascinating. I’m coming to the end of my 6 months in Mexico and am heading to Colombia at the end of April - I’ve heard good things about the digital nomad community there! I feel like I’m learning as I go with the whole digital nomad lifestyle, so love discovering sites like this to help me out! Would love to hear from fellow Colombian nomads!

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Hello Nomad Community! First a foremost, this website is a dream come true; thank you for all the hard-work put into it for all of the nomads abroad.

I am Jonathan.

An American from the southeast.

I have been away from home for the last seven years due to my Naval military obligations. So, needless-to-say I am very ready for my “leash”-free nomadic freedom in the near future. My experience is associated with highly technical mechanical engineering-based work: power plant operations, machinery troubleshooting, maintenance planning, and so forth. Pardon my ambiguity but it is a part of the job.

So, my nomadic lifestyle thus far has been highly regulated and completely unorthodox in regards to the Nomad community. The next chapter has been my “light at the end of the tunnel” for quite some time now.

I am currently stationed domestically here in the US. I have previously been deployed to Bahrain, Dubai, UAE, and Spain briefly.

My nomadic journey thus far has been a series of trials and tribulations - a crucible of self-evaluation. Beyond the hardships, it has been the most rewarding benefaction.
I have no intention just yet to return to my old stomping grounds but I am sure that moment is on its way.

Currently, I am researching remote-based mechanical engineering opportunities: CAD design/drafting, Excel, DMLSS, and BUILDER-based software support. I have recognized that majority of the community here is software/programming development/support but if any of you have experience or insight in the mechanical/manufacturing remote-based industry, I would love to hear from you! I am also eager to learn programming languages in support of my future nomadic lifestyle. Preferably a programming language that will complement my prior experience.

-waywardjay

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@almoehi 7yr

Hi, I’m Hannes 32yr. I’m “based” in Germany but I’m living abroad quite some time throughout the year (could always be more though ;-)). I’m spending most of the time in Vancouver, Canada which is one of my favourite and inspirational places. I also have relatives living there and recently bought a place there as well. I also spend time in SE Asia like most Nomads do and other places in Europe.
I’ve studied Computer Science (Msc) and started my own software corporation during that time (2008) which is my primary source of income. The work is completely location independent so I work remotely 100% of the time and I take care that it remains that way. Thanks to tech, my clients usually don’t know where I’m currently at unless I tell them. I’m also doing a (self-funded) Phd (started August last year) which also is remotely 99% of the year and I recently have submitted my first paper (yay!). Feel free to get in touch. Otherwise - happy nomad’ing

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@vlm626 7yr

Hello, my name is Victoria and I live in Austin, TX. I’ve been building my business for the last year (websites, copywriting - now business management for my clients), been an entrepreneur for the last 5 years. I mention that because now I’m finally in a place where I can work remotely (my clients are already remote from Austin) and I have a 6 month contract I want to take advantage of for my first nomading trip! I’m sure many of y’all can relate to trying to get a business off the ground :slight_smile:

I want to go somewhere in the Western Hemisphere for my first trip to keep time zones similar to my clients. I’m thinking Playa or somewhere in Mexico/Central America for the BEACHES and because I’m Mexican and know the area/culture well. I’m taking baby steps!

Memorable so far is being able to pay for this membership with my business card and KNOWING it’s happening this year. I don’t think I’ll want to be a nomad forever, but I want to totally take advantage of my youth, my contracts, and the freedom my laptop brings me.

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Hello fellow Nomad, my name is Sze Huei (Zoe for easier pronunciation). I am from Malaysia and I’ve been away for the past 13 years. Currently, I am working as a Research Scientist at The University of Lausanne, Switzerland but I am setting up my own science/health writing business. I am giving myself a whole full year to get everything set up and be a nomad of my choosing. So far, all the places that I lived in are because of job availability and physically I have to be there. It is time to choose for myself where I want to be base. I have no idea of where I am going although I do have some criteria (safe for women, lots of like-minded people, good public transportation, and access to good and cheap food).
Memorable moments: hmmm…the moment when the new place feels like ‘home.’ Austin is easy and takes just a couple of months to have a group of like-minded friends; never really felt at home in Pretoria (even though I have good friends there). I guess the reasons for each place will be for another post.
I think I would go home after my contract in Switzerland is finish, although the reason for going home is not because it is HOME. It is because I know Penang is one of the freelancer paradise and it fulfills almost all my criteria to choose this place to set myself up as a digital nomad.
Looking back, I am definitely of a better version of myself. I learn to know myself, be confidence about my skills, appreciate the little things in life and be flexible about what constitute ‘social norm.’

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@bryanaka 7yr

Intro :bridge_at_night:
I’m Bryan and I’m from the SF Bay Area :slight_smile:

Scroll down for the TL;DR; if you really want to miss out.

I am sorta in transition to becoming a digital nomad and currently based in San Francisco, CA. I spend about 2 - 3 months abroad a year right now and want to eventually inch that closer to 6 months or so. For now, my next trip is going to be just a small whirlwind tour around a few US States in late March. After, I am looking at some time in South America and Europe in the Late Spring and Mid-Autumn respectively.

Work Stuff :computer:
I’m a Full Stack Web Developer currently freelancing for start-ups around the US. I market myself not so much as the dev who is going to throw code over the fence and hope for the best, but more the consultant that will sit down with you and actually think through tough product decisions, road-mapping, and important UI implementation according to business demands.

As for the technical specs: I specialize in Ruby on Rails API (REST, JSON API) applications and Ember.js applications. I also have experience in other Ruby frameworks, Javascript (other front-ends and node), PHP, Wordpress (looking to get into Wordpress’ JSON API more extensively), and learning Swift and Elixir (Phoenix).

Travel Memories and Lessons :briefcase:
I think my most memorable time so far has been my two month trip around Europe+Kazakhstan. I could get more specific, but there is just so much that was amazing. The general theme of this trip though just showed me that it is possible to work and travel at the same time. The trip was far more fast-paced than I would have liked and I went with a friend that was not working, so that made it also a bit difficult to resist going out every night :wink:

TL;DR;
I’m an outgoing, adventurous Full Stack Dev from SF who is just getting started on this nomad journey. Find me drinking :cocktail: at the local craft cocktail bar or hiking in a nearby :evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree:

Looking forward to engaging in this community and learning from those more experienced than myself. And of course sharing all my knowledge as well. Can’t wait to see what this year has to offer me in travel :airplane:

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@harry20 7yr

I there. I am Harry currently residing in Johannesburg South Africa.

I am busy studying personal training, but I have been in IT for about 7 years now, starting off doing support, then moved into wireless ISP where I learned a bit more about networking. I am now at a CCTV and access control company where I have had a chance to spend time on the net to find you guys.

I am now looking at getting into the online space to make a living and I need some assistance with that please.

I have played around with programming or coding previously but very basically. I used w3schools but I never really got to use any of it practically.

I am struggling to find my way forward in terms of what to learn and how to use it. I do not know what what point I am done with “level 1” in HTML for example and I can start using it foe basic projects.

How do you guys go about it and what is a realistic time frame before you can start getting work?

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@liza 7yr

Hi, my name is Liza and I am from Sydney, Australia. I am a knowledge and collaboration tools manager for an American insurance company. I am allowed to work from anywhere so I am currently planning my first extended trip to South East Asia to work with my four year old in tow. I am a single mum so hope to be able to find information from some of you about the best places to stay in South East Asia that also have affordable childcare. My budget is about 2K per month.

I spent my earlier years travelling in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand and am keen to get back to those places to settle for about a month in each place and work from a local hotel.

I’m looking forward to engaging with this community and hopefully make some friends along the way.

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Hey guys! I’m Daniel Brooks, and I’m from and currently in Atlanta, GA. I haven’t started my nomadic journey yet, but I’m in the planning stages. Right now, I’m learning some skills to help me build some freelance income and, eventually, a productised service. I’m still finishing up college, but I hope to start some side hustles before I finish school next year. I’m sure I will learn a lot here about life on the road, starting an online business, and financial freedom. If anyone is willing to answer some questions I have, please reach out to me at [email protected]. Or, if there’s anyone in the ATL area, let’s me up, have some beers, and talk business.

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I’m Danny from California. Currently, I’m in Australia for 3 months (Melbourne, Brisbane/Gold Coast, and Sydney). It is expensive, but all modern conveniences are readily available in the CBD area and the internet is very good in the area.

I own OptimizeMyAirbnb.com (definitely an Airbnb fanboy, used to work there).

Within the next 24 months, I’d like to go to Estonia, Dubai, Chang Mai, Latvia, and Tokyo.

The most insightful learning is that I actually do need my own time. I’m not uber social type 24/7 like it seems others are. If I have my own space to detox, then I can be that uber social type when I’m out which I really love that feeling. Also, learning how to start conversations and socialize with strangers is a great skill I hope to have for my entire life!

If anyone wants to meet up, you can feel free to email me at [email protected] or reach out to me on my website :slight_smile:

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@jaunis 7yr

Hey there everyone. This is Juan Manuel, born in Argentina. Following Nomad ever since the very beginning and today I decided to contribute so here I am! I’ve been away from home for two years now, although right now I am in my hometown as I came back to wrap up some personal stuff. I am an IT guy, who went from a very techie IT security job to customer management to service delivery. Today I work as a Service Delivery Manager at the coolest and most promising company on earth :smiley:

My main reason to come to the forum is to read other people’s experiences, discover new cities that I would never have found by myself, help with what I know whenever possible, and find second jobs that would increase my monthly income,

You can find me pretty much everywhere (helpx, workaway, couchsurfing) & in about.me/jaunis.

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Hello guys,
Just joined! Lots of interesting people here! Congrats to @levelsio for creating this!

My name is Mike. I am a professional musician (I play saxophone, mostly jazz).
I run a digital marketing agency that helps startups getting more traction, and an affiliate marketing company doing mobile acquisition on Facebook. Most of my companies are semi or fully outsourced.

I’m not a professional programmer (whatever it means), but I can code. At the moment, I’m developing BuddyAd, which is an ad competitive intelligence tool. We basically analyze millions of native, pop and adult ads per day. Hope to cash in this project soon as I already have offers of acquisition, even if we are in private beta.

I’m based in Italy and specifically Puglia (if you know Italy is like a boot, I’m from the heel!)
I’m an aspiring nomad, meaning I’ve been traveling a lot lately (Thailand, Cambogia, US, Malta) but not for super long periods and I’m always returning home for now. =)

(working in Ko Chang)

You can learn more about me here.
Best to you and see you in the forum!

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@nilswe 7yr

Hello folks! :v:t2:

My name is Nils, I am a webdeveloper from Germany, used to work as an employee until October 2016 and started travelling in November of 2016.
Currently staying in Chiang Mai and working mostly on client projects, with the goal to building own products and moving away from the client work in the long run.

So at the moment it’s MVP building and putting those things out in the wild. Which is tough from time to time since I guess most of my ideas just suck :smile:

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@elirang 7yr

Thanks !
and i hope to have good time there !

:sunglasses:

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Hello Kate welcome to community i like what idea in startup what do you doing how i can go and become beta tester!Have nice day!!

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Hi I’m Kate.

I’m co-founder of a startup called Dovetail X, which helps freelancers form pop-up agencies. I’m also a freelance designer (graphic/brand/UX/UI).
I’m currently living in my home town of Christchurch, New Zealand. In the past I’ve lived in Canada, San Francisco, Hong Kong, France, and Australia.
I’m heading over to the US a couple of times this year so I’m keen to connect with other nomads!

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@joshua 7yr

Hey Kate! Welcome :wink:

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@elirang 7yr

Hi, Im Eliran, from Israel.
Im doing some freelance in android development, and in addition working on a cool dating app.
Next month gonna be in Thailand, for the first time.
I joined for this community to find like minded people to know and good meetups.

See ya

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@joshua 7yr

Shalom Eliran! Welcome to the community.

I still need to visit Israel. A girl I’m seeing is from Haifa.

You’re going to love Thailand! It’s sababa.

-Joshua

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@innaboch 7yr

Hi, I’m Inna. I am Russian-American and live in NYC but love to travel. I have been living a nomadic life for more than a year now. Back home for holidays right now, but contemplating Bali in a few weeks and Barcelona and Lisbon sometime later. I am in the process of testing a few locations and looking for community to “settle” in. Life is better when shared so a solid community is a must for me.
On the business front, I’ve been engaged in the financial world for many years, progressing to being one of the few (maybe the only) woman to run and build a derivatives trading desk on Wall Street. But now, I’ve taken time off from the Wall Street grind and am seeking a change – a chance to reinvent myself as an entrepreneur, and especially an International one.

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Hi!
I’m Risto Silvennoinen, currently in Chiang Mai. My journey to this DN hub has been quite long – at least in years – since I started working online 2010 with the goal of becoming location independent. Yep, I also read the 4 hour workweek. :slight_smile: Ever since that goal and this community has given me so much drive to continue learning new skills and to become better at digital marketing, so thank you!

I started with freelancing and doing mainly Google AdWords and Facebook ad campaigning. Now I’m shifting towards programmatic display. Unlike quite many I’m not freelancing but working for a company (a Finnish digital agency) and have been able to negotiate myself quite location flexible work. Although not – at least not yet – 100 % location independent, I’m happy with the arrangement.

I could say that one of the most memorable moments (at least career wise) was visiting Google’s EMEA head office in Dublin. Biggest learning: Be bold with your dreams and have the courage to ask.

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@rohitsn 4yr

The way you asked that question, I would say responses in-line like the corporate drone I have become. Haha

what’s your name? Rohit - 34. Indian American.

where are you from? Los Angeles CA, but got a job in Toronto in March and out of a job in Toronto in June.

how long have you been away from home? 3 months

what do you do? US Immigration Attorney. Corporate Immigration

where are you currently? Toronto Ontario

where are you going? Bali, Austin, Portugal, Nashville seem like interesting places right now.

what has been memorable for you so far? Being stuck at home in Toronto has been memorable. Seeing milk in bags is memorable in Canada.

will you go home anytime soon? Not sure. LA looked a bit like a warzone recently. Not too hot about going back. Eventually will end up there

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Working mostly and quarantine

[insert your own question here]

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@joshua 7yr

Hey there!

I’m Josh.

Originally from Portland, Oregon. I’ve recently moved back after living in San Diego for the last four years.

In 2014, I was nomadic throughout SE Asia - mostly Thailand and Bali :slight_smile:

I’ve been working remotely, helping build various tech startups over the last few years. I currently head up business development for a SaaS startup called CartStack.

I’m currently in Portland, Oregon, but I’m thinking about heading to Vietnam in the coming months, but I’m open for anything.

I’ve spent awhile backpacking Europe, which was super memorable. My time in Asia building a kinda-successesful-now-shutdown ecommerce store was also really fun.

I’m currently at home, looking to venture back out. Panama was my most recent country.

I’ve learned that connecting with other nomads makes life a ton easier, and more fun. I’ve learned to be more patient, do/experiment with unordinary things, and to be flexible with my time/work schedule/fun schedule.

I’m really interested in how some of you maintain your health while traveling, i.e. certain types of exercise (HIIT, walking, etc), avoiding/eating certain foods, supplements and stuff like that!

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Hi all, just joined the site today!

I work online, helping private jet owners plan their trips - not as glamorous as it sounds, but still it’s a fun job, and I can live wherever I like.

I’m also a musician, and have written a bunch of songs. These days I give away all my music for free online, so people can download it just to listen to, or to use as background music for their Youtube vlogs, as all my music is now creative commons. https://davidmumfordmusic.bandcamp.com/

Planning a busking tour of Europe in Spring 2017!

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@svenvr 7yr

Hey everyone,

I am Jonathan Verrecchia, a 28 y/o French nomad from Paris. The key things about me is that I am:

  • A freelance front-end engineer
  • A hardcore minimalist
  • An electronic music producer
  • Very into transhumanism / the future of humanity / mind-uploading, and I digitize and document everything about my life.
  • I’ve worked in San Francisco for about 2 years, and did an Erasmus in San Sebastian (Spain).

I am currently in the middle of a big trip in Asia, which started in Japan 2 months ago, going all the way down to Australia. Starting January 2017 I’ll settle in Thailand for a while (Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui), and will probably rotate between Bali, Vietnam, France, and Spain for the rest of the year.

Can’t wait to meet up and hear your fascinating stories!

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@alexis 7yr

Hey there,

My name is Alex i’m from Paris - France.
In january i’ll leave home for a 10 month digital nomad Oceania / Asia Tour with my girlfriend.
I am a former agency owner who is actually building niche sites for a living.
We’ll travel to NZ / Aus / Indonesia / Philippines / Cambodia / Vietnam and the rest is TBD.

I’m really excited about Nomad list and i hope we’ll meet astonishing people :-)))

See you later !

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You can include India in your trip too, lots of amazing places to be around here.
Ranging from snowy mountains, to deep jungles, to royal palaces, to sunny beaches.
Amazing place to travel!!
Cheers!!

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Ola, Fellow nomads,
This is Luanna Li from China, I’m a nomad artist and the founder of Artrvl
I began my remote life since September 2015 after I quit my expat job and got kicked out from my apartment in Angola, First I started painting graffiti for hotels in exchange of free stay, food and flight tickets to the next destination, it was great to have the world as my canvas and be able to support yourself along the journey.
I’ve met so many great artists, singers from Granada, dancers and craftsmen from Moshi, film-maker from Cape Town, painters from Venice, Lisbon, as well as art lovers, who have been supporting artists in different ways, either hosting us in their house, or providing food and free ride.
I’m building this Exchange creations with hospitality project aiming to bridge emerging artists and art hosts together. So we all share the magical bond while we travel.
I will be in Iceland, Scandinavia and UK for the next 6 months.
Great to join this community and hope to meet more people who are into art! :wink:
How come we don’t have a “Shaka” emoji?! :thinking:

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Hi @hikki.mose, I just wanted to say that I’ ve checked your website and I :purple_heart: the idea behind Artrvl !! :+1: Congrats and all the best! #freepraise

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@luciazw 7yr

hi @hikki.mose i’m also one of the few chinese female nomads. Let’s connect! i’m an art lover currently working in tech looking for a transition into UX. In southeast asia right now will be in southern europe soon. What you are doing with graffiti is really cool - would love to connect and hear more!

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@robmoya 7yr

Hello everyone, my name is Rob, I’m from Costa Rica, I’ve been away from home for maybe like a year, I’ve traveled to Panama, Nicaragua, London, Taiwan, Japan and now I’m in Spain. I’m a UI designer & Front End dev. I’m still figuring out where to go next, I had tickets to go to France and Prague afterwards but I had issues with my card and I may have to go back to CR to solve those, I’ve tried getting one from Payoneer, Stripe, Western Union prepaid, Global Exchange, registered a software development company in Hong Kong to see if I open an account there but takes too long, also been trying to get one with the new e-visa from Estonia and Leap.in service, takes too long as well, at least for someone who doesn’t know where will it be next month.

What I’ve learned is that there’s a lot of information and support for people from the US and Europe, but finding the same solutions for people from Latin America is crazy, try to go to countries where they allow you to be there without asking a visa for the longest time possible, Japan and South Korea let you be there for 3 months without a visa, always have a backup plan, some countries ask for a way-out ticket or otherwise they don’t allow you to take the plane, happened to me from Tokyo to Barcelona, a bunch more things I can say, if you’re travelling alone still try to make friends or videochat with people, loneliness can be very harsh being on foreign countries.

Hope to meet other people from latin america as well !
Gracias, thanks, arigatou gozaimasu, Xie Xie.

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@anderkd 7yr

Hey everyone,

Here is my introduction! My name is Kurt Anderson. I’m originally from Jamestown, NY, and most recently have been living in Santa Cruz, CA. I’ve been travelling now for 5 months. I do two things primarily:

  1. run pono.io. This is a service for entrepreneurs around productivity design.
  2. started zenviking.me where I blog about my new digital nomad lifestyle.

I’m in baja mexico presently, travelling to Ubud in March of 2017.

Baja has been very memorable thus far, with it’s cheap prices, friendly people and great kitesurfing!

I will travel to Santa Cruz before heading to Ubud.

I’ve learned that I need to be very disciplined in order to make any progress, otherwise I could just enjoy life and produce nothing of value.

Looking forward to becoming a valued member of this community!

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@brett 7yr

My name is Brett McHargue and I am a software developer. I am originally from Dallas, Texas. In July 2000 I moved to England for work. It was meant to be a 9 month project and I ended up staying (even after I left that company). I started working with Ruby/Rails in 2006 and professionally in and around London in 2009.

This year my husband and I have decided to travel full time, so I left my job in London and have been roaming since October 2016. Savings only last so long though and I’d love to work on some interesting web development projects as well as on a few ideas of my own.

We are currently in Mendoza, Argentina - heading to Santiago, Chile on Thursday this week. You can track where we have been at my husbands blog at http://justgodo.it

We will be in Texas for Xmas and currently looking for ideas on where to go next - we have places to stay with friends and family in New Zealand and Australia, but have only scratched the surface of things to see in South and Central America, so might stay here.

I’m also a longtime choral singer. Leaving the 3 choirs I sang with in London was probably one of the hardest things I had to give up to live my dream of traveling. One of my most memorable experiences was singing in the Vatican with a group last year. But I most enjoy singing pop/acapella tunes, so if there is any of that going on around the world, I’d love to hear about it. I’m a big fan of this group https://www.patreon.com/Accent and would love to figure out how to sing in such a geographically diverse group - truly bummed I missing them in the UK.

So what do you guys and gals do when you’re not digitally nomadding?

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Hi Everyone,
I am a Business Development Manager, learning digital marketing.
Working at a FIntech startup in Pune, India since last 2 years. Travelling in India only, because of big diversity and nature across.
Want to start working remotely and travel more. Good to join here!!
Let me know about if any one want to discuss about India and its awesomeness!!

Cheers

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@oriettaxx 7yr

Hi,
I am a linux system administrator.
I’m working remotely since 2008, born in Italy, resident in the UK (where I escaped orrified by my own country), spending hot season aboard my sailing boat in Greece, winter anywhere cheap and warm. Trying to avoid kids and families :wink:
freedom is my keyword

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@sven 7yr

Hi everybody, Sven here.

French (from Paris), actually living in Canada (Quebec City) for 18 months now.
Working in video games.

I’m here to find a nice destination to avoid this shitty canadian winter, and meet cool people.
Although I’m used to travel (alone too) it will be my first time travelling as digital nomad.

Glad to enter in this community!

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what’s your name?
where are you from? Reykjavik, Iceland
how long have you been away from home? I’m home at the moment.
what do you do? Law Enforcement
where are you currently? Reykjavik
where are you going? Thailand, but might go through Europe first
what has been memorable for you so far? Tokyo and Jamaica
will you go home anytime soon?
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? not a nomad yet, but very interested

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@mikepark 7yr

Hello,

I’m Mike. I’m friends with a lot of you already just from the general digital nomad community but this is the first time I’ve around nomadlist/nomadforum. It’s a pleasure to be here.

I’m from NYC originally and currently based out of San Francisco. I spent the last 6 years or so in Asia and am running a startup out of SF and Asia at the moment, so I tend to bounce back and forth a lot.

Between 2006 and 2016 I lived in the US, France, Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. I also traveled to many destinations in that period of time as well.

I currently run an on-demand interpretation startup, although we recently found a better SaaS (stealth) opportunity that we’re validating now and will probably pivot to.

Not sure where I’ll go next but SF is really insanely expensive. Might consider Portland or Seattle next, so if you’re from there let’s talk!

Btw, I’m a Huffington Post contributor which means that, from time to time, I can feature some of you there. No promises - if I like you and what you’re doing, we can talk about it.

Glad to join this community :slight_smile:

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@wallin3d 7yr

Hi everybody!

I’m Alex from France, and I plan to leave my wonderful country to a new adventure.

Actually I have my own business in architecture/construction (wall-in.com), and I built an other in the whisky (selling last September).
Also I’m working on planting and distillation of essential oils in Corsica with a friend. I go to India (Jodhpur) in 3 weeks and I looking for people who live there to meet.

Have a great day/night,

Forward exchange

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Im dana from SF and i’m a nomadic mum and entrepreneur. we are traveling with toddlers (age 2 and 4) and it’s an adventure. we are currently in Medellin, colombia and looking to move slowly around the region. I’ve traveled extensively in 55 countries and am happy to be back in the world with my new traveling companions.

workwise, i’m tryign to start up a few things to serve families doing this…it is a growing crew. i also typically work in enterprise sales/bus dev/ marketing.

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@jpkperu 7yr

Hi Dana, my wife and I are in Peru with a 1-year old. We just moved here three months ago.

Hope you enjoy Colombia, and let me know how it goes with moving around. My wife and I are trying to do the same (while keeping sane with a young daughter and a dog).

-John

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what’s your name? - Mary, i’m 23 years old
where are you from? - Ukraine
how long have you been away from home? - around 2 years, but i’m currently back to Ukraine for 1 month to get new visa :slight_smile:
what do you do? - I’m front-end developer, currently working via Upwork
where are you currently? - Home, sweet home ^^ Vinnytsia, Ukraine
where are you going? - End of the month will go to Poland first and then will travel somewhere around Europe :smiley: What place i get cheap tickets - gonna be my next destination lol
But after Europe i want to go to North and then slightly move to South Africa… So if anyone been there already - i’d be happy to hear any tips
what has been memorable for you so far? - Ah traveling always gives you unforgettable experience. It makes you different person, changes your life priorities, changes yourself. This is happened with me :smiley: And btw I’m in love with Asia - sincere people, food, nature etc… I can continue this list forever lol
will you go home anytime soon? - im here right now, but not for long time :smiley:
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - The world is so huge and our life is too short, so lets try to make every moment meaningful and travel as much as you can

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@madelineb 7yr

Hello!
what’s your name? Madeline
where are you from? Australia
how long have you been away from home? 1 week. I’ve lived abroad in USA, UK, Thailand, Canada, Netherlands in the past for 3-6 months at a time.
what do you do? I currently study and have ambitions to be an entrepreneur. I’ve escaped my engineering day-job for 6-12 months, and indefinitely would be nice. I’m studying online at Institute of Integrative Nutrition. I’m passionate about the advancement of healthcare, and I’m working to design various software for integrative medicine and/or natural healthcare, which started 8 years ago, on-and-off.
where are you currently? Tallinn Estonia
where are you going? Estonia, Netherlands for a bit, perhaps Portugal
what has been memorable for you so far? People
will you go home anytime soon? early or mid 2017
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? To Be Advised. From previous nomad trips/lifestyles, I’ve learnt (over time) not to take things too seriously! It seemed like a great investment to leave the comforts and familiarity of home, so I tended to compensate by over-focussing on work goals, which was counter-productive. The most important thing I think is to look after my own wellbeing and be open.

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Hi there! A bit of myself in here too

What’s your name?
Christian Oliveira

Where are you from?
Galicia (Spain)

How long have you been away from home?
One month

What do you do?
I’m a technical SEO consultant. Last three years I’ve working for one of the main spanish newsmedia groups (the one that owns El Mundo, Marca…) doing SEO and some Product Management. I’ve asked for a one-year leave and I’m trying to start working as a freelance instead, while travelling through Southeast Asia with my girlfriend
I’m also making a travel blog (in Spanish by now), https://randomtrip.es

Where are you currently?
Right now in Indonesia (we started the trip from Timor Oriental)

Where are you going?
After Indonesia we are visiting Malasya, and after that Vietnam.

What has been memorable for you so far?
Being able to work in front of amazing beaches (where you can do amazing diving or snorkelling), while also travelling and visiting amazing nature spots.

Will you go home anytime soon?
No, by now

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
That it’s completely possible (at least in my field), can be cheaper than living in Madrid and it’s an amazing life change and adventure. There also downsides too (time management, having to search and bargain for a place to sleep each time you move, not seeing friends and family, and not living with our two cats!)

Why did you join this site?
To meet other nomads, get useful information, contribute with useful information when I can

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@jpkperu 7yr

What’s your name?
John Kelvie

Where are you from?
Washington, DC

How long have you been away from home?
Two months

What do you do?
I’m a computer programmer and CTO of an American tech company based in Washington, DC.

Where are you currently?
I am in Ica, Peru. It is on the Southwest coast of Peru, near Nazca (and the famous Nazca lines). My wife and I decided to move here as it is where she is from. Our family unit is the two of us plus our 1-year old daughter and our 8-year old dog, so we may not be quite as nomadic as some other people on this site (though we are investigating going to Argentina for a few months next June).

Where are you going?
We may stay here or head up to Lima. Or Cusco. We will see but for the foreseeable future, we plan on being in Peru. And I would like to find a way to do stints in other parts of Latin America, Argentina, Chile, etc. for a few months at a time. All of this we are still trying to figure out given that we have a one-year old.

What has been memorable for you so far?
Ica is a desert, but also an agricultural center (thanks to underground water from melting glaciers on the Andes), that borders on the Andes and the Pacific coast. It has some really stunning scenery, which I really love and it is totally new for me, coming from the East Coast. Also, the weather is always between 70 and 80 and sunny during the day, which is nice.

Will you go home anytime soon?
No

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
That I like living outside the states even more than I thought I would. And I thought I would like it a lot :slight_smile:

Why did you join this site?
I’ve started writing a blog, https://www.theundiscoveredperu.com. Not sure yet what I will do with it, but it’s a fun side-project for me. I’m eager to talk to people about how they make money blogging, as well as in general living abroad. I’m still very much immersed in my American company, but I am thinking about other possibilities. I’ve dramatically lowered my cost-of-living, and as an entrepreneur, I am thinking of ways to take advantage of this.

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Hey everyone,

Here’s a little bit of info about me:

What’s your name?

Brendan

Where are you from?

Toronto (Canada)

How long have you been away from home?

Still at home, but I am planning to start off traveling in Chile / Peru in January with my girlfriend.

What do you do?

My background is in Nuclear Engineering, but I have been reading books, taking courses, and performing work in Data Science over the past few years and am planning to do that from now on. I recently quit my job at an engineering firm and started my own company so that I can perform freelance data science work with greater flexibility. Since it’s a pretty portable skill, I plan to travel while working.

Where are you currently?

In Toronto until January.

Where are you going?

Currently looking at doing South America, followed by SEA at some point. The current plan is to travel to more affordable countries until my income is more reliable again.

What has been memorable for you so far?

I am just starting the journey, so only the experience of setting up my new company, but I can’t wait to share when I do have some memorable experiences.

Looking forward to meeting / chatting with many of you over the coming years!

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@kolyo 7yr

Nomads,
I’m Kolyo but friends pronounce it Coolio (“Gangsta Paradise”).

I started my travel in 2011 from my native land, Bulgaria.
First stops were Ireland (Dublin) and Austria (Salzburg).

My DN Story
I transitioned to a fully-fledged nomad after discovering Portugal.
I currently possess 1 bag, sign no rental agreements and only remote contracts as a data analyst. I’m an old-fashioned entrepreneur (no app, angels & VCs) - and built a boutique data consultancy (Kalinax).

What drives me
Slow travelling is my thing - learning the language, mix with the locals.
Expat communities is something I keep a long and safe distance from, but I’m considering this forum an exception (terms and conditions apply :smiley: )

Direction
After Lisbon (and backpacking 65% of Portugal), I’m off to Prague and Santiago de Chile in November 2016. Latin America has long been a destination I’m obsessed with, and I’m likely to stay there for a while; no exact dates but aim to cover Argentina and/or Peru in 2017.

Memories
For me any non-commercial achievement gets to the top of the list. Most recently, becoming fluent in Portuguese. Building a network when I move to a new city is also an experience like no other and keeps me moving every time I feel settled.

Home?
I direct my love for Bulgaria to the abstract image I have for it, and not to the house I lived in. I go back to see my friends/family, not to feel home. My airbnb dashboard is my home (try that line with the tax authorities :hushed:)

Take-aways
I learned to have a direction, but no plan. Plans always disappoint me and directions inspire me.

I also never celebrate my birthday. I love life and live everyday as if it was my birthday. I abstract myself from any other pre-designated days (Christmas for family etc.) Love your family everyday. Makes all the difference.

Wishing you all: endless airmiles, airbnb 48% monthly discounts, and good health!
Coolio

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@robcubbon 7yr

what’s your name? Rob
where are you from? UK
how long have you been away from home? 2years in this last stint
what do you do? Sell e-courses and e-book, graphic and web design
where are you currently? Chiang Mai
where are you going? UK for xmas
what has been memorable for you so far? people!
will you go home anytime soon? I have to, unfortunately for about 25-35% of the year
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I’m older so life is continual learning. I’m not really a nomad because I spend more time in CM than anywhere else. But this lifestyle teaches me more about myself, the world, other people and entrepreneurship than I ever learned back in the UK

I’m writing a book about new freedoms – using the sharing economy, cloud services, outsourcing, location independence, etc., to live a new life of flexibility and freedom.

I don’t want to be another digital nomad telling everybody to “live the dream”. I want to create a resource about flexible working that’s going to be helpful to all sorts of people: young and old; employed and entrepreneur; tied and untied.

I want it to be a guide for ordinary folks to add greater independence and flexibility to their lives. A sort of 4-Hour Work Week for now.

Also, is there any subject you’d like to see covered? Is there anyone you’d like me to interview? Everyone’s different and I’d like to cover this subject from every possible angle.

I would really appreciate any help on this.

Regards,
Rob

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Hey everyone,

I’m new to NomadList and looking forward to learning from you all. Here’s a little bit about me:

what’s your name? Cheri
where are you from? Seattle (USA)
how long have you been away from home? My husband and I are heading out to “see the world” in January or February. I’m excited!
what do you do? I have a Seattle-based OD consulting business. I’m not yet sure if I’m going to continue that business in an online format, or do something else entirely. I’m taking 2017 to play, travel, and explore my options. I also write mystery novels, which is a pretty portable line of work.
where are you currently? At home in Seattle.
where are you going? Not sure! Currently looking at Thailand for a starting place.
what has been memorable for you so far? I’m giving up a lot of stability/income in order to travel. So that’s been pretty memorable. :slight_smile: But I’m just getting started, so I’ve got a lot left to experience and learn.

I just received my Farpoint 40 backpack and I can’t wait to hit the road, and hopefully meet some of you in the non-virtual world. Cheers!

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what’s your name? Nick
where are you from? Nottingham, UK
how long have you been away from home? About three months this year on my first DN trip in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam plus a quick trip to Berlin
what do you do? Design and build websites
where are you currently? Chiang Mai
where are you going? Thailand and Bali this trip
what has been memorable for you so far? Swimming with bats, Angkor Wat, HaLong bay, HCMC, being able to go anywhere and work
will you go home anytime soon? Yes
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? There’s a lot of world to see!

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My name is Thomas Edunk and I am from Jupiter, Florida USA.

I am currently at home living now but I will be leaving for Argentina and Chile in January.

As far as what I do for work. I own two companies; one in entertainment and one in travel.
Basically I am a dj and traveler.

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@veng 8yr

what’s your name? Veng and I’m 32
where are you from? Sydney, Australia
how long have you been away from home? Only 3 weeks, but I have been travelling on and off for the past 7 years and I have lived in 3 different countries. Flying to my 35th country tonight. Figured I’ll just stay away from home for good this time :slight_smile:
what do you do? Working remotely full-time as a digital designer and front-end developer for a company in Australia. I focus on digital marketing and pick-up freelance jobs from time to time. Passion is in the fine arts, however.
portfolio: veng.com.au
where are you currently? Hanoi, Vietnam
where are you going? Vietnam (Hue, Hoi An, HCMC), Myanmar, Laos and then I’m open to suggestions. Would love to explore the Middle East further.
what has been memorable for you so far? It’s the company that you keep that always make the trip.
will you go home anytime soon? Only for a few weeks. Then jetting off again.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Finding friends is difficult. I have asked if anyone wanted to meet up in Slack, but I find that people prefer to hide behind their screens… I stay at hostels during the weekends just to keep myself from going insane, but having the same conversations over again is also driving me a little insane :smiley: SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE ME!!!

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Hi!

I’m Marcelo Ortega from Chile, and I’m a Coach, Self-Improvement Junkie & Lifelong Geek.

I’m 30yo and I look to empower people to forge their way into a meaningful life, while doing something they love. For this I work as a Life & Business Coach.

The last year I worked on turning my coaching business into an online coaching business, in order to become a Digital Nomad. Now that I achieved this, I’ll start my journey somewhere between December 2016 and April 2017.

My plan for the following year is to go from SE Asia to Eastern Europe staying one month in each place. If I start on December, probably I’ll go to Chiang Mai first since I’m looking to meet people within the community, and Chiang Mai seems to be the DN Capital City.

I don’t want to plan so much ahead, but I’m certain that i’m going to Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Prague, Budapest and Hongkong in the following months.

I run a YouTube channel of self-improvement / self-actualization and I’m also a Photorgraphy Enthusiast, so I’m planning to mix this both things to do something fun and insightful with my trip and my own self-exploration journey.

The longer I’ve been away from home is 4 months that I went on a working holiday at Vail, CO in America to work at Vail Ski Resort. So I’m looking forward to learn from this community and to help wherever I can. If anyone needs some help in Chile just let me know ;).

You can find me on the social media as:

Youtube:

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/chelocoach (business profile)
https://www.facebook.com/marcelo.ortega.m (personal profile)

Instagram:
@chelocoach

Twitter: (I don’t use this very much really)
@chelocoach

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Hi there, my name is Graeme, I’m from Oz and currently in Bali - Came here for 4 days 18 years ago. During that time I’ve done some travel out of here to Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia as well as Hawaii and Colorado.
I’m 71, and a co-founder of a new startup aimed to help small businesses grow - just coming out of Build phase into beta testing. If you would like to help us out we would love to hear from you. Lots of months of free subscriptions for the effort.
We use freelancers from much of the world pretty much - UK, Nairobi, Egypt, Romania, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, US. I worked out of Hubud here for a while which is a great co-working space - but once I got decent internet at home (10 Mbits) I found I was more productive away from all the networking going on.
I’m itching to travel again with my virtual office, and planning on hitting many more SE Asian countries during the wet season, starting this month and planning on Ko Samui for starters. I love the heat. And I thoroughly enjoy the culture-learning experience.
After that either probably Europe for their summer.
I’m not planning on returning to Oz anytime soon except for occasional family catch-ups.
My biggest lesson out of this time is to truly live for the moment you have - all my planning has invariably gone ape-shit, so let go of regrets and watch out to grab those opportunities.
I’m looking forward to meeting up with as many of you as possible outside the standard 12-14 hour days. Sigh. Will have to pick my own 2 days a week to socialize/tour and bugger up someone else’s productivity!

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Hey, I’m Giles
30, from the UK
I run a few productized service businesses, blogs, online courses etc
Left England back in 2012 to live part time in Berlin - part time travelling, now in BKK and have mostly been here for the last 9 months, also UK, France, Spain, Malaysia, Indonesia, US, India
I’m not sure where I’m going next, any ideas?!
Not planning on having a home in the near future
Biggest learning has been mindfulness
My question to all of you is…who wants to hang out?

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Hey, I’m Marie Poulin.
I’m 33, currently living in Vancouver BC, originally from Ottawa, ON.
I’m a digital strategist and designer, also launched a SaaS called Doki with my partner in the spring.
Home at the moment is Vancouver, but I’m trying to convince my partner to do a 6-month work/travel trip in Asia. We’ve found ourselves wondering why we’re bootstrapping from one of the most expensive cities in the world!
5 years ago I spent 3 months living and working from Ubud Bali, and that was incredible. I also visited Cambodia, Hong Kong, Thailand, etc.
I’ve learned that I can be happy almost anywhere :slight_smile:

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  • what’s your name? Frederic (Freddy) Chanut
  • where are you from? Lyon, France
  • how long have you been away from home? 13 Years
  • what do you do? Digital Marketing (got my own agency started in Sydney ~ 3 years ago )
  • where are you currently? Sydney, Australia
  • where are you going? Dunno, SGP, HCMC, Alaska for one of my crazy adventures
  • what has been memorable for you so far? So much! From family tragedy unfolding a world away to pure moment of bliss in wild and untouched region to feeling the pulse of crazy cities around me and my back pack.
  • will you go home anytime soon? Trying to go back home every 6 mths
  • what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Let go of possessions and focus on experience
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@coralie 8yr

Hello!

My name’s Coralie, I’m half Mauritian, Half French.

I grew up in France, Argentina, Reunion island and England. Now I live in Mauritius where together with my husband we’re having a lot of fun running events and coworking popups to support the startup community! We’re also setting up coworking and well-being retreats for anyone keen to discover the island, focus on their work-life blend and (why not!) get involved with its developing startup scene :slight_smile:

We want to keep (slow) travelling around the world, learn more about living meaningfully and hopefully get involved in emerging entrepreneurial communities wherever we go - there’s something incredibly exciting about witnessing mindset shifts and resulting changes from up-close!

I look forward to learning and exchanging about lifestyle design on this forum. If you are too, drop me a message!

Coralie

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Hi folks,

Great to meet you all and join the community of fantastic, like minded people!

I’m from New Zealand originally but have been on the road as a digital nomad for over 3 years now. I work as a freelance writer and also do some online marketing work for the book publishing industry. Over the last year I’ve been mostly in Shanghai, making a valiant effort to learn Mandarin, In 2015 I was in Poland (learning Polish did not go so well!).

Great to be here and looking forward to getting to know you all.

Cheers,
Nathan

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What’s your name?

Jason

Where are you from?

Toronto but have lived in London for 17 years

How long have you been away from home?

I’m still in London but will be nomad-ing from October 2016 for 1-2 years

What do you do?

I’ve been working as a Product Manager for the past several years and previously worked as a Software Developer / Software Development Manager.

I’ve worked for some big names you’ve heard of — IBM, BBC, ITV — and some small startups you haven’t.

I also have done some house music production and DJing over the years which is another big passion.

Why am I interested in Nomading?

After many years on the “corporate hamster wheel”, I’m now looking to “reinvent” myself and refocus my energies on some of my own ideas. I’m basically working to start a new digital business/website/app.

I also generally want to use my Nomading experience to explore new ways of living, break the mould, become a more connected and global person, learn to speak some new languages, and generally push myself beyond my comfort zones to see what I’m capable of.

I’m also keen to spend some more time making music, being creative in general and collaborating with like minded people.

Where are you going?

Key destinations include but are not limited to:

  • Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio, Salvador – everywhere in Brazil really)
  • Mexico (Mexico City in particular)
  • Thailand
  • Budapest
  • Lisbon
  • Phillipines
  • Buenos Aires

I’m keen to talk to chat with others who are in or also interested in these places

What are some of your interests/passions?

Yoga. Software development. House music. Cocktails. DJing. Agile methodologies. Design. Astrophysics. Comedy. Film. Feminism. Journalism. LGBT stuff. Lots!

Feel free to chat with me if anything in here sounds vaguely interesting. I’m friendly! :slight_smile:

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@jacob_tr 8yr

Hello,
I’ve just joined this lovely forum. Really got excited seeing that an awesome forum like this exists, thank you to the creators! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while :slight_smile:

Well, in a nut shell - I am an 18 year old Digital Entrepreneur from West Australia (soon to be nomad) - I’ve just recently been through the journey of coming out of the ‘system’ that is school and college, to then a dark period, following an exciting journey into starting up my first successful 6 figure business in my childhood hobby niche, photography.

I love to chat about anything, especially when it’s to do with coming out of the vicious system that had me staring at a life in the rat race, it’s always fascinating hearing others stories of how they escaped the rat race or the pre rate race. :wink:

I’m going to make good use of this amazing forum, flick me a message if you think we’d gel! :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Jacob

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@remster 8yr

what’s your name?
I’m Remek
where are you from?
for the lack of a more patriotic domicile, Europe. Am one of those of the Poles who settled in London for longer than originally anticipated.
what do you do?
Working on my world changing (software: appengine/frontend/C++/android) project, the web address of which i will disclose in due time
where are you currently?
Santa Marta/Colombia
where are you going?
North towards my return ticket from SFO.

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what’s your name?
Eric
where are you from?
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
how long have you been away from home?
Haven’t left yet, still in the preparation phase. I thought it would be wise to join the community early for research and figure out all the best spots. I have travelled on motorcycle all over the western United States. I plan to depart the U.S. 12/2016.
what do you do?
Front End Web Developer at InkSoft
where are you currently?
Hot and sunny Phoenix, Arizona.
where are you going?
Haven’t really decided yet…either Costa Rica, Nicaragua, or Medellin, Colombia so I can stay in the same time zone at first and then I’ll eventually head over to SEA. Been a skateboarder all my life so I wanna learn how to surf. But from what I’ve read, Medellin is kinda the happenin place for digital nomads in CA/SA so I was considering going there first. Anybody have good recommendations for Costa Rica or Nicaragua near the beach that has good internet? Looking to stay for 1 - 2 months in each location.
What has been memorable for you so far?
I know this really doesn’t count because it’s still kinda local to me, but probably riding the Pacific Coast Highway from Oregon all the way down. Yellowstone National Park is also an amazing ride. Traveling on motorcycle is the best experience!
What kind of motorcycle do you ride?
2008 Harley Davidson Dyna - Street Bob. Definitely wanna buy a motorcycle in Europe at some point and use that to travel all over Europe.

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@vicky 8yr

Alrighty then! (imagine this in a Jim-Carrey-in-The-Mask accent)

what’s your name?
Vicky

where are you from?
North East of England but spent last 4 yrs in London

what do you do?
Run 3beards - we support the startup community through events. I’m good at events and communities. I smile a lot which puts people at ease. I’m trying to work out which of my skills I can use nomadically and how to get started. Any advice welcome :slight_smile:

where are you currently?
London but one way ticket outta here in Jan 2017

where are you going?
India then Indonesia, starting in Bali.

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@isander 8yr

what’s your name?
My official full name is Sander Hendricus Cornelis van Beek!

where are you from?
I’m Dutch like @ewoud above me :wink:

how long have you been away from home?
I’m back home now but recently came back from a 2 years of studying abroad in Interaction Design at the University of Lincoln, England and Web Design & New Media at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, USA. I’m currently continuing my course at the Academy online and I’m planning to combine traveling and freelance work all together next year.

what do you do?
I’m freelancing in Web Design, Graphic Design, Photography and Simple Animations. I’ve just started a dribbble account that you can find here: https://dribbble.com/isander (it’s new so there’s not too much on it yet).

where are you currently?
I’m currently staying at my parents place in a town near Amsterdam as I’m saving money for my future traveling.

where are you going?
Planning to start off in Italy.

what has been memorable for you so far?
Pff so many. Uhm. When I sent my first invoice.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
That you work to live, and not live to work.

Celebrity look-a-like?
Jon Snow!

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@ewoudu 8yr

Hi guys,

My name is Ewoud (Ed) and I’m from Amsterdam. The first 4 months of 2016 I’ve been in South-America. Now I’m back in Amsterdam to work as an (office) freelance conversion specialist for the largest Dutch news website. From September onwards I will be in Asia, working remotely on my growth hacking agency.

Because we help some of our clients on a revenue-share model, I (and the team) am able to travel and work. We work with a great team of digital nomads and thus we are pretty successful in growing our clients online :slight_smile: One of our projects is Conversiongym. We offer online courses on how to grow business online and work as a digital nomad.

Currently I’m in Amsterdam. The first 2 weeks of september I’ll be in Chiang Mai (co-working spave Punspace). The rest is not planned yet. (Vietnam / Cambodia / Laos / Bali?) In January and February I plan to go kitesurfing in South Africa.

Most memorable moment is the freedom to change my itinerary and go to the Carnaval in Barranquilla, Colombia. I wasn’t planning on going there and Colombia is by far my favourite country so far.

I’ve learnt to travel light. My new backpack is a 40L carry-on backpack.

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@dextyrio 8yr

what’s your name?
I’m a Digital "Name-ad”! I hop between many AKAs like Dextyrio, Taos, and Bibo! You can call me Dex
where are you from? My genetic tests said I’ve got the whole Mediterranean running through my veins, and a wee tad from the Southeastern Balkans
how long have you been away from home? Although I act like I have two homes, in reality, they’re just long-familiar abodes. I haven’t found home yet.
what do you do? I’m into biohacking, business, self-knowledge, and lovemaking
where are you currently? Dubai
where are you going? LA
what has been memorable for you so far? I tend to forget
will you go home anytime soon? I sure hope so!
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? We live in a walled world. It’s stronger than that great one of china was, because you can’t see it or touch it. So far, for now, the Net still slips through its cracks like water
What’s your favorite travel snack?
Sea Salt Caramel ice cream by Talenti washed down with a swig of grape Kombucha
:evergreen_tree:

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@wasabi 8yr

Hi, my name is Yuko a.k.a. wasabi from Tokyo, Japan.
I’m Japanese <> English Translator / Writer / TEDxYouth @ Kobe Speaker.

I do translation and writing mainly for Websites like lifehacker Japan and Huffington Post Japan.
You can find my work here; http://yukofujisawa.net

It’s really honor to be a part of this great community! I hope to make many contacts from here :slight_smile:

Question Time...:banana:
how long have you been away from home?
About a year and half!
what do you do?
Mainly Tech-related translation (Japanese<>English) and writing about Roaming&Nomadism.
where are you currently?
Leipzig, Germany (Read the reason why I moved here from Berlin!)
where are you going?
Tokyo! (From 1st Sep to 1st Oct, 2016)
Give me a shout if you’re around!
**My Question:**I’m trying to build a community in Leipzig. Anybody who has been here, please tell me any infos about the town in Nomad perspective!

Thank you!!

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Hello there, my name is Mario and i’m from Azeitão, Portugal.

I’m a Digital Nomad since 1 year ago and i’ve created a freelancing marketplace for Web Artisans - Task4IT.

I really enjoy being independent and have the possibility to open my laptop in Lisbon today and Amsterdam, Prague or Sydney next month,
Hope to make many friends here, share my experiences and and learn with all of you.

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Hi All! My name is Charles Du. Here’s a bit about me:

Past
Lived in China (Beijing, Xian), USA (Chicago, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles). Designed NASA’s first iPhone app (10+ million downloads), the Airbnb for cars, and Ticketmaster’s ticketing app ($3+ million per day). Apple alum.

Now
Traveling with Remote Year 3 working on:

nomadcharles.com - learn how to become successful digital nomads without quitting your day job

Going Remote - Weekly podcast with interviews of successful digital nomads working in non-traditional digital nomad roles.

Digital Nomad Tribe - Free, members-only Facebook community

Hobbies
Futbol, rock climbing, finding the best chai in each city.

Travel Plans
nomadcharles.com/itinerary/

Favorite Quote
"You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards." - Steve Jobs

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Hey guys,
I’m Lavinia from Romania, have been abroad for the past 8 years.
I currently work for a tech startup ecosystem called Livit and run a series of events / coworkations for entrepreneurs (google “Project Getaway” if you want to know more).
I’m currently in Bali, just back from running a project in Africa and heading to Europe in a few months, to Belgium, UK and home.
I’ve learn a ton about myself while travelling (can say I really got to know what I really stand for and what was just “infused” by society/family) and met the most interesting, like-minded people.
My trip through Iran has probably been the most memorable one so far.
Question: what in your life are you the most excited about right now?

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Tom
UK
C# algorithmic trading apps

Traveling since
2009
Europe
Brazil
Asia

Now in singapore about to try the hive for 30 to 90 days…

Later
Malaysia
Thailand
Possibly
Florence

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Hi nomads!

My name is Jose Rojas and I am naturally from a small town called Cadiz, in the south of Spain.

I have been away for a long time though, nearly 8 years! Most of that time I have been in a rainy and gloomy city called Manchester, in the northwest of England. However, last year I moved to Melbourne in Australia where I currently live, and I couldn’t be happier that I took the decision to move here!

I am a software developer who works exclusively as an independent contractor. Currently, my client is an agency near the CBD of Melbourne. Most of my time in the UK I was perm, but just before I left I started to do contract work only and again I couldn’t be happier that I decided to do that. Basically, I take a long holiday to travel and explore every single time I finish a contract, so I end up working around 7-8 months per year.

That’s a pretty good arrangement, however I would like to do more. And that’s why I decided to join this fabulous community :slight_smile:

I’ll finish my current contract in early January at the latest, and although there is still plenty of time, I would like to plan it well in advance since I am intending to do something a bit different this time. Basically, I’d like to set up my own business and do what I love.

I don’t know exactly where I am going though. So far, I’ve got four possible destinations, but I haven’t decided which one yet: Ko Samui, Ko Lanta, Goa and Chennai.

I’ve got many memories from my travels. I guess a can highlight a couple of them: Walking from Fira to Oia in the Greek island of Santorini and running out of breath very quickly at the top of the volcano Teide in the Canary Islands of Spain.

It’s very unlikely that I will move back home anytime soon (specially now that I live in this awesome city!), although I am intending to visit it every 2 years or so.

I think one of the most important lessons that I have learned over the years is to trust individuals and to not trust businesses. Another important lesson I learned is that I am going to die anytime so it’s preferable to live life at its fullest rather than waiting for later.

Finally, this is my question for you: where would you go to start building your own digital business?

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Hi everyone,

I’m Deb, short for Deborah.

I hail from New York and NYC has been my home for the last 15 years, first in Brooklyn (Flatbush, which was not and never will be hipster cool, then Park Slope) then Manhattan. Now it’s too darn expensive to live there for most.

I, along with my partner, have been away for a little over 8 months now. We decided to take a mid-career sabbatical to travel and not do work because I was super burned out and bursting blood vessels in my eyes and generally suffering from work-induced malaise.

I would be considered a Medical or Scientific Director in the medical communications world for the pharmaceutical industry. I basically write a lot of content for different brands as well as do business pitches and other face-to-face stuff with clients and physicians and other healthcare providers. My partner does photo retouching.

Currently in Thailand. We’ve been a bunch of times mainly for me to train Muay Thai back when I was an amateur fighter, but now I’m too old and have injuries and arthritis in my hands/wrists so no more training to hit things anymore!

After Thailand we’re off to Myanmar and Kuala Lumpur but then we’re coming back to Bangkok for the convenience and so I can pick up some more work before I go to Nepal and my partner goes to India. Our original plan was to not work at all during a 1-year period but now that’s changed because we are rethinking our plans to go home and are trying to see if we can be digital nomads.

One of the most memorable moments was realizing that I was eating watermelon (cut open with a rudimentary hoe), grown from the seed of a watermelon that a rescued elephant had eaten and pooped out, during a break from planting trees in a burned down area of forest in Cambodia.

Our original plan was to go home in November but we’re rethinking it and now we don’t know when we’ll go back.

As for what I’ve learned as a nomad. Well, we’ve been traveling, not digital, nomads for 8 months, so we’ve been figuring out how to travel for a long time as a couple in our late 30s. Now we’re trying to figure out how to transition into being digital nomads, which is a bit easier for me because I’ve picked up some work from clients that I worked for previously.

At this moment, I’m still waking up so no additional question from me!

Deb

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Hey!

I’m Thomas, a 19-years old developer. I’m passionate about education, and especially about building software for education, which is why I started Scholica.

I’m Dutch, but have lived in London for the past year. Will be moving to Amsterdam in a few weeks, which hopefully will be my starting point for traveling and working in more places throughout the world.

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@rydela 8yr

Hello all,

My name is Ryan Delafosse.

I’m a 27 year old Cajun from Texas. I’ve been away from home for over 10 years now, mostly in the Middle East and North Africa.

I create IM systems and GIS maps for humanitarian organizations, usually ones involved in the Syria Crisis. Its been pretty tiring so I decided last year to do it somewhere less stressful.

Currently in Beirut but head to Spain in 2 weeks!

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@mlakhia 8yr

Hey :slight_smile:
My name is Michael Lakhia
I was born in Canada and grew up in the city of Montreal.

Most recently I held the title of Software Developer @ a known technology company. We shipped a web + mobile + desktop (‘cloud’) software security product. I was a technical lead on some large javascript components, and helped build various Android components. I got there through an acquihire, which was a great experience. After 2 years under the new corporate umbrella with limited vacation time and no option for remote work, it was time to move on.

Before joining that startup I spent 5+ years doing web development, with an included 2+ doing mobile, both native iOS and Android. Mostly freelance and agency employment.

I decided I need to fulfill this feeling of wanderlust that has yet to elude me. So I decided to quit at the end of June and bought a plane ticket. Since then I’ve slowly started preparing for working location-independent. Got rid of the apartment, sold furniture, stored other possessions, and shifted my lifestyle to living out of a backpack in a guest room.

I’m landing in Bangkok in the last couple of days of July. I’m currently consulting for a startup and doing the odd debugging/security job that comes my way. I have no real plan past the first week or two, and I have the 6 month multiple entry visa. I know that I want to get PADI certified, and live on a beach for a little while. So I’ll be headed to Koh Tao first.

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We are coliving house business in San Francisco.
www.hacknsleep.com

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Hello all My name is Harvey and with Tatiana are running Magicville, the first Coworking and Coliving Space in Bogota Colombia. In this nice place people from different parts of the world can have an intercultural experience that empowers the creation, development, & production of their startup ideas or having a nice place to live and work while they travel. Our goal is to create an environment that fosters small enterprises, freelancers and Digita Nomads. We strive to make it all come together by creating a family-like community in one of Bogota’s most central locations, giving people the social support, convenience, & affordability they need to turn a dream into reality.

We have a lot of different options for travellers and also different ways to pay the stay, from working as a volunteer to bitcoin payments.

if you want to read more about us check https://magicville.co

Magicville - Make It Come Alive.

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Hello,

My name is Kye. I’m 41 years old. I’m single, and raising a 10 year old daughter. I’m a building contractor in Berkeley California. I’ve lived in Thailand on and off for the last six years. Although I have had some success, (for a multitude of reasons) it has been extremely difficult running a business and raising a daughter in California while living part time in Thailand. At present, I believe it is not viable. Therefore, my goal is to learn a new skill that would allow me to live in SE Asia and work online bringing in western wages. I have roughly 8 years to make this happen.

I have spent all of my free time over the last year or so learning computer science (C, Python, some front end web dev, and InfoSec). To be honest, I’m not sure I’m cut out for it.

Of more recent, I’ve been delving into architectural design and modeling. Anyone else on here making it in the architecture realm? I’ve just been doing simple permit drawings, and 3d models for architects to present to their clients for concept etc.

Anyway, that seems to be enough about me. There seems to be a wealth of info on here from some cool people living there dreams. Thanks for letting me be a part of it.
Cheers,
Kye

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Hey, my name is Jeff Donnelley, I’m from San Francisco originally, but now live in San Diego, California. I travel periodically for business throughout the USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, UK, Europe, China, Papua New Guinea, Australia, The Caribbean…And I’m looking for more.
I’ve been away from San Francisco for 20+ years.
I’ll be in Costa Rica again soon.
So far, Papua New Guinea and China were the most memorable places I have worked thus far.
I don’t really plan on returning home except to visit family and friends. San Diego has been a great place to be a nomad. Plenty of bountain biking, surfing, diving, golfing, hiking, etc! This place is pretty awesome.
I would love to use my experience with marketing and advertising to help other businesses succeed. LMK!

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@kathrynoh 8yr

Just asking out of curiosity more than anything. Ten days is good. It was a three month min at one stage.

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@kathrynoh 8yr

How did you get on bringing Max back to Australia? Is it still one month quarantine?

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Ok let’s do this.

  • what’s your name?

Hi my name is Oskar.

  • where are you from?

Gothenburg, Sweden

  • how long have you been away from home?

I’m in sweden right now - crashing at my folks though don’t have an apartment anymore. Went here to meetup with some customers. I started nomading january 2016, spent a half year in asia. (th,vn,my,ph,tw,jp,hk,sg,kh)

  • what do you do?

Software developer

  • where are you currently?

Båstad, Sweden

  • where are you going?

I’m heading out to Willemstad, Curacao next monday. Plan to stay there maybe for a month then head down to Medellin and onwards. My goal is to end up in Uruguay somewhere around november-december.

  • what has been memorable for you so far?

Getting shaved by a strange philippine woman who didnt like my beard.

  • what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

Don’t get shitfaced in Roppongi

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@busdriver 8yr

where are you from?
… I was from Germany and it’s still the provider of my passport. And I am going there to see family. But that’s about it …

how long have you been away from home?
… Home is where I sleep, so kind of never. But most people would expect me to answer this with 20+ years

what do you do?
… short version: Looking for the best place in the world
… medium-long version: expanding my business and at the same time giving other people the chance to do the same, which is making money while you travel without working too much … it’s possible - finally :smile:
… long version: see my profile

where are you currently?
… London - yes, I know - boring.

where are you going?
… Probably Malaysia (Labuan)
or Sydney

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
… That having too much stuff is very heavy. So I am limiting myself to around 25kg but I often leave thing behind, in case I come back “… Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin …” that kind of thing :wink:

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Hello everyone! My name is Mallory and I just became a nomad at the beginning of June.

The transition hasn’t been too difficult work wise as I own 3 companies which I was already running remotely in my home country (Canada), while my husband and I lived in California the past two years as he finished his PhD at UCDavis. We have a 9 month old daughter so our travel plans are going to be a little different then most nomads I read about. We’ve been in Miami this past month and are about to head out to hit up a bunch of different places over the next few weeks in the US, Caribbean and Europe. After we get this whirlwind of sightseeing out of our system we’re planning to settle into a routine of spending 6 to 12 weeks in a city then moving on (longer stays being more practical with a baby in tow)! We don’t plan to head home until we’re ready to have baby #2, and even then we hope to incorporate frequent travel into our longterm life plan :slight_smile:

I’m loving the lifestyle so far and have been using the opportunity to rid myself of attachments in all areas of life and work on bettering myself. I’ve found not being location dependent really makes it easier for me to look inward and see what’s really going on - when I don’t have all the distractions (or excuses) that I do at home. I’ve been working on ridding myself of things that weren’t making me happy, little obsessions, unhealthy habits, and so on. Not only am I on a journey of a lifetime but I’m using this as an opportunity for self growth, mentally, physically and spiritually. It’s too easy to neglect self-care when you travel or work a lot - be sure to make time for it!

I’m glad to have found this forum and hope we can connect with some of you IRL! We’ll be hopping around Europe for about 4 months, hitting up California/Florida/Canada over the winter holidays then plan to hop over to Thailand and area sometime in Jan/Feb.

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Hi nomads

We’re a couple of new nomads, Jackie and Ryan, originally from Zimbabwe and South Africa, we left South Africa in March 2016 and have been in the UK and now South East Asia.

We’re both software developers, python and ruby at the mo, but always like new challenges.

In Koh Tao at the mo but not for that long, heading to Bali Ubud/Canggu for a month or 2.

During this travel, the food in Chiang Mai / Pai has been the best thing!

Going home to visit in a few months but not to stay, hoping to stay world nomads for a while or head to Vancouver to those beautiful mountains.

During our short nomadic time we’ve learnt that it’s important to find a comfortable working space in order to actually get any work done.

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@debris 8yr

Hello everyone!

what’s your name?
My name is Marek
where are you from?
I’m from Wrocław, Poland
how long have you been away from home?
Not long, just a couple of days. Although I travel quite often. On average 2-3 weeks every month.
what do you do?
I’m software developer. Currently programming some crypto stuff in Rust.
where are you currently?
Berlin :slight_smile:
where are you going?
Probably Croatia in couple of weeks… Don’t know yet. Definitely some warm place.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Asia. Last year I spend 3 months there. It was just… indescribable.
will you go home anytime soon?
Hopefully not!

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Hello everyone!

I’m a US tax attorney who lives full time in Belize City. (So, not a nomad, but I travel as often as once can with a 7-year-old and a 5-year-old and a busy legal practice.)

My specialty is tax planning and compliance for Americans who live or invest abroad, with a special emphasis on legal structuring for digital nomads.

Let me know if you have any questions! And I’ll be looking for ways to add value to the community here.

Thanks!

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@opt 8yr

Hey Stewart, welcome.

Thanks for answering questions–that was genuinely helpful.

Please hang around and hopefully get another AMA going with official “blessing.”

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Thanks @opt!

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@joncamhi 8yr

Ho, everyone! My name’s Jon, and I just became a nomad recently, and started my first trip to Prague a couple of days ago. I’m a freelance writer and have been living in New York the past 6 years. I decided last month to take the plunge and become a nomad.

I’ve traveled extensively around Europe and also India. My favorite memory so far is probably hiking in the Himalayas.

I’m airbnbing for the next couple of months in Prague and then in Berlin in August. Happy to take any recommendations or meet up.

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@mikel 8yr

Hi everyone! I’m new here! My name is Mikel.

I’m both an US and EU citizen, with Spanish upbringing, born in Florida, currently living in Miami, but lived Venezuela up to my late teens. I’ve lived most of my life between Bqto (Venezuela), Miami (US), Boston (US), and London (UK). Fluent in Spanish and English.

I’m a backend developer (Golang/Dartlang/Kubernetes/Google Cloud) with a communications startup called LiveNinja in Miami. Also, Wyncode grad.

Although not a fully digital nomad yet, I’ve travel around a bit and I’m ever so more intrigued with the nomadic lifestyle!

One memorable experience would be having backed packed around Western and Eastern Europe by train during Iceland’s volcanic eruption (Eyjafjallajökull) in 2010. From one day to the other, everyone had to travel by land (mostly train) due to all the cancelled flights. The trains were packed to the last inch! It was not easy but got to learn how to sleep in the hallways during train rides and met tons of unfortunate, but interesting travelers on the way.

Looking forward to learning tons! I’m here for anyone in Miami and the Miami tech scene.

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@motorrat 8yr

I am Mark, from San Francisco, traveling for the past 40+ years, living intermittently in Southeast Asia, the UK, Austria and perhaps in Estonia part-time in the near future. I am aiming for full non-locality. I am a practicing artist and also manage businesses related to scientific instrumentation engineering services.

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@weeksling 8yr

Hi all!

My name is Matthew Weeks. Born, raised, and educated in Canada.

I recently decided to try out being a digital nomad. As a result, I am currently in Bangkok, Thailand. I’ll be here for a week before I start making my way south (town-by-town) to Ko Phangan for the full-moon party on July 21st!

If anyone has any tips, or is down to meetup, let me know!

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@motorrat 8yr

I can’t meet up, but I would recommend visiting Kanchanaburi Province if the rain is not too intense. Easy drive, but stay overnight. And take the train trip. Hellfire Pass and the Museum about the Death Railroad are worth it, despite the grim names. Also, do not travel on Thai highways at night - ever. Thailand has the 2nd highest traffic fatality rate in the world.

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@patrickb 8yr

what’s your name?
My name is Patrick
where are you from?
I’m from Vancouver, BC, Canada
how long have you been away from home?
On this trip so far, it’s only been a month. It’s myself, my fiance, and our 2 year old daughter and we plan to be gone for about 8 months.
what do you do?
I’m a head hunter/recruiter but I also run the hiring processes for other organizations from start to finish, not just pure head hunting
where are you currently?
One of my favourite locations, Chiang Mai.
where are you going?
Vietnam is next up for us
what has been memorable for you so far?
This is my first time doing a long journey with a kid, so it’s been quite the adjustment
will you go home anytime soon?
Hopefully not!
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
It’s crazy how many different jobs and ways to make a living that exist. It’s really mind opening to see all the different ways that people earn a living. When you are working a 9-5 day job in an office, you only see a limited subset of jobs, it’s easy to forget that there are limitless ways to parlay your skills into a business

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Hey there, I’m Inanna, expatting for the third time, this time starting in Columbia, and making my way to Nicaragua via Panama. Companion and I are both working on online projects, so Nica seems a cool inexpensive place to get lots of work done. I lived in Spain for several years, as well as Mexico City and Chicago. The coolest thing about my travels is that I was in Europe when they changed over to the Euro, and whether you think that was a good or bad thing, it was awfully fun to be in the middle of such a huge deal, helping the elderly people count out their money in the store. My first travel outside the US was to a Pakistani wedding. I was hooked.

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@pr0fess0r 8yr

Hi Guys, my name is Lucas and I’m CTO of a web company called HERB (it was The Stoner’s Cookbook).
I’m about to leave New Zealand and head to the UK in August (finally using my British Passport lol). Was great to get some cheap UK pounds thanks to Brexit… but the rest of Brexit worries me!
I’m going to AirBnBing month-by-month around the UK, Ireland and France/Europe so I thought joining Nomad List would be useful :slight_smile:

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Hi, my name is Andreia.
I’m from Brazil. I have been away from home just 2 months. I get in the path as nomad digital recently.
I’m work with UI/UX Design and Illustrations.
I’m now i Vancouver.
what has been memorable for you so far: Notice that I can change my path, create my own reality.
Where I’m going, I have no ideia, but I’m sure will be some place as cool as the way of before.
If am I go home anytime soon…Not. I hope not. =)
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? -> I still learn how balance my financial situation and also be comfortable with unexpected…I’m new in this path…

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Hello Digital Nomad Forum. Here’s my introduction.

What’s your name?
Ben

Where are you from?
Anchorage, Alaska (USA)

How long have you been away from home?
I’m not a nomad yet, but hope to be some day.

What do you do?
I manage websites, social media and all forms of digital communications for a local credit union (bank). I worked as a newspaper journalist (photographer, reporter, copy editor, page design/graphics) prior to my current position.

Where are you currently?
Anchorage, Alaska

Where are you going?
I’m most interested in being a nomad in Spain, but may consider other European countries for my initial adventure as a digital nomad.

Other
The nature of my current position allows me to work remotely. I’m hoping to gain insights from the Digital Nomad Forum that will help me find a way that I can work overseas for a few months during winter. I’m most fascinated by Spanish culture and am trying to advance my Spanish language skills, so Spain is where I’d love to go first.

I’m happy to pass along any advice for persons hoping to be a nomad in Alaska.

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Hi All,

My name is Josh. I’m from Toronto, Canada and have been working remotely since 2012. I have been working from the Sacred Valley of Peru for the last three years with occasional trips back to Canada. I do full stack web development with Django, Rails and a few front-end JS Frameworks. I am currently thinking about making a move to Barcelona or Lisbon in the next year but one never knows…

In the meantime, I would be happy to answer any questions related to working as a DN in the Sacred Valley…

Take care…

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@carlien 8yr

Awesome people,

Nice to meet you! I’m Carlien, from the Netherlands. At the moment I’m still planning becoming a digital nomad (and selling all my stuff - which is more work then expected). I’m a freelancer in online communication, f.e. graphic design, webdesign, webdevelopment, copywriting, social strategies etc. Currently I’m in Utrecht in the Netherlands, at the end of August I will leave this country (can’t wait - even though I really love this city - you should visit!).

I love coffee, wine & good food - so I’ll hope to be enjoying these with you somewhere on this pretty planet. Cheers!

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@davidkeys 8yr

Hey Nomads,

We are an American nomad family. Before heading out in Sep 2015, we were long-time Amazon.com employees and expats working in South Africa, Luxembourg, and the United States.

Sarah is now a fiction writer - in May she won the 2016 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge - and I’m working on Nomadica, an eco-store for digital nomads and nomad families.

Born in Luxembourg and raised in South Africa, our son Spencer is now a citizen of the world, having lived in South Africa, USA, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Hungary in the past year.

We’re currently in Budapest, but are heading to Split, Croatia in a few weeks. We’re slow travelers, so generally stick to a place for 2-3 months. After that it’s back Cape Town for a visit.

Travel Well Friends!
David & Sarah

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@camilla 8yr

Hi Pals! My name is Camilla and I am the founder of eNomad, an app for digital nomads available on Google Play. I am myself a digital nomad, travelled to +countries, lived in 8 as an expatriate and currently in Spain.
Traveling is oxygen and a way to build peace on the planet. I will not make war with countries whose face is the one of the buddy that I have met on my path.

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what’s your name?
Laulau

where are you from?
Originally from Belgium

how long have you been away from home?
9 years

what do you do?
Wedding, Lifestyle & Travel Photography at Kama Catch Me Photography and Nomads & Drifters photography

Where are you currently?
Fiji (been a nomad in The Netherlands, Finland, Nepal, UK, Uganda, Fiji)

where are you going?
Melbourne or Japan to live part time and travel to Indonesia (would love to meet likeminded people there) and Oregon USA

what has been memorable for you so far?
living in different countries and experiencing different cultures, climates and landscapes, the differences and similarities between cultures and figuring out the why people do what they do

will you go home anytime soon?
I am home wherever I live

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
It has its ups and downs, its harder practically but you have more diverse life experiences.

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@dniceh 8yr

Hi All!
what’s your name? Dennis
where are you from? New York
how long have you been away from home? I’ve been away from “home” off and on for 2.5 years, longest stretch was 7 months.
what do you do? Current professional role is a combination of IT Support, Implementation, and Project Managment
where are you currently? New York
where are you going? Next places are Peru and Iceland
what has been memorable for you so far? Awesome times and people I met in Ecuador
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Make the best out of any situation as well as to appreciate and enjoy the small things in life.

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@glendc 8yr

Hi my name is Glen and I’m originally from Belgium. I’m a nomad since christmas living in different regions of Brazil. Before that I’ve been living in the UK for 2 years.

I’m a freelance programmer to pay the bills, while I work on a non-profitable project of my own. While I travel I would definitely be interested to find people who use their software/hardware skills to help their community, locally or globally. I do volunteering now and than, but have never been able to use my deep tech skills as a volunteer.

In July I’ll leave to Peru and will go down south from there. I think.

I started this journey with a partner, but we broke up in the meanwhile. Doing this journey on my own is definitely not easy. Which is I suppose one of the reasons why I’m also joining this community. I do like meeting locals, but it’s not always easy. People often have to work and have other obligations, and you can’t just jump in a persons life and slip out of it 1 month later. It’s not easy. But it does make me face myself in ways that I hadn’t had to face myself before. And all in all, it’s all worth it.

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what’s your name? Tim
where are you from? New York
how long have you been away from home? 2 years
what do you do? I’m a writer for numerous online publications, and I maintain a popular blog called The Adversity Within. My work is focused on an interdisciplinary study of loss, adversity and resilience, so I also do some consulting related to navigating tragedy. I also work as a professional editor for authors and companies.
where are you currently? Chiang Mai
where are you going? I’ll likely stay in SE Asia the rest of the year.
what has been memorable for you so far? Thailand is an incredible place and I find that it’s an amazing place to write. I spend a lot of time doing motorbike excursions wherever I go so I’ve seen some pretty spectacular sites that way.
will you go home anytime soon? Not indefinitely. I’ll just plan to visit once or twice per year.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? That living on your own terms truly is simple, but not easy. I’ve learned the value of discipline and how to embrace uncertainty on a level I never had previously.

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Another newcomer here, hi everyone.

what’s your name? Sylvie
where are you from? Germany (and I’m half British)
how long have you been away from home? 10 years or so
what do you do? Professionally, I’m a translator for German, English, and Japanese. In my spare time, I try to learn more languages (I speak decent Turkish, okay Persian, and Russian has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember, but I WILL LEARN IT SOMEDAY.)
where are you currently? Boring old Oxford, after I accidentally got stuck here doing a two-year Masters Degree (Linguistics – luckily, the terms are short and I got to spend several months in Turkey and Iran along the way). I’m almost done and the novelty of having a permanent address has long worn off, so I’m itching to get going again.
where are you going? Jamaica and the US first (for a wedding and to catch up with friends, rather than as first-choice destinations, but I’m excited), then Naha, Okinawa for the duration of a 90-day visa, possibly Iran for some skiing in the winter, Queensland in January, then I’ll hang out in KL or Manila until some of the rest of the world warms up again and move on to Almaty. All vague ideas and subject to spontaneous changes.
what has been memorable for you so far? Getting to know some of my favourite cities (especially Istanbul and Kobe) like the back of my hand without ever bothering with the touristy places. Also an impromptu holiday to Afghanistan last summer, which was fantastic.
will you go home anytime soon? For longer than ten days at a time? Only if my parents need to be taken care of in old age. In terms of settling somewhere, probably Istanbul for a few years at some point; I want to buy a flat there (as an investment, though, rather than to stay in it forever).
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? That people seem to assume I will get bored of being nomadic and settle into a much more exciting stationary lifestyle. How do you even get bored of the world? There’s so much of it.

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Hello my name is Jay Kim from south korea.
I was all around the world last 13 years and moved back to seoul where I’m originally from.
believe or not I feel like I’m a nomad in my own land.
I’m working for startup incubator as evangelist and running coworking place in korea.
also do many projects including adb project in vietnam and other network thingy all over the place. and I’ m seoul host for creativemornings as well.

I was nomad in India, Singapore,Africa last 13 years and studied in paris many years ago.
I learned so many things like adapting to other culture,exploring around without fear, surviving wherever I am.

Come and visit me in seoul ! the city where I live somehow is underrated in so many ways.

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what’s your name? Chris
where are you from? San Francisco (but originally from Sydney)
how long have you been away from home? Many years
what do you do? I’m helping Tbilisi, Georgia’s co-working space build their Digital Nomad program
where are you currently? Tbilisi
where are you going? Berlin (tomorrow May 16-18, 2016 if anyone wants to meet up!)
what has been memorable for you so far? The amazing people I’ve met in Koh Lanta
will you go home anytime soon? TBD
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Always give and you’ll receive!
My own question: If anyone is in Berlin May 16-18 and would like to meet up I’d love to meet up!

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Hi Team!
Stevie the Bucket List Treasure Hunter! I LOVE experiencing things off my BL so much that I created a business doing it! I help people create and achieve their BL on a budget! Live in Oz in the sunny Far North of Cairns, Queensland. I am a travel consultant too… I get access to 85% off flights, accommodation, cruises, car hire etc it’s pretty wicked! Love fun, adventure, excitement, adrenaline pumping activities and sharing awesome time with awesome peeps! Connect with me on Facebook Bucket List Follow Your Dreams and Instagram StevieBucketListTreasureHunter Look forward to getting to know you like-minded free spirits!!
Peace out! :slight_smile:

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@fcohen 8yr

what’s your name?
Frank Cohen
where are you from?
Silicon Valley, California USA
how long have you been away from home?
Mostly I travel 6-8 times a year for 1 week at a time. My friends typically ask where I have been lately.

what do you do?
I am a Silicon Valley inventor and founder of Appvance.com and Starlingwatch.com. I divorced 3 years ago, my kids are in the US Coast Guard and Senior in College. I rented my house (AirBnB and VRBO) this Summer and am looking for a place to live and work that will also be a bit exotic.

where are you currently?
At home in California planning travel May-September 2016.

where are you going?
Current thoughts:
Shanghai
Cancun and Isla Mujeres (like I did for 2 weeks last Summer)
Zurich and exploring the Graubunden
Amsterdam to Copenhagen voyage
Palm Bay Florida

what has been memorable for you so far?
Cancun was great, $80/day AirBnB condo on the water, with Isla Mujeres ferry 100 feet away.
I’m the son of an airline pilot and flight attendant, lots of travel.

will you go home anytime soon?
Yes, my daughter is back for the Summer break. And, my niece is getting married.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I learned to completely enjoy myself, and I realized I miss my home community, and love my house.

What is the romantic nomad life like?
I’m 54 and have a great sexual energy. I would love to share the upcoming travels with someone or many people I meet on the trip. Am I fooling myself? Should I pack 101 condoms?

-Frank

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@lia9255 8yr

Hi nomads! I just joined and hope to connect with other DN’s around the world. I’m currently in Chicago, attending culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu. Later this year, I’ll be working at a restaurant in Barcelona for a few months and then travelling throughout Europe and North Africa for the foreseeable future.

In my former life, I headed up global strategy & international biz dev for a major info svcs./digital marketing company and led expansion into 60 countries from 2002-2012. After that, I consulted (both for my former employer and their clients) for a few years and then decided to change careers. I spent 5 years all across Asia, 2 years in Brazil and 1 year in Canada, plus a decade on and off in Europe and UK so happy to share tips where I can.

I’m looking for suggestions on great foodie cities in Eastern Europe & Scandinavia (other than Copenhagen which is a given) for an upcoming market research project. Info on Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia welcome!

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@swarner 8yr
  • Seth!
  • St. Louis, MO United States
  • Home is where you make it, my idea of home would be when I get my Catamaran in the next couple of years.
  • I use to work in Hospitality, and now I’m studying full time as a Team Treehouse student in Front-End Development so I can go “home”!
  • Knoxville, TN United States
  • I’m never really sure, although I do have my eye set on New York City, NY United States
  • I use to be agoraphobic, and when I absolutely had enough I flew 2000 miles and beat my greatest fear :slight_smile:
  • Within the next 2-3 years!
  • The only thing holding you back from anything is yourself!
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Hi all :wave: Christina of currentlyexploring.com here, travel blogger + digital marketing consultant chiming in from San Francisco, CA.

18 months ago, I left an unfulfilling job in corporate sales to return to my background in PR + digital to pursue travel full-time, while blogging + consulting, building my reputation as an expert for travel brands, living out of a suitcase, the works.

My first big trip included Panama, Aruba, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Canada, Bahamas, and I am looking to take a 3-month RTW later this year.

This process has been beautiful and daunting, yet as most will claim, the best decision of my life! Still working on finding the balance of it all, and look forward to finding and sharing both inspiration and community here.

Feel free to connect w/ me around the web: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook (Personal)

Many cheers xx

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@kasia55 8yr

Hello everyone. I’m Kasia. I’m originally from Poland, grew up in Canada and have been living in Australia for 11 years. I’m a global management trainer and coach working virtually across the Americas, Australia, Asia and Europe. I spent about 6 years working across Asia Pacific for my last training job. Last year I was working freelance in Guatemala and the US. I left Sydney in January and went through Panama, Colombia and Peru. Right now I’m in Lima, Peru heading south to Santiago, Chile next week, then Rio and Buenos Aires.

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I’m Keegan Sard and I’m originally from Brisbane, Australia.

I’ve been living out of a suitcase now for just shy of 2 years and haven’t looked back.

Two years ago I left the corporate suit world and embarked on a journey of working with people and projects that I liked / fascinated me. A friend and I set up a remote working startup called Simplegration to solve the challenges faced by startups and other SME’s.

Last year we were getting a lot of interest from startups but they were worried that we had never set up a high growth startup of our own. So to counter this we set a weekly subscription beer delivery service called Friday Beers and owning a beer company is honestly the best thing in the world.

Currently i’ve been chilling out for the winter in Newport Beach California but soon going to return to Australia to launch Friday Beers in both Sydney and Melbourne. Then will probably hang in Hong Kong or Singapore for a bit before returning to the US.

The most memorable moment so far would have to be meeting other likeminded nomads on the journey. There’s nothing greater than listening to others stories and learning from their success and their failures.

I have no plans to return “home” (Brisbane) permanently any time soon, It’s amazing how much stuff you can leave behind when you want too!

The most important thing I’ve learnt from leaving the corporate world behind is that we were put on this earth to make more than money. Don’t get me wrong… Money helps but I want to be remembered for what I make, not how much I make.

Being Australian I’m always keen to meet others on the nomad journey so if you are in Australia or in the US hit me up for a beer (hopefully i’m around)!

Keegan

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@adamnowek 8yr

what’s your name?
Adam

where are you from?
Vancouver

how long have you been away from home?
I left nearly five years ago for Amsterdam (say hey if you want to grab a beer or a coffee!) to do a masters degree in urban studies, but my current job is remote and allows me more freedom to combine work and travel. I’m not sure that I could ever go full nomad, because I like having a home base to come back to (even though I love having a month where I’m only in Amsterdam for a couple of days) even if it’s just for a short while.

what do you do?
What pays the bills is my editorial work for ReliefWeb, a news platform run by the United Nations for those in the humanitarian sector. I get to work remotely and have been doing so for the past six months or so. While I spend the majority of my time in Amsterdam, I’m increasing the number of trips I take and their length, trying to visit cities in Europe for a week or two at a time. This is my first attempt at remote work, so I’m trying to ease myself into a formula that works.

In my spare time, I’m the Managing Editor at The Proto City (we’re basically a cities and urbanism blog with a focus on content from early-career academics or students) as well as an architecture and events photographer.

where are you currently?
Amsterdam.

where are you going?
Take a look at my Nomad Trips account :slight_smile: I’ll be spending the majority of May on the road, with stops in Dusseldorf, Kraków, Katowice, Berlin, Umeå, and Stockholm.

will you go home anytime soon?
Not permanently, that’s for sure! I’ll be heading back to Vancouver this summer for the first time in three years (for a month, no less) and I’m really looking forward to going back home to see my city, my friends, and my family. But ultimately, I know that I can’t feel at home in Vancouver anymore.

Hope to meet some of you lovely folk (especially the professional writer, editor, and photographer types!) very soon in Amsterdam or elsewhere!

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@adsieg01 8yr

I’m Andrew and I am originally from Indiana, United States. My current home is based in Hunan, China until September. Even thought I am self-described as an avid traveler I am not a Digital Nomad—yet. My goal is to learn front-end development to the point of getting full time work that can be done remotely. I also dabble in online marketing (email, eCommerce, ect.) and I am have faith that something will come from that.

A little background: I graduated college in 2012 with a degree in marketing which I really enjoyed but I dreaded finding any of the work I was qualified for. At that time my engagement ended very poorly and all I knew was that I wanted to travel. In college my electives were all Chinese classes which influenced my decision to come to China. I spent two years become fluent in Chinese and I have been an English teacher to pay the bills. It turns out I hate teaching English and I don’t like living in China that much. I wasn’t sure what to do but all I knew was there is nothing I feel called to back home. I need to work on my own terms and find communities of people who are like me, which is something I’ve never had.

My girlfriend and I plan to go to Thailand in September. I’d like to live in a city where I can find a healthy community of like minded people. Making the decision to become DM has really given me hope–maybe lifted me out of depression. This is truly a new chapter in my life and I look forward to helping the DM community in any way I can.

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@sethward 8yr

My name’s Seth Ward and I’m travelling with my Family - fiancee Joe and our 20 month old daughter Immy

I’m originally from Birmingham, England but have spent at least half of my adult life with London as my ‘home base’

I’ve been living mostly location free since the nineties. My buddies were all backpacking and emigrating all over the world. I had a couple of digital businesses based in Birmingham and I shaped them so that I could work from anywhere most of the time. We ended up having offices and employees in several different countries. I’ve had a few years being almost bankrupt and homeless, struggling to survive, before meeting my girl and starting our little family. We’re building new ventures (and having new adventures), with total determination not to be tied down to one place - we won’t be sending her to school.

I help people to obtain freedom in their own lives - location, time and financial - and to make a positive impact in the world by cloning themselves. I do this in several ways but my favourite is helping them to produce video based courses and using automated marketing to get them at least partially running on autopilot.

We just arrived last night in Marrakesh which is the first stop in a month-long adventure around Morocco. Previously we were in Holland, visiting Eindhoven for the first time, catching up with a buddy from Amsterdam and checking out the Hieronymous Bosch exhibition.

Next month we’ll spend a few weeks back in Birmingham before heading across Europe, spending some time in France where I’ve heard there are going to be a few people chasing a ball around in the grass.

Memorable moments so far have been the first time Immy went to the beach - on the Black Sea Coast of Bulgaria - and didn’t want to leave. I haven’t seen her quite so happy for such a sustained period of time. Another was a couple of days before, when I managed to leave a ridiculous amount of technology on the floor in my rucksack in the city of Burgas so we could get a cool photo of her on my shoulders next to a statue showing a man and daughter doing the same thing (OK, I may have had a few beverages at that point!) Cue a few hours of panic, only for the local police station to contact the hotel we were outside and had checked whether it had been handed in, and for those guys to call us. The bag had been handed in by… a street dweller? Otherwise known as a tramp. We made sure he had a good night as thanks for returning it! There are many places where you would stand little chance of getting a bag like that bag intact, but we left Bulgaria feeling that we’d be pretty safe anywhere.

Going home in a month, although technically we don’t have anywhere to live when we’re there - we’ll worry about that when we get there!

We haven’t been ‘nomading’ as a family for that long. We’ve learned that most people think this is insane but also pretty awesome. It can be a challenge at times - usually whenever Mr Ryanair gets involved - but having our little girl with us can actually make things easier. We’ve actually decided - for this year at least - that we are striking a balance of regular time back home with time abroad. Next year I’m hoping to be able to fly my family out to see us more regularly rather than us having to fly back to England quite so regularly.

Our biggest challenge is simple - internet. Because I depend on it so comprehensively.

It looks like there are a few solutions coming through such as Google Fi and T-Mobile’s unlimited international data tariff. But those are currently only available if you’re from the US. So I’m working on ways around that little restriction.

I’m wondering if there’s anyone in the group with any other tips on how to make sure you can get online wherever you go, without spending a fortune?

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@tracy 8yr

what’s your name? Tracy (@ladyleet)
where are you from? Silicon Valley, CA
how long have you been away from home? I’ve been hopping back and forth for a few months! Since December 2015
what do you do? Things related to tech, sales, marketing, consulting, community building
where are you currently? Raleigh, NC!
where are you going? Madrid, Italy, Greece, etc
what has been memorable for you so far? Discovering that butt pillows for coffee shops are great and also are a great lap desk at times
will you go home anytime soon? I go “home” at least once a month
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Internet matters. :slight_smile:

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@netbe 8yr

Hi everyone,

My name is François Benaiteau, and surprise I am from France – with a name like that:) After multiple long stops (1 year India, 1 year in Dublin, 2,5 years in Paris) I ended up in Berlin (3 years and counting), where I’ve started freelancing as a iOS developer since January.
This new position now allows me to start nomading and I am aiming for a 6 months Berlin - 6 months away to begin with.

Currently, I am in Madrid until the end of the week, and will follow with 2 weeks in South of France and a week in Barcelona, before going to SF (2weeks) and Colombia for a cruise back to Lisbon. After that I guess I’ll be back to Berlin to enjoy the summer and then I need to find a good idea where to go the rest of the year. Any ideas?

Apart from that, I think the hardest thing about being a nomad will be to stay in touch with friends and family while hopping around.

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@tracy 8yr

oh hey! i’m about to go to madrid! :slight_smile: any food recs? wifi recs?

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@netbe 8yr

I would recommend the following:

  • coworking place (Espiritu 23,C/ Espíritu Santo, 23, 28004 Madrid Madrid, Spain
    ): 10€/day, and other prices for longer time possible.
  • La Corollla, C. Almendro, 10, 28005 Madrid Madrid, Spain, La Latina: Spannish Restaurant, best on thursday or friday, strongly recommend to meet people and have fun.
  • El Imparcial, C. Duque de Alba, 4, 28012 Madrid Madrid, Spain : good food and tapas, chic restaurant
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@elirdF 8yr

Hello Nomads,
My name is Eli, I am from Israel, and i have been nomading since 2010, basically, I am changing locations every two months to a new country. For a detailed list of my nomadic routines and rules, I refer you to this dazzling article on my nomad blog and podcast- Becomenomad.
Other than working on my hobby blog, I run an online language school (lingolearn.com) and I am also working on a global startup ecosystem map at www.startupblink.com
I am going to Poland this week, so if anyone is around Krakow, let me know.
Have a good one!

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Hey!

My Name is Robin, I’m from France, I’ve always be kinda travelling, I’m a marketing strategist for startups and Udemy instructor and am currently working as marketing directo for parisian fashion brand Jacques&Demeter. I just came back from Beijing and I’m going to stay 1 month in Berlin so would love to find people to hang out with and work on a daily basis :slight_smile:

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@mmadi 8yr

Hi There,

I’m Nassuf Mmadi, a French new digital nomad from Paris. I am now staying a few months in Kuala Lumpur and will be moving around Asia.
I am a 6 years experimented web & mobile developer and I am working as a freelancer since 1 year.

You can contact me via my website: mmadi.fr - or by email [email protected]

I am also passionated about photography and videos, there is my flickr and facebook page

Would be great to meet some photographers and film markers ! :camera: :sunglasses: :movie_camera:

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Hello all! I’m a digital publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa.
I don’t do the full-on digital nomad experience as I enjoy being home just as much as travelling. I just take a few months every year to live somewhere else for a while and work remotely.

If anyone is interested in a flat-share arrangement, contact me! You live in my flat in Cape Town for a few months, I live in yours in whichever lovely part of this world you are based.
I am particularly keen to go to Edinburgh or elsewhere in Scotland next. Or anywhere in America. So much to see!

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@naii 8yr

Hi, I’m Alexander originally from Berlin, Germany and a remote worker since 2008 and doing intensive-extensive working while traveling since Autumn 2013 after I had finished my studies of Int’l Media & Computing.

I believe people don’t lead the rich life they want to live, and I’m showing my people back in Germany and friends around the world that living your dream is not that (almost antique) cliché which you will never fulfill anyway.

Traveling without purpose (purpose = working or doing good) bores me.

That’s why I found remote working ideal for me. I’m also co-creating a startup (beonboard.org) in which we run small group travels into foreign countries to explore the local culture and people, and where our participants discover themselves to find their life flow (again).

We travel and learn around the world and in June we’ll be in Portugal for 10 days.

Ultimately, this programs initiates a personal transformation of your self and makes you want to lead a rich life. As I said before, I’m an enthusiast of this topic.

As a profession, I’m a writer and experience designer. I’m best to follow on Twitter.

On my blog I write about my truth of being a digital nomad and how people like Pieter Levels build startups.

PS: I wrote this introductory post in the Bambu Glamping Hostel in Medellín, Colombia, a very relaxed place.

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Hello from a soon to be nomad.
I’m Lara, currently in London, a content writer / editor and SMM.

I’m going to be in Bangkok from July and then…no plans but I’d love to meet fellow nomads or get advice before I finish my current contract in London.

Let me know if you want any London advice - I know where to get good gin :wink:

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Hey Everyone!

My name is Sarah, and I’m from Vancouver, Canada.

I’ve only gone full digital nomad/vagabond a few days ago, but have been working remotely/had the ability to be a digital nomad for the past year and a half. One thing that was keeping me at my home base was my house and husband, but my husband and I decided to split up a few months ago (our lifestyles were just far too different) and we just sold the house. So, last week I packed my belongings in my car, parked it at my dad’s, and took off for… whatever I’m doing now (which at the moment is travelling Europe).

I travelled a lot before (6 weeks in Europe, booked a 3 month trip to South America) but always felt guilty for not being at home with my husband, so now that I am “free”, it will be likely a lot more.

I run marketing at SumoMe.com, and also run my own business, Unsettle.org. With SumoMe, I’m sort of back and forth in Austin (though not as much as I’d like to be) with the hopes of immigrating there in the fall (maybe! depending on whether I’m able to).

I’m currently in Paris, but will be flying out to Santorini on Tuesday, and from there… ?? Who knows.

Since deciding to not have a home base (or rather, to be a vagabond) one of the biggest challenges I’ve had and things I’ve learned is how difficult it is to date! Dating is fun (especially after you’ve been in a relationship for a looong time) but there’s no point in dating non-nomads… it just gets too sad when you (inevitably) part ways.

So that’s me! If you’re in Greece over the next few weeks (or Cyprus, or Croatia, or South America) let’s go for coffee, or explore the city. @petersonsar.

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My name is Mikael but I’m more used to being called Micke (in Swedish) or Mike (Saxons)! I’m a Swede and I am living in the middle of Sweden.
I’m hoping to become an odd kind of digital nomad. I’m married and have four kids. The kids will soon be grown up. I’m employed full time as an architectural engineer and I have been almost all my adult life, so I’m in fact probably not the kind of person who becomes a digital nomad! But…

I have previously run a web hotel and web design office for a period of about ten years, taking a break from the Architectural business. Since I returned to architecture, I have also run my own little firm on the side, where I do web mission with Joomla or Wordpress as well as manage old customers. I have for a while planned to write my own mobile app, but just haven’t found the time for it. I also have plans to write a book, which I also never get the time for. So for several years I have dreamed of taken an extra 4 to 8 weeks leave of absence from my ordinary work, every year, and find a nice spot somewhere around the earth to focus in these projects.

I haven’t started with this yet, but hope next winter will be my first go. The spot I’m interested in is somewhere south east Asia - where it is warm, near the sea and relatively cheap (for me) to live. My thoughts, right now, go to one of the following countries: Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines or perhaps Thailand! I will be dependent upon the standard of their internet, so perhaps some of these alternatives will fall out!

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@timbuktu 8yr

Hello nomad minds!

Im Tim, Dutch and I live in Barcelona when Im not on the road. I tend to travel 6 months a year but have also noticed that good working conditions are not always easy to find, especially when you’re moving a lot. Because of this I’ve changed habits a bit, picking my locations for longer periods (min 3 months).

Apart from Costa Rica, so far I’ve lived&worked in Indonesia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Morocco, Spain and Portugal (out of a van). Most memorable event is still the feeling of being connected&productive on a solid 3G connection while being in the rainforest.

Currently Im on the Pacific side in Costa Rica, probably at least till September. Here I combine surfing with working on my online business, called Bookinglayer and Im also exploring if it makes sense to setup a coworking basecamp here. If you’re keen to meet or cowork in the jungle let me know.

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Hello everyone, I’m Nathan Fulkerson. I’m originally from rural Illinois, USA, but following my lifelong ambitions, left the US to teach overseas. I found myself in South Korea, and have been teaching English here for about three years. I’ve been all around Korea, and spent a good deal of time in Japan as well.

I’ve spent a good deal of my free time learning to code–primarily working with iOS (Objective-C & Swift both, but Swift moreso) and Ruby. Given current trends, I’m trying to give Javascript some attention.

I joined this community because I want to leave teaching to further pursue remote tech work, and to build my own game studio. I intend to spend the next year or so getting myself ready for that plunge.

Once I’m ready to leave Korea, I expect I’ll remain in Asia for a good while yet (there’s much I still need to see), with some trips home to keep family and friends in the loop.

I hope to make connections with other nomads or nomads-to-be, learn a lot of new stuff, and make solid friendships in this transient life. :grinning:

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Check out the Odin Project if you are looking into Javascript/Web development. I use to teach English in China myself, but I realized I don’t like dealing with kids. Keep us updated on your progress.

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Thanks for the recommendation. I hadn’t heard of the Odin Project before. I’ve primarily learned what I know thus far through Treehouse, CodeSchool, Udemy, and miscellaneous articles I’ve cobbled from the net. I’ve also considered Bloc. OP has the nice added value of being free, so I’ll check that out.

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@amit29 8yr

hi all, introducing myself - I am Amit. Based out of Singapore for the most part. am an e-commerce entrepreneur. Currently in New York for a few weeks so if any digital nomads around would love to grab a coffee.

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@markbardi 8yr

Hey!

I am Mark, originally from Philly but I moved to San Francisco after University to work for a tech startup. I lasted about 4 years before leaving my successful (i.e. stressful) FinTech job to solo backpack around the world for a couple years. I ended up in Auckland, New Zealand where I reside now.

I started a travel app with a few good friends called HerePin. It allows travelers to connect and share with others nearby. I’m currently working on getting traction and raising capital so I can work digitally from Bali for a couple years. I spent the Xmas/NYE holiday surfing there this year and I fell in love with the country.

The most important lessons I’ve learned over the last few years are to follow my dreams, be patient, and express genuine gratitude for the things I’ve already got in my life.

I’m super keen on meeting people and helping out where I can, so hit me up if you’d like to chat.

Mark

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@rosina 8yr

Hello,
My name is Rosina, I am from Uruguay, South America.
I am starting as a nomad. I will be in Europe on April.
I am a UX / UI Designer, I love my work. I am currently working on iOS app designer for different clients around the world.
You can check my website if you want :slight_smile: http://rosinapissaco.com/
I want to talk with you all! I hope to have the chance!
Regards,
Rosina

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@kalakuo 8yr

Hi,

My name is Kala Kuo. From Taiwan. Lived in Hsinchu city now.
Currently I work remotely half a week and plan to switch to fully remote to join digit nomads soon!!
I been to Europe and US but mostly in cities only. Now I try to find a chance to embrace new life in THIS year!!

Nice to meet you all ! Give me a message when you happen to be in Hsinchu!
I love to hear stories :stuck_out_tongue:

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@derico 8yr

Hi Nomads!

My name is Nic and I’m a 20 year-old entrepreneur from Argentina. At 18 I founded Bulldoce Solutions, a digital marketing shop working specialized in startups. I later sold that company and took over as the Marketing lead at Debenu.com. At Debenu, we develop PDF Software to help everyone, from big companies to independent developers, work smarter.

I’m about to jump on this nomad adventure and I have one goal: have a cup of coffee with every single one of you. If you want to help me fulfill this goal (and a free cup of coffee) add me at https://nomadtrips.co/joinDerico!

Much love your way!

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Hello! I am James, born in Ireland but raised between Ireland/NYC/UK so my accent is a mess. I was living the last few years in NYC, left in august to travel with my girlfriend.

I was in one of those annoying corporate jobs for 8 years in London and NYC, FinTech sales mainly. Now I am working on a yoga mat kickstarter and a wine marketing business.

Currently in Kathmandu, heading to Indonesia the next two months. Month in Jarkarta, the rest around Bali.

Best times were NYE in Goa, trekking Himalayas and seeing old friends in Barcelona. And Burning Man.

Still have family in Ireland so structured my year to head through there a few weeks on way from australia to central america in July.

The main thing I’ve learned is the one month per place schedule suits me perfectly. less than that is a rush, more than that means itchy feet.

cheers!

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Hi all!

My name is Jared, originally from Pennsylvania. I have been traveling for about 5 months now, starting with an East coast US city tour, a month in Nairobi, Kenya, and now in Lisbon, Portugal.

I never thought I would have this lifestyle, but have a great full time job as a business coach that allows me to work from anywhere. I work with university students from all around the world - really amazing and fulfilling work.

Right now I am preparing to move to Switzerland, and then I don’t have many plans after that - it might finally be time to go to South America or Asia :smile:

This has been a huge learning experience for me so far. I have been living in cities for 5 months, but am really missing the countryside and easy access to nature (hence Switzerland). Let me know if any of you want to go skiing, climbing, hiking, or camping - always looking for new people to travel with!

Jared

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@jangafx 8yr

Hey! My name is Nick Seavert.

I’ve been away from home (South Carolina) for nearly 2 years, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

However in this time, I lived in Jakarta Indonesia for a few months December '14 - Feb 2015

I’m currently a marketing manager at a firm here in Albuquerque, but looking stray away from this within the next year and transition into my startup that allows me to work remotely from anywhere.

My most memorable things include getting on a plane for the first time and flying across the US to start a new, more exciting life, as well as living in Indonesia.

I don’t think I could ever go back to live in South Carolina after all the awesomeness i’ve experienced as a nomad!

I’ve learned to just enjoy people and learn who they are and what they’re about!

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Hello

Jake, originally from Tennessee, USA currently in Utah.

how long have you been away from home?
Getting ready for 1+ yrs abroad, leaving in 2 months

what do you do?
Software Engineer

where are you going?
I think I will start in Nicaragua and work my south, but open to suggestions (warm, surf, decent internet)
what has been memorable for you so far?
Landing in Bali, renting a motorcycle and touring the island on it.

will you go home anytime soon?
probably not for a year or so.

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@geo_care 8yr

Hi everybody,

What’s your name?
I’m Georgiana

Where are you from?
A small town in Transylvania

How long have you been away from home?
Almost 14 years

What do you do?
I run Geocare, which is a customer support/translations company using remote resources only.

Where are you currently?
Sweden

Where are you going?
I am going to bounce around Europe this summer and Australia/New Zealand towards the end of the year.

Will you go home anytime soon?
Only for a short visit.

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@bobz_zg 8yr

Hello everybody,

My name is Vlado, I’m from Zagreb, Croatia.
When i’m online i’m never far away from home, my time capsule is always in sync with my dropbox :smile:
And the first thing I do when I get somewhere is buy 4G data plan with maximum data, it kind of feels like home when you’r connected.
I’m frontend/web developer doing Wordpress themes and plugins.

Currently in Kuala Lumpur, came here from Phuket week ago.
Next destination Bali on 1. March. Home flight booked for 2. May, then it’s very nice weather in my country, so it’s good to be back.

I’v been working as a freelancer around 4 years already, and just recently find out about digital nomads thing. I didn’t know there are so many people living like this.
I don’t introduce myself as a DN but it’s the life i’m living atm.

Anyone here from Croatia?
And anyone in KL at the time?
It’s always nice to hear someone speak your language when you far away from home.

Looking forward share and read about your experience.

Cheers

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Hey Nomads!

I’m Sam, 30. From the UK (1hr West of London from a small town called Newbury).
I’ve been travelling on and off for 3 years now - 18mths AU -> 3mths US -> Back to England to start a new company for 6 Months -> Now living in Rio and enjoying what Brazil has to offer.

I’m a web designer & digital marketeer specialising in startups, SME’s and tradional trade businesses. I’ll be staying in Rio for a while. I’m excited for Carnival & the Olympics. But I’d like to head to Columbia at some point too.

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My name is Wayland and I’m from Chinatown of Mahattan in New York City. I’m second a second generation Chinese-American. However I grew up in a single mom household with a brother, so I didn’t have many of the advantages of many of my Asian counterparts. I dropped out of college and floated around for many years. Ended up going to teach English in China for five years. Got sick of teaching so now I do customer service telephone work. Boss let’s me work from home, so I guess that qualifies me as a nomad if I travel while working. I’m currently in Vietnam, and my next destination is Malaysia. Looking to improve my nomad skills. I’m currently going through the Odin Project, and watching the iOS Development in Swift on iTunes U. I’m also working on a CS degree online.

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what’s your name? Ezequiel, but everybody call me "Pilo"
where are you from? I am from Argentina, but also I am half Italian without speaking Italian!..this is one of my next challenges actually, learn Italian.
how long have you been away from home? I have been away from April 2015, almost 10 months now.
what do you do? ERP´s Functional Consultant (mostly focused in Oracle Peoplesoft)
where are you currently? Madrid, Spain.
where are you going? I am not planing to move permanently in the short term, as the project I am working on is currently running here in Madrid, and my bosses requested me to spend more time On Site now, and as I am EU Citizen there is no problem about staying here more than 90 days. I am thinking about taking some weeks in Thailand soon. Got a week remote every 4/5 weeks on site.
what has been memorable for you so far? So far, I can say everything, just came from Argentina and I feel Europe really awesome. I am really happy to be here, gaining such a lot of experience that leads me towards full remote opportunities in the future.
will you go home anytime soon? As i said before, I have one remote week every 4/5 on site, but I am not planning to go home soon. I am planing to join some nomads in a hub somewhere using these remote weeks.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I used to have everything solved about the daily life (got my flat, car, etc), and when I arrived to Europe I was travelling around many countries in Europe, because of the project I am working for now, mostly France and Spain, and with no stable place where to leave the stuff, make some plans, etc…so waht I have learnt, or what I am trying to learn actually, is about enjoying everyday, wherever you are “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”.

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@orenkurve 8yr

Aloha!

Excuse my not going through the 376 names, I’m sure you are all super cool and interesting.

  • I’m Oren.
  • Originally from Israel I’ve lived in London, UK for past 12 years.
  • Recently sold my digital marketing agency and now I’m chilling out in Cambodia (siem reap & sihanoukville for 1 month) / Bali (March - May) been travelling with my girlfriend since October (she’s awesome you’d like her).
  • I’m an entrepreneur (working on crowdfunding fintech concept) and a digital marketing specialist (SEM/Content / performance marketing).
  • I like peanuts but prefer sushi, like scuba diving and recently getting into weight lifting.

Professional profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/orengreen
CouchSurfing profile: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/onomatopoet

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@simonl 8yr

Hi there I’m Simon from South Africa. I’ve been traveling for 18 months just enjoying life and currently in Da Nang (Vietnam).
I quit my IT software sales job after 10 years and been exploring mostly Asia. I’ll be here for a month before heading to Morocco.

My time in India has been my favourite but I’ve had so many incredible experiences and personal growth moments on this trip.

I want to work for myself now and still travel. I have a non profit concept that I want to be my legacy project and I want to share it with other nomads that have skills that I lack and build it together to create something incredible that I hope will make a difference in the world.

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@kethle 8yr

Hi all, I’m Kevin from the US (outside Boston). I’m currently home planning my next trip and looking for ideas. By trade, I’m a web developer / dev ops guy but also am a hiker, writer, avid reader, moonlight philosopher, options trader and rhythm guitar/drum player.

My extended trips have been around Europe as the western US. I stayed for a while in Barcelona and Prague. I’m currently looking for a quiet beach destination to read, write and develop code for a calendar app.

I’d be very interested to meet people here of all different interests and pickup some tips on getting around new countries (particularly those South America and Asia). I’d also be interested in work collaborations while travelling.

Looking forward to meeting new people here. Cheers, Kevin

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Hello!

My name is Ana Henneberke and I am really happy to have joined the Nomads List community. I am really excited and already feel inspired by this group of people and their stories!

A little bit about me… I am of Portuguese and Dutch descent, so I grew up in Portugal but have lived in Amsterdam for a good few years and now I am based in London. I have a background in tech which has allowed me to work remotely very often and so I go back home on a regular basis. I love that freedom and I think it’s incredible that with the right mindset people can work from anywhere in the world and connect with anyone. I feel we are so priviledged in this day and age! :smiley:

I love technology and I totally believe in levering it’s benefits, I also do believe that sometimes we lose touch with a lot of amazing things that life has to offer. Last year I had a great opportunity to give up all my digital devices for a few days to be close to nature and close to people. I hugged strangers, danced like nobody was watching, learned new skills, and did silly things for 4 full days of incredible fun. In the end I made incredible life long memories.

I want other people to experience that sort of happiness and connection with themselves and with others so I am working on a project that incorporates these aspects into the lives of digital nomads and remote workers.

If you’re curious about it let me know and I’ll be happy to share more! In the meantime I hope to get to know this community better! See you around here, on slack or in the real world… :smile: -Ana

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@couturelp 8yr

Hi everyone! I’m Louis-Philippe, a 25 years old Canadian from Montreal. I speak fluently French & English. Got my interest in living and remotely working from being in Thailand for a month last year and totally loved it.

I’m a web designer/web dev guy, with a startup web agency based in Montreal, QC, Canada. It’s called Quantik. The website is currently only french but we will be putting the english version online very shortly. I also love prototyping, graphic design, video editing, photography and exploring!

Looking forward to going back to working remotely and to travel along the way while meeting new and interesting people along the way! Totally excited about finding a place to work near the beach with decent wifi!

Let me know if you have any ideas or if one of you is already in such a place! I would love to make some lasting contacts on here.

L-P

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I am Danny - a 31 year young German, originally from Berlin, extremely attracted to California, choose the world to be my home.

As long as my project StartupGeist - blog and podcast to inspire students discover and pursue their entrepreneurial dreams - doesn’t pay the bills, I choose to work as a freelancer (coaching, digitally selling and marketing).

I will be in Chiang Mai, Thailand till end of February 2016, then living in Bali till end of April. Enjoying a beautiful summer in Berlin and then who knows.

Ever since I have been starting to follow my heart, trust and pursue whatever needed to be pursued, amazing things happen. I wish more people to follow their hearts being brutally honest with themselves accepting flaws, drawbacks, negative emotions as integral part of our lives.

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Hello Im Tim and Im a Sr UX Architect and Designer. Currently doing large display systems for Data Visualization. Other experience includes data rich environments for Cloud, Financial, Telecommunications, Health Care, Petroleum Engineering and Industrial Touch Screen.

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@maxmackey 8yr

I’m max. I’m from the US originally, lived in Shanghai for a year, and relocated from there to SF a few months ago.

I’m currently doing user acquisition for Trove Market. I’m going to be in SF the next six months to one year and would like to head back to Asia within 2016.

My favorite experience has been connecting with people in SF that have lived in Shanghai. It’s increased the level of comfort I have when talking to people who have shared similar experiences. There’s a bunch of us here.

I visited home for Christmas, will plan a trip next in early June. I’ve learned to be good by doing good and to always pay it forward.

I’ve heard plenty of amazing things about this forum; I’m curious to know what has been the most helpful to others? Ping me anytime and I’ll be reaching out individually to many of you :smile:

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Hi all,

I’m a German/Persian polyglot & digital nomad and have been living in different parts of this beautiful planet for over 13 years, can’t believe i only find out about this network now :smiley:.

Im a communication expert with a passion for environmental projects and science.

Im also the founder of Science4Sustainability, a network that bridges the gap between scientists and business (entrepreneurs, change makers and companies open to rethink their business models).

I’m passionate about dancing, surfing, hiking, cycling, permaculture, food, yoga and rock climbing :slight_smile:

Regards from beautiful Lisbon,

Mira

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Hi. I’m Jake. From a place with no mountains and no oceans. Winters so cold that ice forms inside your nose. Hot summers too. It usually hits 35C/95F or more a few days per year. Half the size of Germany and less than 800k people. This place is North Dakota.

I’ve been living in Europe for over 2 years. 6 months in Belgrade, then 6 in Spain. Then over a year in Berlin. Not as nomadic. Better for building relationships.

I had worked for 3 years as a software engineer and 8 months as a Rails dev. Currently trying to get an online business going. Probably focused on helping men learn social dynamics – especially around women. (As an introvert and growing up with a personality disorder, I struggled on this topic for almost my entire life.)

Currently back in North Dakota helping my father automate his business. I usually visit once a year during 4th of July. (A big American holiday when all my family is together.)

In April and May, I’ll be doing a Growth House with 5 other guys. Where we all help each other plan and focus on business and personal development.

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Hi everybody !

I’m Julien, a french digital nomad specialised in Growth Hacking (actually i’m a full stack Marketer focused about Growth and i prefer to talk about Growth Marketing, this is less bullshit ^^)

I come from Nice, French riviera, and i’m a digital nomad since 1+ year. I was in Genève (Switzerland) and Paris for a very nice project !

Today, I am in Amsterdam 'til end of march at least.

What about tomorrow ? I don’t know yet, but what i know is i’m not going back in France :smile:

Nice to meet all of you guys, eager to learn a lot from you and share my experience.

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@nomadan 8yr

Hello, All. I’m embarking on new journeys after completion of a dev bootcamp I’m enrolled in here in Fort Lauderdale, FL, US. Don’t know where the universe will bring me next, but I’m open to what the universe reveals.

  • what’s your name?

Dan Knutson

  • where are you from?

Minneapolis, MN, US

  • how long have you been away from home?

This time, only a week. I have plans to stay in Florida through the winter months. I’ve traveled other places and worked throughout the US, having also spent time in Mexico and Guatemala.

  • what do you do?

By trade I’m a UX designer and researcher, though my background is more varied with many years spent in traditional advertising agencies and corporate consulting gigs.

  • where are you currently?

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

  • where are you going?

No solid plans. Hopefully some place warm with an interesting start-up scene.

  • what has been memorable for you so far?

Traveling fills some curiosity in me that is hard to describe. Its great to meet new people, become a part of a community, experience local traditions, food, customs, etc.

  • will you go home anytime soon?

Yes, I imagine I’ll continue to live part-time in Minneapolis. Family, friends and business ties will likely keep me connected there for some time.

  • what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

I spent time in a Mayan village in Guatemala where elderly people farmed on the slopes of mountains, carrying their harvests from bags hanging from their foreheads over their shoulders. It taught me that people who continue moving will live longer and healthier.

No place I’ve been outside of the US has quite the hustle and bustle I’ve been accustomed to. People in other places actually seem to care to stop and chat, which makes connecting with others much easier.

Happy to be a part of this community and hope to make and contribute to meaningful connections with others!

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Hey my name is Jean-Rémi de Maistre and I am from France.
I grew up in a little city in middle of country and spent the most important part of my adult time in Paris (I’m 27).

I have now the chance to work remotely. This job allow me to finance my PhD thesis and I have to be in Paris only one or two times a year.
I am a consultant in public international law (working for States) but I’m currently learning different things as building a website for my boss!

I use this opportunity to start the nomad life I dream about. My first destination is Hanoï and I leave in a week! I will stay few months here and take this opportunity to discover SE Asia and mainly other different people (I love that).

I am a newbie in digital nomad way of living so I am taking all the advice you can give me :smile:

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@brendonv 8yr

what’s your name?
Brendon Vince and Happy new Year :smiley:

where are you from?
I’m from Australia, Originally born in Tasmania but lived mostly in Brisbane and Sunny coast.

how long have you been away from home?
I’ve currently spent only 4 months in the last 5 years in Australia, Been on working holiday in both Canada and UK as well as extensive backpacking in Latin America, Europe and other parts of the globe.

what do you do?
I have 8 years expereince in Video games industry working primarily in software testing but have also worked as a VFX Artist and level designer. For the last few years I have also been running my travel blog www.NerdTravels.com and am currently working freelance as a social media strategist and QA Test Analyst.
Looking to focus more on getting involved with some startup apps and software as well as dabbling in UX design and multiple income streams.

where are you currently?
I am currently back in Brisbane Australia visiting family for couple of months

where are you going?
Going to DNX in Bangkok in March then going to go with the flow. Have loose plans to check out India, Nepal and onwards into Europe before jumping to Latin America later in the year.

what has been memorable for you so far?
Recently did my first proper time living and working as a digital nomad for 3 months in Chiang Mai. Loved the community and met so many awesome people.

will you go home anytime soon?
Home at moment but just to visit.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I’ve learnt a lot about having an open mindset and the many different area’s you can make an income while being location independant.

Look forward to chatting and meeting fellow nomads on the road.

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What’s your name?
Phil Salesses. Pleased to join you all.

Where are you from?
I grew up primarily in Washington D.C. suburbs but spent about 4 years in Boston going to school and trying my hand at a startup.

What do you do?
Over the last 2+ years, I’ve been living in China and working around Asia. First as a creative technologist for Frog Design, an international design and innovation firm, and most recently as cofounder and Chief Creative Officer of Waylens.

As far as what I actually do, I sort of do everything in the space of technology business and design. Originally I was a full stack web guy but quickly moved into hardware and design when I got into the MIT Media Lab and later while working at startups got a taste for making deals. I moved to China so I could take an idea from concept to scale, creating everything from the industrial design, app, car OBD interfacing as well as video production and branding along the way.

Where are you currently?
Vienna, Austria for Christmas but I’m traveling to Israel soon for the month of February just to get a feel for the area and to avoid winter.

How long have you been away from home?
I’ve been away from home about 3 years now and have no immediate plans to return. The world is just too interesting for me to settle down somewhere safe in the states right now.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
After some discussions about difference in strategy I decided to let my cofounders buy me out and go on the road for a year to figure out what I’m doing next. Looking for consulting gigs along the way to help me prolong my trip.

What has been memorable for you so far?
So far the most memorable thing was my 5 day trip to North Korea. Simply insane. I have photos on Facebook if you’re interested in them. I wrote a paragraph of background story for each so they provide context.

What have you learned during your time as a nomad?
The most important lesson I’ve learned along the way being a nomad is that fear is an unnecessary mindset and that everything always works out in the end. Somehow. But it’s true.

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@robetus 8yr

Hello fellow nomads! I’m Robert, originally from northern California. I’ve been living out of the states since September and left shortly after I started my own IT business online. I manage proxy servers for various companies around the world. I also do some consulting. I’m currently living in Germany where they told me I couldn’t stay past 6 months because I wasn’t a student or working for them. It’s fine though because I plan on doing a month long tour through India and Southeast Asia and then to Australia where I got a tourist visa for 12 months very easily.

I find that people are still adapting to the idea of a digital nomad, and most that I tell seem a little surprised. What’s not surprising to me is that most of them say they want my job and they’re jealous of the way I earn an income. I tell them that the future will only bring in more of us and that I am very grateful for the way in which I now earn a living.

I won’t be going home for another year probably. I love where I’m from and I will return but only to leave again soon after. I look forward to speaking and learning with you all.

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Happy xmas and all that :slight_smile: Super stoked to have found this little corner of the interwebs over the holiday. About a month ago, I decided that it was time to make nomadness a sustainable piece of my professional life, something that I haven’t done up till now. Part of that was a product of what I was doing professionally (Wall St. lawyer), but I’ve pivoted to the world of startups, which opens doors significantly from the stuffy office bldg. So here I am, getting ready to hit the road ASAP.

what’s your name?
Chris. Nice to meet y’all :smile:

where are you from?
Seattle born. Spent significant time along the U.S. west coast, NYC/DC corridor, Stockholm, Valparaiso, and Brussels, among some other spots here and there.

how long have you been away from home?
I’m decidedly less nomadic at the moment than I’d like, but such are the circumstances I’m in. Working to hit the road again soon.

what do you do?
Professionally, I’ve done a lot of cool stuff: Swedish professor at uni, news anchor, hostel receptionist, Wall Street defense lawyer, and now startup-er (Sales, growth, marketing, etc.)

I also play music, write, surf, ski, and of course, travel.

Language: Swedish, Spanish, passable Creole, shit French.

where are you currently?
Austin, Texas (10 months in, feeling a little restless :smile:)

where are you going?
I think SE Asia is next as far as extended living goes.

what has been memorable for you so far?
It’s been a good ride. My nomadness has always been between jobs. 2016 is all about making my nomadness sustainable while working. Excited for this!

will you go home anytime soon?
Home now, so yeah…

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Nomads = my tribe. Almost all of my best friends are people I met while hopping around the globe. I’m excited to get back on the road!

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@jenni 8yr

Hi I am Jenni,
right now working for FLIO an App for frequent travelers (as I am one) in Hamburg. I never felt that urge to travel that people usually have, but I traveled so much in the last years (sounds weird, I know) that I started feeling like a Nomad and totally liked it :smile:
This year I am going to Austin (SXSW), Barcelona (mobile world congress), often to London, Kiew and Berlin (since my other team members are there), Marseille, Frankfurt, Bavaria, Zurich and Vienna to visit close friends. Also I’ll do a road trip through the western USA.
I am always happy to meet new people while traveling or at Home.

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@carlina 8yr

Hey my name is Carlina Desax, i m a e shop owner extens-hair.com since 2010. It is Swiss based but I feel itchy spending more than a few month in a row there. I m very happy to get to know this huge community of well minded pple. I love my life but by the past I felt a lil isolated sometimes. Looking forward to meet you all!

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My name is Duncan Gledhill and I am from Yorkshire.
I live in Yorkshire but travel around the world.
I do the #digidinner thing
Planning a #digidinner
January #DigiDinner in Warsaw, Dubai, New York and London.
I travel the last 2 weeks of every month so home the first 2 weeks.
Digital biz liberates people to become themselves

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  • what’s your name?
    John Reynolds
  • where are you from?
    Los Angeles
  • what do you do?
    Software Engineering Manager at a hospital here in Los Angeles focused on data platforms and analytics to improve patient outcomes
  • where are you going?
    Tentatively, Bangkok in March 2016 (also going at beginning of this year, but just for vacation)
    I have done a lot of remote work and consulting, however I havent done much traveling outside of the US. I plan to test out working remotely with my current job for extended periods of time overseas.
    looking forward to meeting many of you along the way!
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I read this forum quite a bit before deciding to quit the “office life” in September. Thank you all for all the inspiration and courage. After a few months in the desert, I’m now ready to take the solo show on the road.

What’s your name? Chelsea Fox
Where are you from? I honestly do not know how to answer this anymore. Chicago, Albuquerque, or Grand Haven (MI).
How long have you been away from home? I leave in 5 days!
What do you do? Freelance Attorney.
Where are you currently? Albuquerque, New Mexico
Where are you going? Reykjavik, Iceland (Dec 31). St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (Jan 8). Prague, Czech Republic (Jan 11), where I’ll end up staying for a while.
Will you go home anytime soon? I’ll be stopping home for the holidays before taking off to Iceland.

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Hi All,

I am Elliott, 26, from Sydney, Australia. I am lead dev at GorillaStack, an AWS cost optimisation company I co-founded. I’m heading to Israel soon for some business development and using the opportunity to dip my toes in the digital nomad lifestyle.

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@sonia 8yr

Hi all!

Thanks for letting me joining this community, looks great!

My Name ist Sonia Jaeger, I am a german-french psychologist and psychotherapist. I grew up in Germany and worked there for a number of years before leaving last year to travel the world. Instead of going back home to open my own private practice I decided to open my “practice” online and am now offering psychological counselling via Skype (and email). This way I am able to combine my passion for my work as a therapist with my passion for travel, beach and warm climates!

I am currently living on Koh Tao in Thailand, where I enjoy life on the beach, diving as often as I can as well as daily yoga classes. I will probably go back “home” next summer for a couple of months before heading somewhere else (latin america?) for the winter :smile:

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Hi All!

My name is Chad and I’m a product designer and founder of Build Abroad. I live in Chicago, but travel often. I’ve been to Costa Rica, Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal this year. I’m here to give and receive travel advice - great to meet everyone!

Cheers!

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@yeoa 8yr

Hi everyone!

Only just stumbled upon this as an aspiring #digitalnomad - this is an amazing forum with such a wealth of information - great work @levelsio @atu !

My name’s Andy - 26 years old and born in Hong Kong, raised in Australia and currently based in Singapore - and have been away from Sydney for over 5 years now. I’m currently working as a non-technical Solutions Consultant at Hootsuite, previously of LinkedIn and Google so with a background in marketing and sales across digital and social industries.

So I’m brand new to this - looking to connect and learn from all veteran and new nomads as I plan and decide on how and when I make the leap - at the moment, I’m looking for companies with a great culture and a distributed team model. My biggest drivers to becoming a digital nomad is the freedom to experience the world through travel while also being able to improve myself in some way. I’ve already envisioned some key things I want to do (intially!) once I make the leap:

  • Spend 6 months+ in Japan while studying intensive Japanese and become fluent
  • Repeat for Spain and Spanish
  • Live in Iceland and travel all over, not just in Reykjavik - do a photography tour
  • Live in NYC - just because!
  • Self-teach myself development and programming

The last point triggers my question to you all (and a concern that’s always bothered me and probably a roadblock for my leap):

Is it more difficult becoming a digital nomad when your skill set is not in creation ?
I’ve always found that most roles for distributed companies or requests for freelancers request for mobile app developers, engineer, programmers and others who can help create something but rarely in consultancy services. It also seems much more difficult to quantify success on that note. I might transfer this to a proper thread, but this is my question for now :smile:


And because I’d love to get to know you guys, I’ve managed to scroll through 350 introductions (feel free to tweet me [at]yeoa or Instagram [at]misteryeo):

  • @paulh Dude, that travel map is awesome! Is that something you’d share with fellow nomads/wannabe-nomads? (I’m asking because I clearly can’t build one…yet)
  • @nambrot I’ve never had a tendency to feel homesick or worry about deeper relationships, because I make a huge effort to keep in touch with a core group of people even with all my moving and travelling without even being a nomad. How has it been in the year since you posted this?
  • @jb510 Haha, I love your tip as a nomad - noted on no roundtrip tickets!
  • @ax21 Nice leap mate, would love to hear how things have been for the year!
  • @jozaks I’m curious what you ended up doing with your skillset? What did you find successful? :smile:
  • @alanataylor Nice jump, looking forward to seeing how these past 6 months have panned out for you!
  • @pineapple_rice Brave move, mate - doubt it’s reckless. You’re probably having the time of your life now eh?
  • @davidbreathengo Haha, you had me at okonomiyaki though I must say, takoyaki is a strong rival!
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Thanks for your thoughtful intro, Andy! Welcome to Nomad Forum!

First off, those are some great goals for digital nomadism. I’ve had some life-goals to study Korean and Japanese, and for the last 10 years I was letting those dreams evaporate as I explored my career options in America. Now that I’m in Thailand and the possibility of working feels a little more real, so do those life goals. They still feel quite far away though, which brings me to one of your questions:

Is it more difficult becoming a digital nomad when your skill set is not in creation ?

Honestly: yes. It’s even difficult being a digital nomad when my skill set is in development. Here’s my story so far. I’ve done web development for about 4 years now. Before I left my last job, I felt like companies were knocking down my door trying to recruit me. I don’t think I’m being modest in saying I’m nowhere near the top 1% of developers out there, it’s just a hot market. For instance, companies were eager to fly me to different parts of the US for an on-site interview after a pretty simple screening that any competent developer could pass with 1 year of experience. Once I expressed interest in working remotely +/- 12 timezones, a lot of that employer-excitement dried up.

Being a digital nomad is taking a communication sacrifice for me and my potential clients/employers. I’m originally from the states, so there’s a large time-zone difference between there and Thailand. The timezone difference literally couldn’t be larger; it’d start to shrink if I travel in either direction. That may be different for you, depending on where you want to travel, but I didn’t factor this in enough before moving.

I am moving forward with my goals: I’m learning more about self-managing my time and financial runway, I’ve secured my living situation for the next 6 months, and I do have potential full time and contract work in the pipeline. I don’t regret the decisions I’ve made, though I will say that financially I’ve gone beyond what my pessimistic projections were for securing remote work. If I could say one thing to my younger self, it’s that when it comes to nomad-friendly work, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I’ve sent you a personal message on Slack in case you have anything more you’d want to discuss. Wish you the best of luck!

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@c0de 8yr

what’s your name?
Michael Owens
where are you from?
California
how long have you been away from home?
0
what do you do?
Full stack web development
where are you currently?
Working in Palo Alto commuting from Oakland
where are you going?
Hopefully to a full time role.
what has been memorable for you so far?
My first week at my current company; I built and launched a trending page in 3 days.
will you go home anytime soon?
Currently living at home; want to move out soon (asap).
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Currently still a dream…:pensive:

I’m currently pretty junior in the software development industry (less than 1 year experience). How long should I work in a ‘traditional’ startup setting before I commit to being a nomad? My goal is to be self-sufficient and making impact wherever I go as a software engineer.

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Shihab from Bangladesh, a Country in Indian Sub-continent. My home is far away from the capital an I am away from home 2004, 11 years although living in the country in different places.
I am software developer holding a CE degree and I run my team of hardcore software developers, based in Dhaka now but will start travelling soon From singapore to 20 + countries on the list.

I want to have more fun that’s the meaning of travelling right having more fun than the people who stays stuck in some place. And I do home every 1 or 2 months to visit my mom and its compulsive for me.

And remain simple and possess simple that’s been the realization,
I am still trying to manage a fixed source of income for me to start my full nomad life.

Lets connect and collaborate more and have more fun together :slight_smile:

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@dngoo 8yr

Hey all – my name is** David Ngo**.

  • I was born & raised in Richmond, VA – then moved to The Bay (San Francisco area for school). SF is currently home.
  • How long have you been away from home? Maybe ~1 week.

  • What do you do? I cofounded a Behavior Design consulting firm (<24>www.simplicitylabs.co) this past year. I then left it on my 25th birthday (November 5th). I’m now focused on designing & creating daily habit communities around meditation, compassion, & gratitude. Currently co-authoring a book on Behavior Design.

  • Where are you currently? Honolulu Hawaii

  • Where are you going? Pahoa, Big Island; Tokyo; Bangalore.

  • What has been memorable for you so far? How I’m living my dream, ‘the dream,’ yet I’m still aware of the battle between my scarcity & abundant mentalities. It’s like I’m relearning who I am, what I love, what’s enough, etc. Inspired by: being on the beach, taking a swim, before jumping on a call – but not being able to share this with friends.

  • Will you go home anytime soon? to Richmond, VA… not until March or April. SF, I’ll return mid January.

  • What have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I don’t think I’m a DM yet either (like Alicia above) I feel like I’m half way there. For me, the other half is having the consistent revenue stream built. But then again, as I write this, that’s just a difference in definition.

  • What’s your favourite food? Hands down okonomiyake (a Japanese dish); then, eggs.

**Feel free to reach out via email, twitter, or slack: **
I joined this group for the community – meeting authentic and like-minded/lifestyle people; I have a great friends, but 99% of them aren’t working toward this lifestyle.
[email protected]
@dngoo (twitter & slack)

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Hi Everyone! I’m Alicia

  • Where are you from? I was born in China, grew up in New Zealand, now living and working in New York
  • How long have you been away from home? I’ve been living in NYC for 4 years
  • What do you do? I’m a freelance art director and designer primarily working in the digital realm
  • Where are you currently? NYC
  • Where are you going? Not sure yet - I’ve heard that Chiang Mai is a good place to start as a DM.
  • What has been memorable for you so far? Living in NYC has taught me that the hype about a country/city is just that. Hype. Your experiences are entirely your own and it might be completely different from the usual, which is a good thing. (Just to give you an example: to this day I’ve never been to the top of the Empire State Building)
  • Will you go home anytime soon? I try to make it home once a year, but I’m not sure when I will go home permanently.
  • What have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I don’t think I’m a DM yet! Just starting out my explorations of what’s out there. I’m so excited to learn from all of you and find out about the nomad life.
  • What’s your favourite food? Sushi, or maybe watermlons. And soft Tacos.
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@dngoo 8yr

Hey Alicia!
Great to see similar people who have just joined the community! I just joined yesterday. Adding my intro now.

NYC is one place that I’d like to experience for a bit. I’ve only visited days - 1 week at a time.

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@fe_lix 8yr

Hi, I’m Felix. I grew up in Düsseldorf, Germany and have been away for 15 years or so. I’ve lived in The Netherlands, Spain, Austria…

Last couple of years I lived in London, UK and quit my job there at an collaborative/open innovation startup last summer. Last position I had was COO, before that I lead business development and headed up the product team. Looking to start something myself or join another startup.

I’m in Düsseldorf, Germany at the moment, will be in Recife, Brazil in Dec, probably Ecuador in Jan, and then Colombia or Costa Rica in Feb and March… Very much looking forward to meet likeminded people! :smiley:

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@ruthk 8yr

Hi guys *and girls (if any :smiley: )

what’s your name? Ruth

where are you from? Born in Bulgaria, raised all around.

how long have you been away from home? I don’t consider having one “home”, but if “home” is Sofia. I’ve lived away for the last 7 years (mostly back and forth)

what do you do? Music

where are you currently? Phoenix/Arizona

where are you going? I am off to Berlin for a bit. After NY I want to go to Costa Rica for a few months.

what has been memorable for you so far? So much to tell, I am sure you people will get bored.

will you go home anytime soon? Next week. (Home is where WiFi is right?)

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Don’t eat from the yellow snow.

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Hi guys & girls!

I am a 28 years old Austrian and am starting my digital nomad journey in December 2015. I have worked in banking until very recently but have been building my business on the side for quite some time now. I currently run a personal finance education platform with the aim to teach millennials how to manage their money correctly to achieve financial independence. I will be building this business remotely while traveling and living in South East Asia.

I’ll be based in South East Asia for most of 2016, mainly in Thailand, with the first stop being Koh Lanta where I’ll be found sitting either on the beach or in the Kohub co-working space.

In the spirit of this forum being a Q&A forum, if you have any personal finance or investment related questions please feel free to contact me.

All best,
Alex

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@zoxel 8yr

My name is Andrey Kucherov, I’m 29, married, born in USSR :slight_smile:
I’ve been away from Russia for almost 3 years, travelling around the Asia and Oceania
I’ve doing lots of different staff from Project management to IT security analysis and technical support.
I currently live in Pattaya, Thailand
Next year we (me and my spouse) are planning to go to Philippines
During my nomad life I learnt one thing - if you want to be happy - than - just do it :slight_smile:

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@conorwade 8yr

Hi, my name is Conor Wade. I’m from Ireland, I have been away from home 5 months now.

I’m a developer / designer. I co-founded a golf course management / booking engine site called Chronogolf, and I am currently consulting for a design agency in NYC (Makewell).

I’m currently in Chiang Mai. I will be in Thailand for the next 4 months most of that time will be spent in Chiang Mai. After that I will be heading off to Vietnam.

I spent a month living in Vancouver. It was a really great experience. I have never lived in such nice, clean, friendly city!

I’ll likely be traveling for the next year or so, but you never know things may change.

Planning is the most important part of the nomadic lifestyle. Kind of ironic I guess, freedom needs planning. :smile:

Anybody in Chiang Mai who likes to climb?

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Hello all you awesome nomadic movers n shakers!!

My name is Bernard AKA Unconventional Veteran, and I help people, mostly Veterans, find their passions and crush their goals. I don’t have one specific way or blueprint for doing this and am no guru… I’m just a guy who was born in Portugal, raised in England, graduated high school in Germany, and served in the U.S. Air Force as a surgical room and orthopedic clinic manager for almost 16 years. I’m now location independent, spending more time in Europe than anywhere else at the moment. I love training MMA and travel. I get a kick and inspiration from following and learning about all you awesome nomads. I’d say my favorite mainstream social app is Instagram.

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Hi everyone,

Just joined this forum and thanks for all the great info so far! Born and raised in the UK but went to university in Abu Dhabi, UAE where I got the chance to work, study and live in NYC, DC, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Shanghai. I wouldn’t consider myself a Nomad during these four years as I was in structured academic environments but certainly got the travel bug. Since graduating in May, I’ve been working in Gibraltar, Spain and the UK.

Currently work in Biz Dev at WOMENA, an angel group of female investors based out of Dubai. Luckily I’m not required to be based in the UAE so planning my new nomad lifestyle starting in Jan 2016 in Bangkok and Bali. Plan to be working from The Hive and Hubud (I need to be working around others to be productive) and if anyone has advice or recommendations on places to stay in either city let me know!

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@davedub 8yr

Hi Everyone,

I’m an independent software developer, specialising in animation for virtual worlds - see davedub.co.uk (in need of updating). I’ve been a digital nomad for some 8 years now.

I’m currently working in collaboration with High Fidelity, a San Fransisco startup that I believe will be the best of the large crop of Oculus Rift enabled virtual worlds coming out next year. #OpenSource #PhillipRosedale

I’m in the process of opening up a very small co-working space on Koh Phangan, Thailand, as working on my own from the jungle has worn pretty thin over recent years - I miss talking tech with people who share my passion for digital creativity. I’d really like to see Koh Phangan growing more popular as a digital nomad stopover. This seem to be going that way, as since getting fibre optic internet last year, we now have TWO co-working spaces - see here https://www.facebook.com/focusinparadise/ (mine, north of the island) and here https://facebook.com/kohspace/ (not mine, south of the island)

Hope to see some of you on the island soon!

  • davedub
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Hi everyone, my name is Eric. I’m a software engineer, originally from Los Angeles. I quit my job back in June 2015 and got bit by the travel bug when I visited Bangkok in July. I had a fair amount of savings, so I decided to pack up, sell most of my stuff, and move to Bangkok. I’m still figuring out a source of income and a long term living arrangement.

Hoping this wasn’t a reckless move while I figure things out one day at a time!

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@troyson 8yr

My name is Troy Erstling, hailing all the way from Manalapan, NJ - but I live the majority of the year in Bangalore, India.

I’ve been traveling for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I went away by myself on trips every year with my mother. Then when I got old enough I went on my own to sleepaway camp. Then I went to university across the country in Arizona. From there the travel bug really crept in.

For the next few years I studied abroad in Buenos Aires Argentina, then taught English in Seoul, South Korea, then moved to Bangalore, India where I worked for a startup company (Zipcar of India), before quitting my job to start my own venture, BrainGain.co (we help people find international work opportunities).

I’m currently in NJ, traveling around the east coast speaking at Universities. I’ll be back in Bangalore, India and then Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, throughout the remainder of the year. This 3 month span at home will be the longest I’ve been at home in one stretch in the last 4 years. Crazy how time flies…

Most memorable - While eating at a restaurant in India someone overheard me speaking and offered me a job as a voice actor for animated films. I now work remotely and record voiceovers for animated Indian cartoons. Absolute dream come true.

My biggest learning is that entrepreneurs aren’t superheroes. In the beginning when I started learning about startups I idolized founders and digital nomads, thinking they were these elusive hyper intelligent group of people who I had to learn everything I could from. What I ended up learning is that entrepreneurs are mostly normal people plus one big difference > Intrinsic motivation and hustle. All it takes is a good work ethic and belief in oneself and you don’t need to be very special to make this lifestyle a reality.

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Hello,

My name is Aaron, I’m an online psychotherapist/life coach dipping my toes into the digital nomad lifestyle. I am also a practicing Stoic. I first became aware of this lifestyle back when I had a brick and mortar psychotherapy office outside of Washington, DC and had a few clients that were digital nomads. I did some research and found this style of living and traveling fascinating and intriguing.

Right now I am in Mexico, working with some clients online, as well as writing a book (which is a serious exercise in discipline) for a few months. I’m going back to DC for the holidays and probably follow the herd to Thailand for the winter. This has been a great experience thus far, including the various challenges and obstacles. My most memorable moment so far has been building a Day of the Dead altar with some locals and celebrating those who we all have died over the years with them. An amazing cathartic experience for me.

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@ddelce 8yr

what’s your name? Dani
where are you from? Originally Hawaii, but also San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh
what do you do? UX designer
where are you currently? Boston/Toronto/New York
where are you going? Berlin or Barcelona

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@gokonrad 8yr

Hey all! Great to meet everyone. I’m Konrad, digital nomad and founder & CEO of TripScout. I also run the blog World Venture Project. Quick blurb on both:

  1. TripScout: TripScout provides self-guided city tours from top local guides. We curate a list of sites for you and provide engaging audio guides on an offline map with GPS. USA Today said this app “helps travelers explore the local side of the city” and Travel+Leisure added “finally, a travel app that’s purposefully, blissfully simple.”
  2. World Venture Project: It’s the blog about my quest to visit every country in the world (~70 and counting), help out inspiring charities and startups, build an awesome company, and have a blast doing it!

I live in DC but am moving to Cairo in a month. Drop me a line here or at [email protected]!

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Good to meet you all:
My name is David Chang, 30 from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
I’ve been away (going back home every so often) since 2008.
I’m a startup founder and IT consultant, currently in Raleigh NC for a while.
I’d like to visit Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, etc.)
Most memorable experiences usually involve getting lost for me, and finding amazing, unexpected stuff. Prehistoric birds in the Ecuadorian jungle, being escorted by a dolphin in Noosa, Australia. Finding a hidden shrine in Chile.
Will probably be back home for a bit two years from now (2017-8).
I’ve learned to trust people more often that you would normally, especially tourists in the same situation as yourself. Makes things incredibly better.

What is your favorite place to visit? What are the best ancient temples (cultures) to check out?

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@n_molham 9yr

Hello All,
My name is Nabeel Molham, a 27 years old freelance web developer, WordPress specialist who lives in Mansoura, Egypt. I am in the business of software development for about 10 years :relaxed:

I am trying to be a digital nomad which I started last November in Coworking Camp Turkey but I am having troubles in acquiring countries Visas as you can imagine :smiley: I am Arab after all despite being Christian Coptic Orthodox. anyways I am trying to boost my nomad journey so I am hoping to get some tips and tricks for that.

Thanks for your time.

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Ah the dreaded “getting to know you” questions. The bane of our existence yet somehow a necessary evil :grin:

Name: Kristin Wilson
From: Vero Beach & St. Augustine, FL USA
Away from home: Pretty much since 2002; I’ve been back here and there a few times
What I do: Currently a relocation consultant for remote workers, online poker players, digital nomads and a global mobility specialist for some corporate employees
Where I am: Today I’m in North Carolina
Going to: Costa Rica for the rest of the year
Memorable so far: Those moments when you want to pinch yourself: biking through Amsterdam under a full moon, paddling out at Uluwatu on a perfect day, love at first sight, so many moments strung together… the journey is the destination
Going home soon?: Headed to Florida tomorrow for a week or so
Lessons learned as a nomad: It will always work out; appreciate the unexpected detours; work HARD; appreciate your freedom; be humble; help others

Bonus Questions:
Favorite destinations, not necessarily with the best internet: Portland, OR; Kiawah Island, SC; Vancouver, CA; Playa del Carmen, MX; Pan Dulce, CR; Corn Island, NI; Amsterdam, NL; Budapest, HU; Byron Bay & Manly, AU
Words of wisdom: When it comes to your own creativity, your own ideas and your own path in life, be yourself and do what YOU want to do. You are the only one who knows what to tell yourself to do! Others can never truly know what’s best for you. The answers are always on the inside, not outside. No matter how far and wide you travel, remember you can’t run from yourself or anything else and you won’t ever find yourself out there - you are always you and will always be you. Be yourself, do your thing, have fun, stop seeking outwardly and enjoy the ride! Love yourself for who you are, not what you do/where you go/what you accomplish (that’s just a bonus and part of you expressing you).
**

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Hi there everyone! My name is Tim and yesterday I booked a Ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am really excited to go and keep working on my business, and I created this account so that I network before I leave. If there are any people in need of SEO (300 daily visitors to your blog for example), or a great salesman, send me a message!

What’s your name? Tim Casentini!

Where are you from? Stockholm, Sweden

How long have you been away from home? I am moving July 30th to Chiang Mai

What do you do? I am in sales! Ive sold blenders for 500 dollars, electricity, lottery tickets, you name it! I am starting an SEO service (www.zoomwebb.com) and we will be selling SEO B2B.

Where are you currently? Stockholm Sweden

Where are you going? Chiang Mai, Thailand

What has been memorable for you so far? —

Will you go home anytime soon? ----

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad? —

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What’s your name? Chris Reynolds

Where are you from? Lee’s Summit, Missouri

How long have you been away from home? I left the US in early 2011 for Costa Rica for 13 months. Then went to Peru for 7 months, hiked the Camino de Santiago 2x, lived in Madrid for a month, Marbella for another month, Seville for a month and Barcelona for 15 months. Now in Chiang Mai for a month and off to Rio de Janeiro for 2 months. Then back to Barcelona!

What do you do? Organize coliving and fun experiences for online entrepreneurs/digital nomads

Where are you currently? Chiang Mai, Thailand

Where are you going? Places…really cool places :wink:

What has been memorable for you so far? Started a project to build a pool for children with development disabilities, another project to build a farm for malnourished children in Peru, another to build a home for slave children in Ghana. I also really enjoy bringing online entrepreneurs together from all over the world to build business, have fun and enjoy some of the most exotic locations on the planet.

Will you go home anytime soon? Barcelona is my new home :smile:

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
ANYTHING is possible with hard work and clear intention :wink:

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Hey nomads, finally getting around to intro’ing myself here.

I’m Chris, and I’m from the US. I’ve been travelling since I read On The Road in college about 12 years ago. I like to go somewhere and stay there long enough to soak up the local color.

I’m a software engineer, specializing in user experience, and I’m currently about to move to Maui for a few months. If you are around, let me know, I’d love to meet up.

Cheers!

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@psedillo 9yr

what’s your name? Paul Sedillo
where are you from? Living in Austin, Texas (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico)
how long have you been away from home? I’ve been traveling off and on across the US for the last 15+ years due to work. During that time I’ve expanded my travels internationally. Over the past five years I’ve ramped up my international travel, hitting more countries each year.
what do you do? Well, up until October 9th, 2015 I lived in the tech industry working for companies such as Cisco, HP, and EMC to name a few (25 years). My job was to sell large enterprise class customers solutions based on the company that I worked for.

During that time I did numerous things to fill my desire to be an entrepreneur: from designing a chess database back in the late 90s, created an online web store selling computer hardware (also in the 90s), filled my creative need by being a professional photographer, played poker to supplement my income, and launched a media company that delivered live web broadcasts.

Now that I finally took the plunge and have decided I will sink or swim based on building several new companies and traveling the world. More details to follow as things unfold!
where are you currently? Austin, Texas
where are you going? Planning on traveling to Italy in November and France in December. My 2016 agenda is still coming together but the goal is to hit twelve new countries next year.
what has been memorable for you so far? Without a doubt it’s the people I’ve met in each of the countries I’ve visited. To me this is what makes traveling and working abroad so appealing.
will you go home anytime soon? I love living in Austin and it’s the perfect home base for me.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? The more I travel, the more I have become a student of the world. Life is meant to be lived to the fullest and being a nomad allows this to happen.

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I agree that Sete is fairly expensive. I’m subsidising my higher summer rent with the savings on my cheaper winter rent. But it’s still significantly cheaper than the UK, and what I’ll be paying for a very, very nice two bedroom flat just off the Canal Royal(e) (?) in Sete is about what I’d pay for one room in an average shared flat in London.

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what’s your name?

Jim.

where are you from?

New Zealand.

how long have you been away from home?

10 years.

what do you do?

Start companies, build them up, sell them. Trying to build companies now that can operate with very little input (via systems, processes and automation), passive income is the goal here.

where are you currently?

Shenzhen, China. A complete shithole of a place, but I’m here to build up experience with product development/sourcing/distribution.

where are you going?

As soon as things are stable, business wise, I’m heading to Tokyo.

what has been memorable for you so far?

Living in a number of countries, connecting with fellow nomads, but also connecting with hyper successful people that I otherwise wouldn’t have had access to back home.

will you go home anytime soon?

No. I now see the world as “home”.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

Self dependence/reliance and that the world is full of opportunity.

Keep hustling.

J.

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I’m Jo from the UK (Norwich) - have been following various discussions on here for a while, but only just signed up …

I set up my business as a freelance writer and proofreader about 2.5 years ago and have been a full-time digital nomad since January this year. I’ve been pottering around Europe for this first year, just to see how I get on working on the road. And I’m loving it…

Currently in Split, Croatia. Heading to Zadar next, popping home briefly for a family birthday, then I’m trying to work out a good (warm) nomad base in Europe for November & December. Next year, I’m hoping to head back to SE Asia - been there as a traveller, though I wasn’t a digital nomad then.

Lots of good memories from this year - skydiving at the Alive in Berlin conference in May, dancing on the beach at the Worldwide Festival in Sete, meeting a load of awesome nomads at the DNX conference in Berlin in July/August. And I think realising I can do this - while I’ve travelled a lot before, it’s rarely been as a solo traveller (certainly not for such a long time) and never running my own business on the road. So I still get little flashes of ‘shit, I’m really doing this and it’s working!’ I struggle sometimes with the balance between client work/exploring/developing my business - with the latter often taking a back seat. A habit I’m trying to break…

I will go home soon, but only for a couple of family birthdays and Christmas :wink: - no plans to give this up yet. I’ve barely started…

Looking forward to connecting with other nomads - it’s so good to find your tribe :smiley:

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Nice to see another writerly type!

I’ll be spending the summer of 2016 (i.e. the five months from May through September) in Sete. I’ve just spent the summer about half an hour to the north, and an afternoon outing to Sete was enough to convince me that I want to spend a lot more time there!

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Hi Ani!

Good to see you too!

I loved Sete, and wish I could have stayed for longer, but I was only really there for the Worldwide Festival which is a week of craziness organised by my favourite DJ, Gilles Peterson. Having come from Lisbon & the south of Spain, I also found it fairly expensive, although of course that could have been due to the festival! Enjoy!

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Here I am wonderful nomads! I’m Mattia, 23 years old soul from Italy. I’m currently in my homevillage in the north near Cremona but I’ll leave to Hanoi on Thursday 15th, where I’ll work at least for six months for a dmc (destination management company) tour operator called Easia Travel, helping the sales team and the italian team mainly assisting italian travelers.

I’m a food and music passionate, nature and meditation lover, I strive to keep myself positive attitude every day and I’m always looking for new stimulating experiences and traveling around the world. I’ve been so far living and traveling in Turkey, Istanbul, Namibia, London and I came back from my last living experience in Tanzania, where I lived for three months. My most memorable times have been so far in Tanzania within the Serengeti National Park, visiting the Hadzabe tribe, exploring the nature, wandering on a sandbank in Pemba, dancing and listening to music in Brixton and Hoxton in London, climbing the dune 45 in Namibia and watching the Namib Naukluft Park from above the majestic scenery of the endless colorful cliffs. Much more …

During my wandering and nomad times I learnt how to celebrate life everyday, how to fully love myself, how to share spontaneously my feelings and moments with other people and most important I learnt how to love and living the moment with full consciousness, at least I’m trying.

Smile everyday, dance, sing, dance and love

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@jlmakes 9yr

what’s your name? Julian
where are you from? Oakland, California, USA
how long have you been away from home? Just 9 days
what do you do? Software Design and Web Development
where are you currently? Lisbon, Portugal
what has been memorable for you so far? Selling virtually everything I own
will you go home anytime soon? No one knows the future (but probably not)

I‘ve got a bit of savings, and have decided to travel while I launch a new company.

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I’ll keep it short. Attention spans and that…
what’s your name? Stephen
where are you from? Toronto, Canada, but now Berlin, Germany since 2006
how long have you been away from home? :smile: what’s home?
what do you do? Senior iOS Developer.
will you go home anytime soon? Have no idea
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I’m just getting going with this

Hoping to find a remote job(s) that will allow me some flexibility to move around southeast Asia this winter, ranging from 3-5 months! Any leads are appreciated!

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what’s your name? Jeff
where are you from? Oklahoma, but living in San Diego area for 15 years
how long have you been away from home? A week - rented a place in Medellin for 6 weeks and I am taking Spanish lessons - so maybe I will stay a while
what do you do? Own an established digital marketing company.
will you go home anytime soon? Have no idea
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? There are a shitload of ways to meet people - it is amazing.

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@robbie 9yr

Hi everyone!
I registered myself to this forum because we are seriously considering leaving our small country for at least 1 year. The last 3 years we were spending our hollidays in Costa Rica, to work as volunteers in an animal rescue center. We enjoyed the work, the country and all these new interesting people so much, that we decided to go back for 3 months in 2016. Even though we would like to go for a much longer period of time, 3 months is the maximum we can afford right now… We own a house (actually, the BANK owns a house :wink: ) in Belgium and we need to keep on paying our loan while we are abroad… also, we don’t get paid during these 3 months…

So, while I was surfing the World Wide Web, I discovered something called “digital nomads” :slight_smile: This caught my attention straight away, and we started reading about this “phenomenon”…

A few days and many late night conversations with my partner later, I found this nice forum… So here I am, a new born digital nomad in the make!

what’s your name?
Robbie
where are you from?
Belgium
how long have you been away from home?
We didn’t leave yet
what do you do?
Planning to do website development, blogging, photography, photo editing, translations and customer service
where are you currently?
Still in Belgium
where are you going?
All over the world!

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what’s your name? Omar Mohamed
where are you from? I was born in Sicily, Italy, and than moved to Turin, in the Northwest Italy to follow my Computer Science Bachelor Degree Courses
how long have you been away from home? I lived in many place (Egypt, US, Italy) but for no more than 3 months. I am going to graduate in a week and start my new life as digital nomad! But actually I am away from 5 years in Turin, coming back few times per year
what do you do? I am software engineer/analyst specialized in java and android development
where are you currently? Turin, waiting for my graduation
where are you going? I have to decide to move to Spain, US or Australia: I received different job offers and I am going to evaluate the best for me as starting point
what has been memorable for you so far? Understand that I can live a rich life as Digital Nomad!
will you go home anytime soon? No, I will spend probably the next years in many places in the world, than come back just for a short time
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Still not yet a nomad, I will let you know!

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[quote=“CoffeeShopCEO, post:1, topic:229”]
what’s your name? Chris Reynolds
where are you from? From Lee’s Summit, Missouri USA
how long have you been away from home? 4.5 years as a digital nomad/online entrepreneur
what do you do? Founder of http://TheEntrepreneurHouse.com
where are you currently? Barcelona
where are you going? Thailand, Rio de Janeiro, USA, then back to Barcelona for 8 months in 2016
what has been memorable for you so far? The incredible journey of traveling the world and working online
will you go home anytime soon? Yes, for Christmas maybe 5 weeks
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Anything is possible
Who wants to connect?
-Looking for other online entrepreneurs that want co-living in exotic locations all over the world.

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I am Virginie, a native Parisian and one of the “older” nomads :wink:, working as a consultant validating markets and developing marketing strategies for tech giants, SMEs and university researchers. I work anywhere where there are clients, projects and teams e.g. London, Boston, Bristol, Paris, Istanbul… all whilst enjoying windsurfing, cycling, good food and friendships.

In February 2015, I jumped over the fence and started my own business to valorise my remote management, entrepreneurship and mobile marketing experience: my business partner is an expert in organisational performance and so we are developing a new app on Meteor platform for mobile team leaders to re-align the corporate objectives with their team goals.

Anyone interested in piloting the solution, please contact me.

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Hi everyone!
I’m Jesper (@jesperbylund) and I’m originally from Stockholm, Sweden.
I’m still in Stockholm, mostly because my partner in life, Sara, prefers to travel in short bursts. But we’ve spent a lot of time the last few years in London, Berlin, Italy and will keep vagabonding around.
I design and develop web experiences, dabble a bit in native apps as well.
The next stop for me will probably be the US to visit my brother. But I’ve been hoping to hang our in the Alps, Tokyo, San Sebastian.
I lived for a few weeks in a medieval town called Ripatransone on the east coast of italy, google it, it’s amazing.

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@pfaff90 9yr

Nihao, Hola, Salut und Gruezi mitenand!

I’m Gabriel, a 25 years old swiss on the road since nearly two months now. Working for my little rental company back in switzerland on what I can do online (thanks to SAAS a lot is possible). Currently staying in Sucre, Bolivia for a few weeks and then going to BA for two months. Later on Zhuhai (southern china) is on the plan, and some SEA too.
i’ll probably be back in Bern next fall, still got an MBA to finish there :slight_smile:

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What’s your name? - Simon
Where are you from? - Scotland (Aberdeen), now in England (Brighton), and soon heading to Spain (Valencia).
What do you do? - Design & develop properties. I’ve joined Amy Hoy’s 30x500 digital product design & development course as want to try do digital business. And I’m a keen beach volleyballer.
Where are you currently? - Brighton
Where are you going? - Valencia
Will you go home any time soon? - Not yet, I’ll be in Valencia from the end of October for 12 weeks.
Comments - I’m very curious to experience the reality of the digital nomad (business) life, and looking forward to connecting, learning and helping-out here :smile:

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What’s your name? - I’m James
Where are you from? - Norwich for 5 years, London most recently, now at home with my family in Kent for a few months
What do you do? - I ran a digital agency for 3 years, I’ve been freelance consulting for a year since then while I find something I want to pursue long term. I’m going to start a web development company over the next couple of months to fund my travelling.
Where are you currently? - Sittingbourne, Kent
Where are you going? - I really want to spend some time in Berlin and Austria, so early next year hopefully I’ll be there
Will you go home any time soon? - I’m at my family home right now while I start working on a new small business for funds.

Anybody looking to travel around Europe early next year?

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@peterpark 9yr

Hey Aaron, it used to be in Burlington, but they moved to East Johnson, VT. The center is called Center for Mindful Learning. It’s a really exciting place. Come on over for a free lunch if you’re ever in the area!

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Thanks, Peter. I’ll be in Vermont in December and will check it out, if I have time.

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@peterpark 9yr

Sounds great, send me an email [email protected] if you’re in the area!

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@ellen 9yr

Hello! :smile:

I’m Ellen, and I’m a Brit. I’ve been away from the UK about three years, and fell into this lifestyle by happy accident. I was working for a management consultancy in London, had no life, and decided to leave to take a few months out. During those few months, I discovered this lifestyle…and thought, hey, I wonder how I could do that. And here I am, three years later, still doing it.

I’m a bit non-standard (I’m not a techie or a copywriter :wink: ) in that I’m a work psychologist by profession/training, and I continue to freelance about 8-10 days a month on this in various places in the Middle East & SE Asia. The consulting currently funds my time in two other ‘streams’ of work/income I am developing: A personal development website/blog at http://ellenbard.com; and fiction writing (http://ellenbardauthor.com first novel out hopefully Oct 2015). Oh, and, you know, because it’s mandatory, I have a travel blog at http://whereverthewindtakesme.com.

I tend to base myself out of Chiang Mai, Thailand, though I’ve done a couple of x6 months stints on Koh Phangan, Thailand, and I do a lot of travel from Chiang Mai (since I left the UK I’ve been to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Dubai, Saudi, US, amongst other places).

I’m not intending to go back to the UK any time soon. As to ‘home’ - where is that again??

What’s been most memorable? Now that is a difficult question. My entire life is different. Almost nothing is the same. I’ve learned so much about myself, who I am, what drives me, what I want to do, other cultures, people. It’s been amazing. Oh, and I’m happy. I don’t think I could have said that three years ago…

Safe travels x

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Hey fellow DNs!

It’s been a while that I use this website for my “where to go next” choices. I was in Turkey when I first found it through Google about a year ago and since then I have been showing it to everyone. This Peter guy is amazing and only produces good stuff for us. I’ve recently used remoteok.io to hire an online English Teacher for my team and it was amazing. I keep getting great DN CVs. Thanks Peter! Keep up the good work man! We need you!

I am from Brazil, have lived in five countries(US, Canada, Spain, Thailand, Bali), became a DN 2 years ago when I founded www.maxicareercoaching.com and so far Spain and Thailand have become the two places I consider settling in when I get tired of so much hopping around. I come to Brazil a few months each year to visit clients, friends and family but not the place I want to live anymore.

If any of you are in Brazil on Oct 1st(next thu), I am organizing the Nomadlist event in SP in the art studio of a client of mine who is one of the most respected brazilian contemporary artists. I didn’t expect so many people confirming and I guess most of them are “DN wanna bees”, which proves how much this lifestyle is the future. We are ahead!

I’ll be heading to Mexico (Puerto Vallarta and Playa del Carmen) next week for a month and would love to meet those of you who are out there or anywhere else! Like minded ones always spark great conversation! See ya! Mari @maxicareercoach

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@joaocunha 9yr

Olá! My name is João Cunha, and I’m a Front-End Engineer at fetlife.com (NSFW).

I travel often, and came back home after living for two years in Dubai. I’ve been working remotely since early this year, but I have done it in the past as well.

I’m Brazilian, and currently back to Presidente Prudente, SP where I used to live when I was younger. I plan on staying here for a little while and then traveling around again.

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Hey Joao! Prazer! Can you help me share our nomadlist event in Sampa?

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@kumi 9yr

Hi there,
I’m Kumi, from Japan.
It’s almost 2years and 11month since I have been away from home. (1 year and 3 months for working in Philippines, and 1 year and 8 month for wandering)
Now I’m writhing blogs and travel articles in Japanese, making LINE stamps and being in charge of answering inquiries on Airbnb instead of Japanese host. etc etc.
Currently I’m in Bangkok.
I have no plan to go back to Japan yet. I love this life style. :relaxed:
I have been to just only South East Asia and Taiwan aside from Japan, I hope I can go to good other cities or towns for Digital Nomad, for example, Central Asia or Europe. :smiley:

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@srkraidu 9yr

SRKRaidu
India
5 years
Work on compu ters
India
Don’t know
No such thing
Yeah
Not still a nomad

What are you upto ?

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@ndalliard 9yr

Hey nomads,

I am Nate from Switzerland. Studying computer science for the next two years.

After graduation I want to start my digital nomad lifestyle from Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Besides that I am vegan, minimalist and do yoga almost daily.

I was already in Egypt, Thailand, Nepal, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, India, Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain. I defenitely want to see even more.

The best journey was in Egypt when we where 2 weeks in the desert. That was peaceful. Great to be without any electronic and just relax and take time for myself.

I want to go to Thailand to work remotely and work on my own business. And still have the time to hangout and explore the world. To spend my money wisely and eat cheap and good food.

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@emre 9yr

what’s your name?
Emre
where are you from?
London UK
how long have you been away from home?
Couple of months
what do you do?
I work for a global IT company as a UX Researcher. Initially started my careers as a IOS developer.
where are you currently?
Istanbul, Turkey
where are you going?
I haven’t decided yet, I made a stop in Istanbul to see my family and friends. I’m still to decide the next stop. SEA looks very appealing
what has been memorable for you so far?
Looking out of the window of my apartment on the european side of Istanbul and seeing the Asian side.
will you go home anytime soon?
Not sure where home is tbh.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Fibre Optic Internet is hard to come by.

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@diofeher 9yr

Olá!

My name is Diógenes and I’m software developer based in João Pessoa, Brazil. I’ve been working home office since I started my career in software development (6 years ago). Right now I’m consulting with two US companies and trying to build a product that helps to workout using your own bodyweight at home or anywhere else. (http://streetbarz.com/)

I’m not a digital nomad yet, but I’m starting my journey next 1st October, I’m going to some cities in Brazil and then I will head out to Palo Alto to stay there for 2 months. After that I will plan another place to go. :slight_smile:

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Oi Diogenes! Prazer! Can you help me share our [nomadlist][1] event in Sampa?

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Olá! I’m Eduardo, 30 years old Brazilian born (São Paulo), worked in the financial industry for 6 years when finally decided to explore the world. Lived in Vancouver and California for 2 years, then visited 30 more countries looking for business opportunities on my own.

I’m a home office kind of person since 2010, but a real nomad since 2013. I’m currently in Florianópolis Brazil, which is a mix of Ibiza (because of the beach and parties) and Sillicon Valley (because of the tech hubs), but ready for my next trip.

Professionally, I make people rich. I’m not a coder, designer or anything technical, I’m just that guy that knows how business work. As a bizdev supporting International companies to land in Latin America and vice-versa, I can work from anywhere but can’t drop my iPhone for more than 2 hours (it’s ok, I like it). I also run some ecommerces (funky socks, pocket squares) and am also an expert in the adult and dating industry (having worked as a consultant for the largest players in the market). That’s right, I make money with sex! :slight_smile:

Best experiences of my life were losing a tooth running drunk in the streets of Barcelona, falling in love in 24 hours for a Swedish girl that helped opening my AirBnb high-tech door, being kicked out from Canada because I decided to travel for a week without a valid VISA to get back in the country, getting food poison in Moscow and literally sleeping on the toilet for 3 days, and more stories to come… Yeah, life is awesome!

I’m currently looking for my next place, probably Medellin and Cartagena for the end of 2015. Always interested in meeting all-round entrepreneurs like myself with great ideas of businesses. If you are a coder that doesn’t know how to make money, be my guest as well! @duborges

Keep rocking the world, digital nomads!

Tchau!

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Oi Edu! Prazer! Can you help me share our [nomadlist][1] event in Sampa?

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what’s your name?
Andrew, same as my username

where are you from?
SF bay area

how long have you been away from home?
Still in the rat race, I am leaving next month

what do you do?
Full stack data scientist, and machine learning engineer. I have been doing this at Linkedin for the past 3+ years. I’m also a technical advisor at several startups.

where are you currently?
SF Bay area

where are you going?
Still undecided. I would like to take a train from Singapore to Portugal, but I might go be a ski bum for a few months first.

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Aloha Nomads!

My name is Kate and I’m excited to have found this group! I’m originally from Northern CA but currently residing in Hawaii. I have been working remote and globally for the last 2 years.

I’m a jill of all trades. I run marketing for a medical device company, consult for an app and am a consumer product goods developer for fun!

My boyfriend and I usually do two remote working trips a year. So far we’ve been to Hubud (Bali), ASpace (Manila), about 12 coworking spaces in the US and a few co-working places in Hawaii and in Germany.

My favorite part of working on the go is meeting the cool people along the journey. We have friends for life that we’ve run into along the way and it’s comforting each time you meet someone new to know that they are MSH (making sh!t happen) too.

I’d love it if people could chime in on their favorite co-working destination and why so I can get future ideas of where to visit! Cheers!

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@guy 9yr

-what’s your name? Guy
-where are you from? I’m from Utrecht, Holland
-how long have you been away from home? Haven’t left yet, but i’m getting ready yo leave
-what do you do? I own and operate a website that helps people gain location independence
-where are you going? First stop is Indonesia

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@freedio 9yr

Name: Dom for Dominik, but I also go by Don and Ash, depending on what I do
From: Zurich, Switzerland
Jobs: IT Professional. I actually did about everything in IT in the last 30 years, but specialized in Java development for government, banking and industry applications. I also have a weekly WordPress blog and implement web pages (mainly TYPO3), my father [a professional photographer] doing the layout I translate into a responsive form.
Destinations:
− 2015-07-30: Zurich, Switzerland
2015-07-30
2015-09-14 − 2015-09-20: Rome, Italy
2015-09-23 − 2015-10-22: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
2015-10-23 − 2015-11-18: Zurich, Switzerland
2015-11-19 − 2016-xx-xx: Chiang Mai / Bangkok / Koh Lanta (Phuket), Thailand + Saigon, Vietnam

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@dozen 9yr

what’s your name? Jason
where are you from? Gold Coast, Australia
how long have you been away from home? on and off every year
what do you do? Business Analyst and physical product/brand developer
where are you currently? Home, Australia
where are you going? Bangkok Thailand 1 month or so
what has been memorable for you so far? hmmm.
will you go home anytime soon? 6 weeks
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? not quite there yet, i travel alot but not work on the road that produces income, yet.

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@dvc 9yr

what’s your name?
David

where are you from?
Charlottesville, VA

what do you do?
I studied economics and worked in a finance research/data science position for half a year after getting my degree; I’m currently jobless by choice and planning to end up as an interpreter or software developer.

where are you going?
Sibiu, Romania, for October. For November, I’m thinking about Croatia, Slovenia, or the Czech Republic, and in the winter likely southern Europe (Mediterranean coast of Spain? Greece?), Turkey, and/or North Africa.

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@ayoungh 9yr

what’s your name?
Anthony Young

where are you from?
London, UK

how long have you been away from home?

Still at home, i have not yet moved…

what do you do?
Javascript Developer (Mainly frontend)

where are you currently?
London

where are you going?
I am thinking to move to my wife’s country - Philippines

Would love to know your thoughts on moving here, thanks all :smile:

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@jennjenn 9yr

who are you?
Hi! I’m Jenn Vargas. Based on NYC at the moment, so I haven’t been away from home at all. I spent most of last year traveling around, but this year I was grounded thanks to a not-remote-friendly job. It was awesome, but my wanderlust got the best of me. Now I’m back to freelance work and trying to get back out into the world!

what do you do?
I’m a product development / UX consultant (http://accomplsh.co). I work with companies and startups to get their digital products off the ground or improve the products they already have. I also run a blog, Ready Jet Set (http://readyjetset.co) and a weekly traveler interview series called Wanderling (http://wanderling.co). I love my .co’s. I also tinker with web development here and there. I have a site I’ve been running for the last 5 years that really needs an overhaul. Some day!

where are you going?
I have some domestic trips planned between now and the end of the year, and also my first trip to Iceland in November which I’m super excited for! It’s a proper vacation too, so that should be nice!

Next year is my goal travel year. I’m hoping to be able to work remotely 100% or at least get to travel to and from my clients as needed.

Looking forward to getting to know you all and sharing tips and experiences!

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Hi Matthew,
Aussie here. Prepping myself for the nomad lifestyle from my home base in Brisbane.
[ugh… so officially I’m not a nomad yet?]
about me

  • Originally a Mechanical Engineer, building my skills as a Data Scientist/Data Miner/Statistician etc.
  • Regular Latin Dancer (also Tango & Brazilian styles)
  • Can host Nomads from here that are in Brisbane.
  • Just signed up for an Estonian E-Residency. (how I found this site although I vaguely recall stumbling across it previously)
  • Looking to network and exchange ideas on how to work remotely, tender for work in various locations etc.

etc.

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  • My name is Essa Saulat :smile: (fun fact: Essa is the arabic name for Jesus)
  • I’m originally from Pakistan. Currently in the UK, but previously lived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Miss good (and cheap!) spicy food so much!

  • It’s been 6 years since I’ve been away from home (Whoa, hadn’t realised it had been that long till I just wrote this).

  • I am one of the founders of Esplorio, through which I hope to help make it easier for people to record and share their travels (basically helps you create trips like this one -> Oxford to Italy road trip. I also do consulting for a few startups which helps to pay the bills and lets me buy lots of cheese (I really really like cheese).

  • I am currently bouncing between Oxford (in an incubator at the University) and High Wycombe (where my co-founders and I live)

  • Going to San Francisco in a few weeks to exhibit at TC Disrupt and meet a few people in the travel industry. Don’t know very many people there, so if you are around and would like to grab a beer, do get in touch). Hoping to go to Croatia in a few months and also have a potential trip to Australia planned later this year :slight_smile:

  • Lots of things really! a) Recent road trip to Italy (the trip that’s linked above). It was right after everyone on my team quit their jobs and started working full time, so we decided to start the next year off the right way. Rented a small place in Bellano, overlooking Lake Como and spent two weeks deciding what we wanted to do next with Esplorio and then started building what we wanted. Probably some of the most fun I’ve had in years :smiley: b) New years on a quite beach in Penang, Malaysia with a bunch of street artists and lots of fresh seafood. c) Having lived in Oxford :smiley:

  • Don’t think I will be going home anytime soon.

  • The lesson I learnt: Been thinking about it for 15 mins now, but not really sure there is any one thing that stands out. It’s more like a thousand tiny little things versus any one profound thing.

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@ld 4yr

How did you fine the Como region? Do you think there’s taxis or public transportation to hop around? We won’t have a car, only bikes. : )

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Hi There,

My name is Florian Feibel, a 28 years old french online marketer, i’m passionate about the internet industry. It’s a bit the past, present and for sure future for the world, organizations and business. When i was young i saw that internet will change the world forever, so i’d like to be part of this movement.

So i’ll tried to learn everything which was in touch with internet : create website, videos, HTML, JS, SEO SEA etc … and of course i have studied online marketing and business administration. I’m now in web analytics industry, because i like the digital performance management, the way to improve results on the internet. So digital data is my expertise.

I’m not a nomad, i’m living in Paris right now, but i’m interested by remote and location independant working style. I think i’m open minded, so people around this group seems to be full of insights, that’s why i joined. Raising each others together is important.

Enjoy your life.

Florian

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@peterpark 9yr

My name is Peter Park, I’ll be 29 in a month. I am/was a web developer and also did some online marketing. I also have a Masters degree in Philosophy.

From 2011-2013, I lived inside a small RV traveling cross country. I was inspired by Tynan who I got to meet at the end of my travels. I got tired of the journey and RV repairs towards the end and settled in Boston for a while. I lived in Europe for about a month in 2013 though.

Recently, I joined a “Modern Monastery” in Vermont which isn’t attached to any specific tradition or lineage. We do 5+ hours of meditation/day and work 5+ hours/day on businesses and the community. It’s almost perfect except I don’t make any money.

I can definitely see myself being a nomad again once I’m done here whenever that is.

I learned being a nomad is great but settling down in one place is also great. Ideally, I’d like to do both.

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Peter,

Just of out curiosity, where in Vermont is the monastery located? I grew up in Vermont.

Aaron

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@oskar 9yr

what’s your name? - Oskar
where are you from? - I was born in Peru, but relocated to Uruguay 9 years ago.
how long have you been away from home? - Currently 2 months :). I have traveled to many countries in America and Europe and i see in the future going to Asia and Australia.
what do you do? - I’m a Sysadmin / DevOps Engineer working remotely for some clients in Australia, USA and Europe.
where are you currently? - London, UK.
where are you going? - In the near future not sure yet, London is amazing. But in the long term Asia and Australia.
what has been memorable for you so far? - The freedom of doing whatever i want to do without regrets and having great experiences while living abroad.
will you go home anytime soon? - I’ll be back in Uruguay by december but just for the summer before going away again
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - how wonderful is the world where you can meet interesting people, new cultures and experiences. Living like a digital nomad gives you a different perspective in Life.
Cheers!

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what’s your name? - Anne Marie
where are you from? - the UK, more or less
how long have you been away from home? - I stopped having a permanent home in May 2012, so a bit more than three years ago
what do you do? - I’m a translator.
where are you currently? - The south of France
where are you going? - Belgium, then London, then Gran Canaria, but I’m not sure what’s next
what has been memorable for you so far? - How happy I am not being tethered to the same old, same old
will you go home anytime soon? - I’ll be back in London for about a month in late autumn
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - how much I love it and I that I want to live this way for as long as I can; also, I always take places that have WiFi so that I’m not searching out WiFi, as I would find that very stressful - I plan ahead and know where I’m going (albeit with some gaps to plug) for months ahead

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@quinnzeda 9yr

what’s your name?
Jenny
where are you from?
Texas! :smiley:
how long have you been away from home?
Location Independent since 2003 when I started my biz out of college… Had lots of smaller trips during that time, but didn’t go full-time traveler until 2010. So around 5 years now.
what do you do?
I work with a select few websites to help them convert more customers and earn more money through branding & user experience consulting. I used to do more freelance graphic design work, but found this is where I can provide the most value. I am also working on my own little site called www.nevernorth.com that helps intermediate to advanced creative freelancers go from surviving to thriving.
where are you currently?
Bangkok, Thailand
where are you going?
Right now, BKK is my home-base while I concentrate on building Never North and I take a trip every few months from there. My ultimate plan is to have a house somewhere I can retreat to when I need to creatively concentrate… then live in other cities for 3-6 month stints around the world. I like having a homebase, but I also like checking out new cities too.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Sitting on top of a volcano and watching the lava explode above me. All the awesome people I’ve connected with!
will you go home anytime soon?
Nope.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
How important my creative space is for my productivity. Without the right place to work, I find it hard to concentrate and have a good work/life balance.

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@sulaqo 9yr

Hi guys
Firstly , thanks to everyone I have got a lot of useful informations here and this community is a gold mine.
My name’s Antonio but my UK friends call me Tony :smile: .
I am a web developer with 14 years experience. I work mostly on Frontend / Design aspect , but I am also skilled on backend development ( LAMP Stack ).
I was born in Italy , in the stunning Rome a nice but at the same time expensive city.
After 3 years working for big companies / software houses , I decided to quit my job and moving to freelance life.
After 8 years of freelancing , I felt tired cause the Italian taxation system (we pay at least 55/65% of your income) I used to live in Latin America , I moved in Perù and exactly in Lima for 1 year , I met a girl there who helped me to settle in the right way.
This has been a great experience for me I have been in touch with a different culture and a lot of friendly people. I also spent 3 month in Chile , mainly in Santiago. I think is one of the best country I ever been in my life.
After this South American experience , I moved in UK , Manchester , I started work for some companies there , but due the weather and the cost of living I decided to quit my job and come back to Italy in the sunny Sicily , I live in Palermo now near the beach.
Now I am ready to move another time because the job market here is almost dead.
I am not sure I want to come back in UK , and this is why I’ll move to a nomad life.
I am looking to relocate in Asia , but I didn’t choose exactly where.
I am working on a personal project , on the music market but I still not have any income from there. I am also still in touch with some UK companies for work remotely.

Thanks again for your time , I hope to make a lot of new friends here and if someone wants to visit Sicily I am here just simply ask.

Ciao ! :slight_smile:

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@diarmuid 9yr

Hi guys,

I’m Diarmuid and I’m Irish.

Delighted to be part of the community. Currently I’m nomading in Asia. Only started the nomad life recently but hope to keep it going for the foreseeable future.

I’ve previously worked in the music and finance industry but I’m working on a couple of startups at the moment.

Looking forward to meeting you guys and contributing to the community :smile:

Diarmuid

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@qtippoet 9yr

Hey peeps, I’m Rica South African born. Moved to UK when I was 16. Been contracting/freelancing since 2006. Last 4 yrs I’ve been working abroad in Russia and Azerbaijan. Back in the UK for a holiday this month. I’m n infrastructure/projects guy primarily lending my skills to the entertainment industry but versatile. been a fun ride so far. Brazil next on the agenda or far east so will probably tap one guys out if and when I land.

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@netpom 9yr

Hi everyone,
I’m Fanny, a French girl who is working in the IT :smile: I start programming when I was 14 and few years later I start designing websites also. So finally, I launched my own business when I was living in Hong Kong (during almost 4 years). It was unbelievable, this city brings you a lot, many entrepreneurs, a good lifestyle, and a lot of networking events.
Now I’m in France for a bit but miss my travels. I was in NYC this year and I think I’ll go back there for a bit :smile:

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Hi there!

I’m Josh, originally from Pittsburgh, PA.

I’m currently living/working in NYC doing a bunch of app development, webinar hosting, and mechanical engineering design. Hoping to purchase a sailboat in the near future and live aboard full time piggy-backing off worldwide marina wifi. :smile:

Before NYC I worked as an Alaskan wilderness guide, did a 2-month stint in the Himalayas of N. India on a Royal Enfield 350 Bullet, sailed the world as a professional tall ship sailor for 6 years, lived in St. Nazaire, France after a crazy accident at sea, and spent a semester in Spain and a year in Chile as an exchange student.

Looking forward to contributing any way I can to this amazing group!

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Hi Gals and Gents, I’m Nathan 32, from Nottingham in the UK. However, I mainly lived in London prior to becoming a full time Nomad.

I’ve been Nomadic for 18 months now, traveling from Amsterdam, Tokyo, to south portugal to Lisbon and now currently in Budapest. I think I’ll be spending summer in Europe and moving over to sunny clients in the winter!

I joined this forum to try to beat the isolation that one can feel when traveling in for prolonged periods solo. So, I’m hopeful to meet up with people if you should be in the same city and fancy grabbing a few beers or a coffee don’t be afraid to hit me up :slight_smile:

I sold my business in 2012 and actually planned to retire, but after 18 months “premature retirement” I realized that I was either going to become a full time alcoholic or bat shit crazy. So I started and new telecoms business and packed my bags to travel and not looked back since.

what has been memorable for you so far? Apart from the people I have met its gotta be Tokyo, their food and culture mind blowingly awesome! But hey every place I have traveled seems more positive than the UK so have really enjoyed every place I have been so far.

will you go home anytime soon?
Not if I can help it! *Apart from Christmas for a few day cos you gotta see my momma *

Hardest thing about being a Nomad?
Keeping the money coming in on a regular and building momentum.

Thanks for the opportunity to engage with likeminded people.

Peace!

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Ay up me duck!

Nice to see someone else from Nottingham that has escaped. Drop me a line if you’re in Croatia in September.

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Hey up Ducky! :slight_smile:

Thanks for the message, will do for sure how long do you plan on being there for?

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I arrive on Wednesday and I’ll be there for a month in Split with my brother. Drop me a line if you’re near and fancy a beer :slight_smile:

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@holly 9yr

Hi Everyone -

My name is Holly and I am working on Pixc.
I am currently in San Francisco (from Sydney) and considering heading to Europe (Spain / France / Germany) or SE Asia (Thailand / Vietnam) as we are a distributed team.

I look forward to hearing / reading about everything on this forum about the best places to live, work and play.

Let me know if I can help with anything!

Holly

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@lufo 9yr

Hi, I’m Luis from Argentina. Me and my girlfriend have been nomading for the last 2 years, but we became full DNs last January when we sold/gave away all our stuff, terminated the rent and became homeless.

And I must say, these 8 months have been one of the best things that happened to my life!

So far we’ve been doing all our trips on car. We’ve been in south of Chile a few times, did an amazing trip to the Chiloé Island, missed the Calbuco eruption for a couple of days but met its ashes in San Martín de los Andes. Then we did like 4000km over the coast of Brazil: Florianópolis, Sao Paulo, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Búzios, Cabo Frío, Marataízes, Trancoso.

Now we are back in San Martín de los Andes, Patagonia, planning our next trip. Probably Bangkok. Not on car, of course :slight_smile:

See you around!

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First of all, holy **** - what an inspiring bunch of people with an inspiring bunch of stories here on The Digital Nomad Forum.

That aside, hi there, I’m Espen.

From Denmark … And still there. Although already location independent in terms of my professional situation - and the regular work excursions to local cafés - I’m currently trying to figure out the best way to practically experiment with a travel-intensive lifestyle (whether that means a completely nomadic way of life or having some kind of base to return to).

I finished my university studies a few years ago and since then I’ve been working with (online) communication and marketing in various guises. In that respect, I feel like I’m beginning to find my niche (even calling, if you will), but when it comes to deciding on a general way of life - including the location - I still have a long way to go. Literally.

I’ve done sporadic traveling over the years, the most memorable trip so far being 6 months in the US and South America. That’s now 9 years ago … wow. That experience, along with a few later ones, haunt me to this day in the most positive way possible.

I’m planning to get out of Denmark in September for testing out working on the road. Currently I’m researching spots in Europe that would include warmth, other like-minded location independent people, and a relatively low cost of living (as I’ll still have to pay (the ridiculously high Danish) rent back home).

Well, that’s it, I guess. Have a fantastic time, my new nomadic friend, and feel more than welcome to reach out to me!

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Hi,

I’m Savio Meireles, from Brazil.

I’ve been away from home for over 4 years now, however I’ve been living as an Expat, not as a Digital Nomad. At least not as a full time DN. I’ve done some social media management for a few brands while living in Australia, but I still had my ‘traditional’ job, in the ‘construction industry’, so I guess I’m still not a DN.

As I type this introduction I overlook the rice fields here in Ubud, Bali. Not a bad place to be, uhh?

I’ll be travelling in Asia for a while and then head to Brazil for Christmas and New Years eve.

I hope I can overcome this initial step and use my skills to help other people and businesses.

Thanks for the opportunity to engage with likeminded people.

Cheers!

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@olhuz 9yr

Oi Flávio,
Hoping that everything is doing great there, I wonder if you are still in Ubud.
By reading “Oi” I guess you could realize I’m Brazilian.
I’ll be flying to Bali on Sunday, 27th. If you’re still there and interested in grab a coffee sometime, just let me know.
Best.

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@kittytana 9yr

what’s your name? Kitty
where are you from? Bangkok, Thailand. (It’s funny that I’m doing the opposite to most people here :smile: )
how long have you been away from home? Since April 2014
what do you do? Started doing E-commerce July 2014
where are you currently? Playa del Carmen, Mexico
where are you going? Who knows? Anywhere and everywhere. Want a home base and travel from there instead of packing up my entire life every few months.
what has been memorable for you so far? All the people I’ve met, the experiences, memories, adventures. Priceless. I feel blessed everyday for this life.
will you go home anytime soon? No plans yet (to visit, not back to live)
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I don’t like to label myself as a “nomad”. I’m just enjoying my freedom to do whatever the hell I want… :smile:

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@jchatard 9yr

what’s your name?

Jérémy

where are you from?

France

how long have you been away from home?

3 years

what do you do?

I run a webshop, iOS firm, http://www.breek.fr

where are you currently?

Barcelona

where are you going?

Nepal, but just for 3 weeks, after, who knows!

what has been memorable for you so far?

Everything! India for the food, Nepal for the scenery, Australia for the feeling of freedom, Tasmania for the sunset, Cook Island for being in the middle of the Pacific, USA for scenery as well, Bolivia for not being on Earth, everything!!!

will you go home anytime soon?

Living in Barcelona, I often go and see family and friends and clients, like once or twice a month. But living there, no thank you :stuck_out_tongue:

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

Humility and take life as simply as it could be. No expectation, because everything can happen, the worst, but more often the best!

Nice to meet you all!

Jérémy

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@ayoungh 9yr

Hi All,

My name is Tony and I am currently a full time Frontend Javascript developer based int London, I am going to the Philippines for 7 weeks soon and am thinking to do some traveling, any recommendations :smile:

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Hi all, my name is Gianluca Orlandi and I’m originally from Como, Italy and I’ve been working remotely since September 2013, when I quit my full time job in London and started my nomadic journey.

I’ve been travelling for the last year and half but I returned home twice during this time.

Currently I work as SEO & Copywriter for 3 different travel websites, I provide translations, I wrote 2 ebooks (all in italian) and I’m always thinking at the next project :slight_smile: I started freelancing for other companies and clients but now I’m focusing on my projects (sorry, website only in italian :frowning: ) hopefully they will continue to grow!

I’m currently in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and I’ve been here for the last 3 months; next stop will be Bogotà and Medellin in Colombia and I’m not planning to go home at least before the end of the year. I would love to go back to Thailand where I spent 4 months last winter, mostly in Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

I think the most important thing I learned so far is that another life is possible. For most people, friends and family, what I’m doing is just a way to escape responsibility but for me is more than that. I’m living the lifestyle I always dreamed of and most important, I’m free. I’m free to decide where to live, work, eat, sleep… I have a level of freedom that allow me to design my life. And probably the hardest part is trying to explain this to other people, that seems to be concerned about not settling down somewhere.

Looking forward to read all the interesting threads in this forum!

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@ld 4yr

Hello, mind if I ask you a few questions about the Como region? I’m considering going in April-May, but we won’t have a car, only our bikes. Would you say there’s sufficient public transportation to get around the area? Any insight is helpful! Thanks.

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@han108 9yr

What is your name?

  • My name is Han

Where are you from?

  • America

How long have you been away from home?

  • I’ve been nomadic my entire life. Moving every 3 to 6 months. But, I became more serious about international living August 2014.

What do you do?

  • I like to create things. Code, write, paint, design, etc. Software Engineer my trade. Entrepreneurial. Currently, working on a Video Game Company.

Where are you currently?

  • Quebec City, Canada

Where are you going next?

  • A stop in Montreal, then I’m leaning towards Vietnam. But, still haven’t decided :slight_smile:

What has been memorable for you so far?

  • It’s all been very memorable.

Will you go home anytime soon?

  • Not sure what home is. But in a way, I feel I am home already. Home being the exploration of this big blue ball in space.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

  • That I can live a nomadic life and there isn’t anything wrong with it. That I don’t have to live by the “normal” rules of society and build roots in a single place. So mostly, I’ve learned to accept the way I want to live :slight_smile:
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@clech 9yr

Hi, everyone! :smile:

I am very glad I stumbled upon this site. I’m from the Netherlands; I’ve studied abroad for a year and still enjoy a lot of my travels, both for leisure and business. Up to now, I didn’t think modern nomadism was a widely spread phenomenon. The future will probably look back at this period and discover that the world actually developed a bit too fast without societies to catch up on those that fell off the train of a fulfilled life at some point.

Reading through all of the comments here, I feel very happy about my own life, and for that I would like to thank you. It reminded me again that I have a very rich and stable life that I enjoy to the fullest from the place I call home, where all my friends and family are, where I can extend my personality in all directions and where I have a stable job that is demanding, offers a lot of off-time leisure, is at the forefront of modern IT and science and absolutely enjoyable. I feel quite a bid sad that there is this huge contrast here with a lot of people from around the world who have not found their life’s anchorpoint yet and have to go through such ordeals and subject themselves to an unhealthy but trendy lifestyle just to discover that long-term stable relationships are what makes life rich and happy. Deep culture can exist everywhere in the world and you have to open your eyes at some point to discover it can actually be just around the corner.

I also think it is actually quite normal that you experience rejection and loss in your life at some point. There seem to be quite a lot of people here who have gone through this and thought they had to make a huge change in their daily lifes because it just did not seem right anymore. Truth is, often you don’t have to change that much, instead just trust a bit better the people around you and coming clean with your fears and self-doubts. Always remember that before you think you have to be somewhere else to become happy.

I honestly hope all of you can at some point find peace with yourselves and really accept who you are. No matter what happens in one’s past - we all hold the energy within us to overcome bad periods in our lives. And if you don’t have the trust in yourself, you have to let people get close to you to help you - but for that you actually have to give others a chance. Healthy relationships don’t build up in a couple of months and there is always a price to hold them stable. But believe me, it’s totally worth it! So start now - seek the people around you in the real world and discover what it means to have a home! :slight_smile:

Best wishes, Chris

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@chase 9yr

Chris, this is a great post. Feels very true. At the same time I believe I need to experience the nomad life for a while to come to that peace of mind. Otherwise, I will always have that feeling of “grass is greener on the other side”.

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Bonjour les digitals nomad !
My name is Sylvain, I am a 26 years old french boy.
I begin my life of digital nomad when I finished my studies, 3 years ago.
I work in SEO and creating websites. I am freelance. I have a team in Madagascar and my work is to do management, project management and orgnization…
I lived about 4 months in “la réunion” island, 3 months in Thailand (backpack travel alone), and 3 months in Madagascar (also backpack travel alone).
I am in France now, in one month I plan a big trip in asia : 1 month in Bali, 3 months in Thailand, 3 months in Vietnam, and maybe China and other…
During my travel in Thailand, I spend about 1.5 month practicing kitesurfing every days, playing pool game, eating 2 times/day to restaurant, and working about 30/40 hours a week. And one very nice thing : I just spend about 800€/month. So I understand I can have this life not only during holidays, but every days of the year.

I have one question : do you know websites which can help us to find flatshare not so long, about 1, 2 or 3 months, with other digital nomads ?
Thanks !
PS : my english is not very good but I try to improve it during my travels

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@pau 9yr

My name is Pau. I’m a 24yo guy from Barcelona and i will begin my worldtrip pretty soon. Wanna find some digital nomads who care to join me for staying 1-2 month to different countries :smile:

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@chase 9yr

Hi there.
My name is Gary, I am in my mid-thirties, living and working in Berlin. I am a biotechnologist by training, with a PhD in the field of water quality control, now working as Commissioning Editor for a scientific publishing house and wondering how the hell I ended up in a 9-5 office job. I want to get out by the end of the year.

Since my first round-the-world trip as a student over ten years ago, I’ve been intrigued by an international and independent life. Still carrying a lot of disappointment and anger inside me, that feeling of being tricked into a “career” that is actually boring and hard to stand. I need to get over these feelings now and rise and shine again, not falling back into the inertia of daily routines. I want to be able to trust my gut again and wake up being excited.

Just discovered this community. Looking forward to inspiration and exchange and specific action steps, so I can be in a totally different place by the end of the year. At the moment, I can’t figure out yet how to transition into work that people are willing to pay money for. I am sure there are many opportunities I am not aware of right now.

Cheers! G

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@theorm 9yr

Hello everyone!

what's your name? 

I’m Roman, nice to meet you!

where are you from?

I was born way back in Soviet Union. I tend to confuse people that the city and the country in my birth certificate do not exist anymore. :smile:

how long have you been away from home?

It’s hard to say where home is. Over the last ten years I moved from Russia to Poland to Netherelands and Australia. My home has been Australia for years, but I leave it every few months for at least a month.

what do you do?

I’m a software engineer. I have been doing IT consulting for years which helps being a digital nomad. I also co-founded (www.flystein.com), a flight search start up. In my free time I do multimedia projects (www.placefaraway.com).

where are you currently?

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Will be around South Europe for another month.

where are you going?

Kosovo, Montenegro.

what has been memorable for you so far?

Vietnamese coffee, Cuban pizza and Melanesian noodles!

will you go home anytime soon?

I do go home every now and then. Actually I love the feeling of having a home and the time I come back there after a long trip. And I love the urge of going somewhere again after a few weeks there.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

Freedom, patience and how to face inevitable loneliness which comes to you sooner or later and the same way suddenly disappears!

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@maiku 9yr

Greetings to all. It’s good to be on board…
what’s your name?
My name is Mike
where are you from?
I’m originally from Somerset in England, the home of Cheddar cheese ooh arrrrr…
how long have you been away from home?
I’ve been bouncing around between the UK (London and Somerset) and East/Southeast East (mainly Taiwan, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam) and Australia (Adelaide) since starting to study Chinese 30 years ago. Have been full-time freelance for the past 14 years and full-time nomadic for the past 2.5 years (following 20 years of mobility restriction by marriage and children!)…
what do you do?
Freelance translator of Japanese
where are you currently?
Near Nagoya, Japan
where are you going?
Back to Vietnam – spent 3 months in Hanoi end of last year and 4 months in Hue start of this year. Planning to spend 6 months based on Phu Quoc from September.
what has been memorable for you so far?
My main interest is languages (but not in a dry way – for the door opening to new worlds in every sense), particularly those related to Chinese…Japanese has been my job for 20 years now, but my new passion is Vietnamese. Yet to get around to Korean properly…
will you go home anytime soon?
I visit my mother in Somerset for a couple of weeks each year…
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
It’s inevitably lonely at times, but it’s the most interesting way to live and boredom is the Enemy…

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Hello!

We travel as Grey World Nomads since 2012. First it was just me and Vlou, the traveling Beagle, originally from Switzerland and starting out our travels in South Africa. Soon George joined in and now we are already traveling together for almost three years! By the way, my name is Marcelle.

At the moment we are house sitting in the Netherlands and will be visiting Switzerland and France next month. Plans are quite open, what will be explored after that.

What makes us a bit different from most other nomads is our age. We are wondering, if there are any other digital Grey Nomads out there.

Safe travels
Marcelle, George & Vlou

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Hi all… I’ve been lurking and commenting here and there for some time now… Time for a more formal introduction.

what’s your name?
Chris and Elo

where are you from?
France… which we left because we’ve never felt “at home” there.

how long have you been away from home?
9 months

what do you do?
Remote software engineer for a (french) startup. When I interviewed, we made it clear I could move “home” around.

where are you currently?
In Malta (European island-country south of Italy). Malta is an english-speaking country (Maltese is the official language, but everybody can speak english), part of the EU, with a british heritage. My girlfriend and I needed a sunny place where she could learn english…

where are you going?
Next stop (in 3 months) will be Tenerife, Canary-Spain for 5 months. Winter in Malta is cold & humid… but summer is really nice (warm and dry).
We have a cat, so we can’t yet move freely (quarantined countries is not an option). Otherwise we’d go to SE Asia or tropical islands… which we’ll do when possible (our cat is old and sick).

what has been memorable for you so far?
The freedom. It’s what strikes me most. And the english culture, which has two words for liberty/freedom. There’s only one in french :smile:

will you go home anytime soon?
Nope… A one week trip in september to see family before we move to the Canary islands.
Absolutely no intention to live in France again.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
1/ It can be done
2/ it’s easier than you think
3/ you’re not alone, we are legions
4/ we made good friends, but we all plan on moving eventually… so friendship becomes remote too

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@piglin 9yr

What’s your name?
Hey, my name is Peter and I bring my two cents

Where are you from?
Slovakia

How long have you been away from home?
If we define it as staying abroad, 8 years more or less

What do you do?
Being a software developer, so I’m working a bit on the creative side.

Where are you currently?
Lund, Sweden.

Where are you going?
Good question and unfortunately I don’t know the answer yet. Where my next job takes me and I also have Twitter #petegerhat where I can announce that. I used to have a plans, but plans are to be re-planned and adjusted to new realities. I’m in this kind of new reality and I have nothing left but hope that my next travel experience will enrich me and I will meet the right minded positive people. Asia-Pacific is where I want to be either vacationing or doing something serious.

What has been memorable for you so far?
My life revolves around enjoying the summer, all my best memories fall to this vivid season of the year when the sun is high up in the sky. Some of the best places I’ve visited were the US, Taiwan and Korea. Asia got me really hard and I enjoy going to destinations I never planned I will visit some day soon. Australia and New Zealand are my next frontiers.

Will you go home anytime soon?
It is something I want to do and I certainly have a close bond with my home.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
It’s been hard years with many rewards. I made strong social connections and connections with places, that now define me as a person. Nomad life is not for everyone and I would rather have a place or places I can call home. People treated me differently in every country and that brought me into different unexpected situations. It also made me stronger and understand who I am as a person.

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@scotlynn 9yr

Hi all my name is Scott and I originate from Newcastle Australia.
I have been travelling (this time) for the past 3 years however I have spent the last two years in an Indigenous Community in the Northern Territory of Australia working for a NGO.
I am currently what I like to call a “pre Digital Nomad” and going through the process of planning the next step based on a July 1 2016 travel date (at conclusion of current contract). My wife and I have been looking at the concept for some time and are using our spare time to establish a number of start ups that we intend to pursue. I am also a Financial Trader and intend to continue this while chasing other dreams.
We will be basing ourselves in Bali where we have travelled to extensively since 1985 (I’m 49) and will be working out of Hubed in Ubud.
Looking forward to reading future posts and gaining incites from other Nomads.

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Hi to all motivated and driven people out there! I’m new here. So here it is :smile:

what’s your name?
- My name is Samantha

where are you from?
- I was born in the Philippines, but we moved in Singapore when i was 13.

how long have you been away from home?

  • To be honest, i am quite confuse which is my true home. I felt like I am a foreigner in each country i go to :slight_smile:

what do you do?
- I am an entrepreneur. I partnered myself with the company that has high integrity that wants best for its people. I help people get their lives back. I am surrounded by a community of people regardless of age who wants more. To be able to give more.

where are you currently?
- Singapore

where are you going?
- We are planning to go to Hong Kong

what has been memorable for you so far?

  • That one event i went to where I realized I could dream big. That I could do something for planet earth if only i would have the courage to step up and be fearless…

will you go home anytime soon?

  • Define home :joy:

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
- It is part of my vision. I have not been a nomad but I will be…

How much will go for to help people?

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@hooers 9yr

What’s your name?
Jake Hooson

Where are you from?
“The North” (of England)

How long have you been away from home?
11 months (and counting)

What do you do?
Journalist and editor for China Daily. I’m also a currency trader.

Where are you currently?
Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.

Where are you going?
It would be nice to connect with the ‘Digital Nomad’ community so I’ll likely head to one of the SEA hubs (Chiang Mai is an obvious condender) and go from there. One of the things I love are independent print magazines so I’d love to have the first issue of a “Digital Nomad” magazine hit the coffee-stained tables of co-working nomad hubs sometime soon (anyone interested?)

What has been memorable for you so far?
My current job has given me the opportunity to have a much more enriched travel experience than I otherwise would have had. Whether it’s drinking with triads, documenting traditional craftspeople whose collective knowledge might soon disappear or exploring Beijing’s gritty music scene, there’s always a story behind the facade and people behind the story. People are what make a place interesting.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I’m currently office-based but I’ll be continuing my job remotely as of January and supplementing my income through currency trading. So the short answer is, no!

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I suppose I’m still - like many on this forum - in the transitional phase of becoming a fully-fledged digital nomad, but something I’ve learnt is that things just happen if you put yourself in a position to be seen and heard. Even if your plan is half-baked, get up and go. When you come to the end of one shoestring, you will always find another. Tying shoestrings is not necessarily a bad thing; it keeps you on your toes and before you know it, you’ll own your own shoe lace store. It’s not a race, it’s a lifestyle choice, so take your time.

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@zanqu 9yr

Hello,
My name is Suzanne and I currently live in NYC (Bronx, for now). I have been away from home on and off for years, but my current job allows me to be away from my home base (NYC) for a few weeks to a few months at a time. I’m a project manager of sorts, front end application support/trainer, QA/bug triage. Currently, I’m in Portland, OR (where I used to live for about 6 years), and am currently at the end of month long visit. I would like to visit a different city in the U.S., but can’t seem to pin one down as of yet.
[What are some viable, short-term living arrangement resources (I’m already an Airbnb expert) and, are there meet-up resources (besides meetup?]

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What’s your name?
My name is Yogesh B, but I also go by Yogee or YB

Where are you from?
I was born in Nasik, which is now very popularly known as the wine capital of India.

How long have you been away from home?
I am not a complete nomad yet but am on the verge of making this tranformation. I have lived and worked in Nasik, Bangalore and Mumbai, all in India

What do you do?
I have been in the design space working in advertising, print and digital. I plan to connect with and help other entrepreneurs and startups

Where are you currently?
Mumbai, India

Where are you going?
It will take another 10-12 week before I make that change. Until then no plans of moving to any place

Will you go home anytime soon?
One fine day, yes. But that’s not happening anytime soon.

Why am I here
I am keen on learning more about the life of a nomad and what it is to be a nomad. Hope its going to be interesting.

I would love to meetup with other nomads. If you are currently in Mumbai or around, let me know. Thanks @levelsio for this wonderful group.

If anyone has a question, feel free to shoot…

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@marss 9yr

I am mostly freelancing at the moment. Mostly Business Development, Sales and Market Research.
My background is market research and consumer psychology.
Hey,

Marss here.
I am mostly freelancing at the moment. Mostly Business Development, Sales and Market Research.
My background is market research and consumer psychology.

I also just started doing a HR project where I need to recruit German speaking freelancers.
The freelancers are for SEO and Customers Service projects.
So in case you know somebody who could be interested in that - shoot me a pm.
In midterm in will also work on my own projects.

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Hi! Alana here. 27. Living in NYC.

I quit my high-paying SVP Marketing job at a fintech startup and moved out of my apartment 6 months ago. Since then I’ve been couchsurfing, relaxing, resetting, detoxing and planning the next phase of my career.

Ideally my homebase would be in San Diego, CA and I’d have the freedom to travel about the globe. I’ve already visited 15 countries across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia – and I’d like to visit South America next.

Since I am not a fully baked Digital Nomad yet, I won’t bore you except to say Hi and that I look forward to sharing more once… there’s more to share. :smile:

P.S. Here’s my LinkedIn. I’m open to chatting about opportunities / suggestions.

Cheers xx

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Hello everyone,

My name is Antoine and i’m a french Canadian. I was born in a small coastal town called Carleton-sur-Mer.

I’ve come a long way and now i’m studying at McGill University in Montreal (Business/Computer Science). I’m working (developer - mostly remote) in a software company Coveo, where we do enterprise search. We break data silos and empower knowledge worker, so pretty neat thing for enterprise.

For me home is a vague concept. My generation had the chance to grow up with the internet, so we have friends everywhere :slight_smile: I feel home at every place where I can find interesting people and discover a new culture. I’m finishing school soon and then I plan to move elsewhere probably in Europe/Asia.

Meanwhile, I had some problems integrating myself in the startup ecosystem in Montreal. With other people in Montreal we’ve opened up a Startup Basecamp in partnership with San Francisco. We are a co-living and co-working space targeted at digital nomads and moving professionals. Our goal is to attract awesome people and make them discover the startup ecosystem in Montreal.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about Eastern Canada and if you want to hang out or if you think to move here :slight_smile:

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@dhunter 9yr

Hi folk,
I’m Daniel from Switzerland and working as a consultant in accounting and financial. I get it done to work mostly from home office. and as you know home office is wherever you are.
my second income is from stock trading, which is also location independent.
currently I’m back in Switzerland, as it’s summer time and there is so much to do in summer. like wake-boarding, biking, free climbing meet friends or just relax at the lake. but next stops are back in southeast Asia Thailand and Philippines.
will you go home anytime? sure! I really love my country as it has one of the most beautiful nature. summer is great and even winter when you like skiing. I run also an AirBnB apartment back home.
the funny thing is, that I was a digital nomad already when I began to realize it; there are so many people out there and didn’t know about all these communities.

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@thetiwi 9yr

So here I come!

  • What’s your name?
    Marco, friends call me Tiwi

  • Where are you from?
    Italy

  • How long have you been away from home?
    I’m a digital nomad wannabe …I’m still home :frowning:

  • What do you do?
    I do lots of things. Ehmm the following:
    Entrepreneur // Designer // Digital Nomad Wannabe // Crowdfunding & Gamification Consultant // Cardistry dude // Creator of GameDeveloperz - It’s a Card Game // Founder of WeCrowdIt - It’s a Crowdfunding consulting firm

  • Where are you currently?
    In Italy

  • Where are you going?
    I’m looking forward to Chiang Mai

  • What has been memorable for you so far?
    When I decided to quit my job and found my first company back in early 2013

  • Will you go home anytime soon?
    Hopefully I will leave soon! :slight_smile:

  • Why are you here?
    I want to:
    Better understand how my life as a digital nomad would be // Learn from the community // Be inspired by other nomads // Learn how to plan my life as a digital nomad and how to live it without having to worry about all the rest.

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Hi all, I am not officially a DN yet but I am already within striking distance from it as I got a remote job last month.

what’s your name?
Herbert Sabanal

where are you from?
Philippines

what do you do?
I am a .NET software engineer

where are you currently?
I am in Metro Manila. To be specific I currently live in Bonifacio Global City.

where are you going?
I am planning to have my first DN destination in Chiang Mai. I’m getting excited!

what has been memorable for you so far?
Memorable? Is getting the opportunity to work remotely. :smile:

For those who are planning to go to Manila, Philippines, shoot me an email or a direct message, I’ll make time to help you guys.

Cheers!

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@s_hulard 9yr

Hello all, like Herbert, I’m not already a DN but I planned to be one in the next months. I’m current a freelance consultant and we decided to move in Europe with my family…

What’s your name?
Stéphane Hulard

where are you?
France

what do you do?
I’m a technical consultant which work as a freelance since 4 years. I work on all the technical web things because I love it ! (PHP, WordPress, Servers, specific tools development…)

where are you currently?
I’m currently in France, near Lyon

where are you going?
I’m going to move to Spain during 2 months in september / october with my wife and my 3 children :smile:

what has been memorable for you so far?
I think that working from home (for the moment and anywhere in a few time !) was the most important thing I do… I enjoy my time differently since that day and I plan to discover a lot of places !!!

If there are some nomads which need helps about France or Lyon, just ask I’ll make my best to answer :wink:

Cheers!

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@simonab 9yr

Hey,
My name is Simona Boccuzzi, and I’m from Italy and live in Spain since 2007.
I’ve been away from the Italy since 8 years, and quite new to the life of Digital Nomads.
I currently live in Barcelona and decided to stay here for a while as I’ve just launched a startup about workation for travelers entrepreneurs and digital nomads and this city offers quite enough resources to start a business, good wifi, affordable and healthy food ( apart from tapas).
I recently being in Tarifa, south of Spain to visit Digital Nomads in love with kitesurf and enjoyed some lesson and good wind over there.
I would like to travel after October in New Zealand or Australia (any good advice about best spots is welcome) and get advantage of the warm winter over there.
I’ll be for sure in Barcelona at the end of October to co-organize our workation event, we are working hard on wrapping up the last details on workshops, guests, activities. Would love to hear you opinion on Wanderlustlab

Cheers!

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Hello everyone,
I’m quite happy to join this group.

My name is Giuseppe, I’m 29 and from Italy. I currently have a room in Venice and I’ve lived in several other places in Europe like Copenhagen and London and short periods in Toronto, NY.

I left my parents home around 11 years ago and I do interaction design nearby Venice.

I would love to live for short periods in other cities like Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, etc but really don’t know when or how easy it could be with clients here. :smile:

Most memorable to me…simple things I guess, like living a different light in Venice, knowing people from everywhere and trying to do always something. When I go home it’s just for few days usually…quality of life is the top, but I feel quickly bored.

Along all those years I started learning myself first of all, then getting excited about so much variety and trying to mix al those things in my everyday life.

If you are in Venice, I’d love to meet.

thanks for this group

cheers,
giuseppe

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@c95008 9yr

Hey everyone!

I’m a freelance designer, originally from California’s bay area, with a few years in Portland, OR and Brooklyn, NY.

Currently in Taipei, Taiwan. Up next is Japan, Hawaii, and Portland.

In my travels, I’ve learned that everyone will try to schedule very important meetings right before my flight.

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Hi I am Anthony and have been running my blog Working Nomad for 10 years now, the same length of time that I have been out of the rat race.

A decade on from leaving the London corporate world I am still very much a nomad but tend to follow the summer by being in the UK and Europe from April through October and Asia / Southern Hemisphere the rest of the year.

I work in affiliate marketing and publishing.

I have learned a lot from being a nomad, particularly how corrupt modern life can be and how material possessions mean nothing compared to experiences.

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@uofslim 9yr

Hey everyone. My name is Chris and I’m from Miami, Florida
I just recently moved to San Juan, PR for work and for love. I am a data and audit support analyst for an international insurance company. Essentially I create and manage a vast multitude of Crystal Report queries for financial and data mining purposes. I will be here for at least the next four years. I previously lived in Gainesville, Florida for 3 years. In my time as a nomad, I have come to redefine the concept of “home” in less physical terms and more emotional and mental terms. To me, home is no longer where I am from, but who I am. Home is a location I take with me wherever I go and has been defined by where I’ve been, the friends I have made, and the lives that have touched mine.

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@bratta 9yr

What’s your name?
Hey all, I am Thomas. Looking forward to get to know the community here!

Where are you from?
Norway

How long have you been away from home?
12 years more or less, but have spent longer periods in Milan, London and Argentina.

What do you do?
I currently run a Web Development company I started while living in Argentina. Used to be a web development freelancer for years.

Where are you currently?
Belgrade, Serbia. Anyone else here now?

Where are you going?
Back home for a month, then Spain somewhere (maybe Valencia? Spent 3 months in Barcelona last year), then I don’t know, probably Argentina for a little while before coming back to Europe.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I don’t think I ever will, I’ll probably end up staying long term somewhere else.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
That all places have good and bad qualities.

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@seel 9yr

Hi everyone,

My name is Sylvain, nomad for 4 and half years and been working for myself since 6 years or so.
I was born in France and have been living in Asia for the past 11 years, including 7 in China and the rest in SEA.
Basically I graduated from a french textile master degree school and never worked in France and left straight up to Bangladesh.

I own 2 companies in the nomad life style. First one is called Deadhardrive and deals with forensics and data recovery worldwide and the other one called Mingbai China, dealing with SEO, web stuffs…more classic kind of things.

I speak Chinese, French and English and medium indonesian. Became a Padi dive master, got a dive master too in freediving (4min30 breath hold and 35meter FIM), became a yoga teacher (teaching in cambodia and indonesia). Playing golf, rock climbing (6A, 6B quotes), diver, water skying etc etc…

Anyway, glad to be here in this community and might meet some of you around. Now in Norway tasting beers and swimming.

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@frnco 9yr

Hello, I am Fernando Cordeiro, 28 years old, from Brazil. :smiley:

I am not (yet) a Nomad in the strict sense (Though I’m not living at my home city), but I am a remote worker and I have planned on becoming a Nomad for a long time. I am currently looking at how to best approach this change to the nomadic lifestyle so that my experience is as pleasing as possible. :smiley:

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Oi Fernando! Tudo bem? Vamos no evento nomadlist em Sampa? Me ajuda a divulgar?

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@cephei 9yr

Hey. I’m Pat (26) from Switzerland
I use to be back home for 1-2 months every year. (say hello to mum and dad, friends)
I’m working part time for a Swiss WebDev Agency, building websites for their customers. I also do websites for my own customers sometimes.
Currently i’m sitting in Thailand, Kanchanaburi. Going to Bali soon, but only for a holiday trip.
When I tell people how I get by, they always act like this is so great and they’d like to do the same. So I use to tell them, that it is not great at all and that this and that sucks a lot. Only to make them feel better. Of course it is great to live like that and I love it!
And now, that I have found this cool website I don’t have to lie about this lifestyle. Because you all live it! Isn’t it great :smiley:
I saw there is a Slack chat service along with the forum. Anybody experience with it? Maybe I’ll join it later…

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@bea 9yr

Hello there! I’m Bea, been living abroad on and off for almost 10 years now, but only recently really thought about actually organising my life as completely location independent.
I’m originally from Italy but have lived mostly in the UK. This summer I will spend one month in France, then in a few locations in UK (new ones!) and then… who knows, I am still undecided but would like to stay in Europe for the time being (possibly Prague).
I am mostly a creator/artist, trying to set up a few sources of income (one of them being photography) via internet (I dabbled before, but never with the intent of supporting myself).
Really happy for this forum, and the list and all the advice and support of this community! I hope I can help too :smile:
If anybody needs help with Italian, life in Italy or UK or is stopping by Rennes in July/August, feel free to connect!

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@mininaim 9yr

Hey Nomads
I’m Naim, from #Morocco, I’m working remotely as an UI Developer, I was working as a freelancer from home for more than 10 years, then wanted to switch to the Nomad Lifestyle.

I’m thinking to move to another city or cities, but Im still afraid to leave the current environment.

Any advices guys?

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Hey nomads! I am Shreshth, I hail from India. Presently in Raipur, Chhattisgarh at my parents’ for a few weeks. I have been semi-nomadic since I quit my job in January 2014. Since then I have been moving between familiar Indian cities and staying with friends or family (mostly Bangalore, New Delhi, Raipur and Agra), though New Delhi is where I mostly work from. I have a flat in Delhi that I share with a friend, so I can offer you a room there (when I am not around) if you like. My next stop is Delhi and Bangalore soon after that (I should be in Bangalore by July '15 and stay there for a couple of months at a friend’s place).

@keerthiko I move around many Indian cities, would love to meet up when you are around.

@keerthiko That’s a generous offer! A friend and I are planning to travel a bit in South India (also thinking of learning either kayaking or surfing) We’d love it if you could offer us some space in that beach house for a week or so. As I mentioned I can offer a room in Delhi.

I am currently building India Outside, a website that I wish to see become a good resource for adventure and outdoor enthusiasts based in or travelling to India(Any advice on building an online community?). When I am not writing code, I mostly engage in either rock-climbing, cycling, slacklining, hiking or calisthenics.

Even as an Indian being a digital nomad in India is difficult, mostly because internet connectivity is sucky and costly here (I am typing this out on a cellular data internet connection that conks off without a warning). I have learnt one thing while being a semi-nomad, that is, working while travelling is not easy.
I am not making any money off my venture yet, so once that starts flowing in I plan to slowly move across India on my bicycle while I build and grow India Outside. I have travelled across India quite a bit (Uttarakhand, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir and several other cities spread across the country, not much in the East though).

@CoffeeShopCEO Sure! I would be glad to help. Ask away!

@CoffeeShopCEO Totally! India’s got Himalayas too! And I have been hiking quite a bit here. :blush: (example). I can point you to nice peaceful places in India.

I have recently started writing about my trips, I hope I don’t lose the momentum with that.
Also, if you are in India anytime we can meet up too. Just hit me up on Twitter.

Question: I have seen many people trying to be a nomad with just a small ~40 L backpack. But that must be a costly affair (at least by Indian standards), given that you will need a hotel room to sleep and so on. Do you think it’s possible to be a digital nomad in a country like India for as little as $250 (roughly 15000 INR)? I am willing to do away with the luxuries of having a cosy bed and all. Alternatively, what is the least a nomad in Asia has been spending?

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@zahradnik 9yr

Hello all - my name is Brent and I’m from the wonderful state of Pennsylvania in the US. I have no address at the moment, but thats because I’m about to embark on a trip through central and western Europe to see friends and explore cities for future nomadic residence. Of particular interest are both Prague and Berlin. If anybody in these cities can meet up in early/mid July please message me!

I help small and medium businesses successfully sell their unique products on Amazon.com. Some have an established ecommerce presence but its by no means a requirement. I’m still in the early growth stages and working on word of mouth referrals.

I haven’t been a nomad in the sense that I earn income in a location-independent fashion, but I’ve done a good amount of long distance bicycle tours and spent months on the road pedaling. My goal is to stay in Europe long term while running my Amazon business.

I’m very excited to learn and share with all you brilliant folks here on the forum. Thanks to levelsio for building such a beautiful and useful hub.

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@miles 9yr

where are you from? - Originally from the San Francisco Bay, specifically the Silicon Valley area

how long have you been away from home? - Slow traveling started when I became full time self employed in 2010, but went to 4 colleges and left home in 2004.

what do you do? - My wife and I publish information products, kindle/print books, apps and other media. I manage a lot of the back-end, optimizing, split testing, PPC, managing our team of outsourcers, etc. She handles content creation and publishing. I do some client work, but my time is most valuable spent on our projects, so I keep focused there.

where are you currently? - Currently roaming the NW of the USA… In Boise Idaho today. A good friend had a wedding I was in, in SF a month ago, so we came back from New Zealand/Australia (via Hawaii for a few weeks), got a car and decided to spend a spring/summer roaming North America.

where are you going? - Seattle, Vancouver BC, Whistler BC, Colorado, Texas, Mississippi, New Mexico, then Sedona, Az for a few months to catch our breath before a trip to either Asia or Central America for winter… Slim chance I’ll try Florida out for the winter, but I’d like to see more of Mexico and Costa Rica!

what has been memorable for you so far? - SUP surfing ‘The Cove’ in Maui at sunset with my wife… Giant sea turtles popping up for air all around us for hours, no one else at the break and hip high, mushy rollers… We giggled like schoolkids while we caught wave after wave until we were dead tired and it was dark, and then surfed the same wave all the way to shore under the moonlight coming up over the Haleakala volcano, looking at each other like ‘Is this real’. The pink and orange sky as the sun set over the island of Lanai… Warm water, sandy bottom, reflection on the water and the moon rise lead by the warm Hawaiian breeze made for an absolutely amazing evening.

will you go home anytime soon? - The definition of the word ‘home’ is a bit abstract for me at this point… Looking into the idea of a home base like @jonmyers mentioned… But even that is feeling more like a few 3 month furnished rentals I return to once a year on a loop… Sedona -> Costa Rica -> Mexico -> Hawaii … But the call to see more of the world continues to lure me to new far away lands :smile: There is always this thought of “Well _______ is great, but what about _________”

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - Patience

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@inthaiguy 9yr

what’s your name? - Bryan
where are you from? - USA, Wisconsin
how long have you been away from home? - Since May 22, 1997
what do you do? A Thailand based startup called MobileTopup.com and consulting
where are you currently? Chiang Mai
where are you going? no where
what has been memorable for you so far? The pace of change in Thailand. Being here before Starbucks, Tesco and the BTS. I’m here for all the differences, and still enjoy them.
will you go home anytime soon? maybe in 3-4 year, maybe not
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I’ve learned that borders don’t matter. Also that moving often is a great way not to get too much clutter.

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@salvo 9yr

Hi All,
I’m Salvo from Sicily (Italy) and I’m at “home” right now :slight_smile:
I’m currently remote full stack software developer but I’m not a very nomadic type
although I’ve been in several beautiful place likes Scotland, Swiss and Czech Republic.

I really love this wonderful community (thanks @levelsio !)and the “life-changing” idea of remote work and I hope to get in touch with some amazing nomad developers to grow my experience and my network about this new world.

Feel free to drop me a line for any tips about Sicily or for any remote-related software project.
I will also be in Czech Republic from 14 July so I hope to meet one of you there!
See you soon!

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@hitokuns 9yr

what’s your name?
Toshi

where are you from?
Japan

how long have you been away from home?
1.5 year

what do you do?
working for several startups as remote engineer, covering web(mainly backend), mobile app, data-visualization, data-mining.
So I can live anywhere I want.
I am also proceeding personal projects such as,

  • creating virtual time-machine on the web(historip)
  • creating a new flute by 3D printer(planning)

where are you currently?
I’m at a co-working house named ‘betahaus’ in Sofia, Bulgaria just now, but will return back to Japan this weekend for my business, and will go to other country next week.

where are you going?
I am planning to start my next Nomad journey from Estonia (maybe will finished in Turkey or somewhere else) .

what has been memorable for you so far?
Yesterday I went to Starbucks at Sofia. A family-like group next to me have been talking for a few hours. I couldn’t understand their language, but I could hear such words as ‘Microsoft’,‘cloud-funding’,‘UX’,‘application’. Very impressive to hear such words from them.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I mastered ‘rindik’(Balinese bamboo instrument) when I stayed at Hubud in Bali.

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Woohoo! I am Zoltan, a Hungarian born, Budapest located Javascript developer. I was on the way for few months in Asia (Thailand, Malaysia) but now i am temporary back to my home city Budapest. I will get on the road after the end of summer 2015 again. I just explored digital nomad forum for few months and had no time to dive deep yet but it’s good to see that many of you are being in places where i have been to and i wanna go back soon. Feel free to make contact!

Cheers,
Zoltan

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what’s your name? Meredith

where are you from? Miami area, Florida, USA.

how long have you been away from home? I’m currently at “home”. I’m leaving with my husband this January (2016) and will be “away” indefinitely.

what do you do? I work remotely for a consulting firm based in Hollywood, FL. The firm provides grant services to non-profits and government agencies across the State. I specialize in federal grant application project management. I also do a bit of grant writing. Most of our clientele are in health care (hospitals, health centers, etc.). I’m also doing some freelancing to diversify my income.

where are you currently? America. Near Miami, Florida.

where are you going? Everywhere. Just kidding. But really, everywhere. Our first stop will be in Thailand, where we’ve been before and feel comfortable.

what has been memorable for you so far? Spending a month in SEA and realizing that I can do anything. I mean, I’ve heard that message for a while. But, SEA spoke to me in a whole new way. The entrepreneurial spirit of that region woke up a part of me. Within 90 days of coming home, we had a plan to leave permenantly. That’s what we’re implementing now.

will you go home anytime soon? Once we leave, we plan to be away forever with the first visit back to our families after 11 months. We will come back for the end of the year holidays, which includes Art Basel Miami. Not kidding, in my house, that event is a holiday. We’re both crazy art fans.

Oh, I forgot, there’s also the potential for coming back more often because we’ll be renting out our house. So, if anything big happens with the property, if the market goes up and we sell, or w/e, we’ll come back to take care of business.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? I hope to learn how to live in the moment. You know, the whole enlightenment thing. I’m kinda big on that. I think it’s the whole point, of everything.

[insert your own question here] Don’t have one right now.

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@lucinda 9yr

Hey everyone, I found this site tonight and I’m so happy!

I’m Lucinda, 24, originally from New Zealand but I have spent the last year living in Kuala Lumpur.

Last October I entered the world of Ebook publishing and I haven’t looked back, things have been getting better and better and I’m excited for what the future will bring!

I’ve been in Chiang Mai that last 2 weeks and have fallen in love with everything this city has to offer in ways of co-working spaces and all the cosy work-friendly cafes - not to mention the insanely cheap cost of living. My plan now is to move here once my KL apartment lease ends in late October.

Anyway, I hope to make some friends on here especially if you’re in KL or Chiang Mai and even better if you are a writer or publisher like myself

Anyone coming to KL feel free to drop me a line :slight_smile:

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been lurking on the forum for a while and gleaning lots of useful information from here but finally signed up! We also went to a Nomadlist meetup in Chiang Mai and that was pretty cool!

I’m Radhika. My boyfriend Johnny and I are from Australia and we’ve been nomadic since Oct 2013. We have our own marketing agency and have very recently started our own blog too - www.fulltimenomad.com.

We’re currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for 3 months. Once we’re done here we’re heading back to Mexico (we were these last year). We plan to spend the rest of the year there. We spent 10 months in Latin America (mostly South) and it still wasn’t enough haha!

Being nomadic has its challenges, especially the aspects about making and maintaining friends while on the go. However, I wouldn’t give this lifestyle up for anything! Travel opens my mind every day and I can’t imagine going back to the monotony of a one dimensional life.

We were away for 16 months before heading back to Australia for 2 months recently. As of now, we don’t know when we’re going back again. It’s hard to stay away sometimes but Australia is too damn far away to make regular trips back home!

Being a nomad can be very isolating sometimes. I’m very inspired and motivated by seeing fellow nomads on here and it makes you realise you’re not alone :smile:

If any of you are in Saigon - we’d love to catch up!

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@talgur 9yr

Hi, I’m Tal. I left my 9-5 corporate job in Australia in 2009 and been digital nomading for close to 6 years now, living off a few online income sources.

My plain is spend the rest of the summer in Europe (Currently in Madrid, Spain), and then move to South East Asia (Thailand, Bali) in order to work on a new book.

It’d be good to meet some of you guys this year!

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Hi all… Great to have this forum.

I’m Els, originally from the Netherlands but haven’t lived there for 6 years now. The last 5 years I have been based in Kenya but always traveling for work (and usually combined with leisure) until I got to the point that I found myself more “out” than “home” so decided to pack all my belongings in one (big) bag and get into full nomad mode. I work as a freelance consultant and do a lot of trainings etc internationally (usually Asia and Africa). My other work involves a lot of writing and I can do that from anywhere. At this moment I am at a quite deserted beach spot in Kenya, next week I will be traveling to the Philippines (work, yes, and adding some discovery time), in July I’ll be in Ethiopia – any nomads there?! The second half of this year I will be moving to Asia; I’m still looking for the perfect place (should have good internet, outdoor/nature, open minded people)

I try to go “home” every year, for a considerable amount of time (at least a month). This keeps me connected to family and old friends. And I love the luxury of a well functioning and safe country sometimes.

I’ve learnt many things but for now the best learning is letting go of most of my material belongings and other unnecessary attachments.

I am looking for advice on setting up an (off shore) business.

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@harrivain 9yr

Hello everyone!

I’m Harri Vainio and I’m a restless soul. I grew up and studied in Finland, but I then moved to Austria for a year and from there to Germany. I’m a teacher for primary (elementary) and secondary school, I think that makes me first of my kind on this thread. I’ve been living in northwestern Germany since 2007 (with the exception of living in Helsinki for a year and traveling four months in India in between).

I really enjoyed reading your introductions. I’m still planning my next takeoff, but if everything goes like planned, I’m heading to South America (one way ticket) in February/March next year. I’ve done a lot of traveling the last years, but I’ve always returned back to my apartment. The idea of getting rid of everything I own really fascinates me at the moment. It really isn’t much in my case anyway.

There are many things I like about my job, but also many things that frustrate and tire me a lot. I guess that’s true to most full time jobs though. School is a very rigid system and there are only some things I really can do the way I want to and a quite a few situations where I have to do something I don’t believe in at all. My colleagues and many friends are going to tell me I’ve gone mad when I come out of the “nomad life planning closet” some time the next three months. I’m going to leave my very well paid and respected job + not to mention the long holidays behind. (For all you Americans who think this was irony: No it wasn’t. In Germany teachers really get paid well and the job is very highly respected.)

My alternative for making a living is still something I haven’t quite found yet. I’ve got a couple of ideas and since I’m a qualified teacher (EFL as well), I’m thinking I can always go back to teaching for a year or two somewhere if my piggy bank starts getting too empty.

I’m going to start by doing some interesting workaway jobs to keep the living costs down and to learn Spanish for starters. I’m thinking about this teaching job quite seriously right now because of Galapagos Islands is a place I’ve always wanted to visit. After that I’m thinking of volunteering on a surf camp somewhere for a while. Two years ago I went surfing for the first time and I’m a complete addict ever since. One criterium for my future “homes” definitely is the distance to surf spots.

As I told you in the beginning, I’m a teacher, but I still think planning is way overrated. I’ve got this almost spiritual trust in life (for an atheist). Shit happens sometimes, but still life is there to carry you. It will take you to places you weren’t planning to got to, but what’s an adventure if you don’t feel lost and even miserable at times? Trust life and believe in it and you’ll have a helluva journey!

Places like this give me a feeling of not being alone. Where I live now, everyone thinks I’m weird… Thank you for the peer support.

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@norydev 9yr

what’s your name?
Fabien

where are you from?
Switzerland

how long have you been away from home?
About 11 month

what do you do?
Different things. work-wise, I do my own stuff like visacountdown and sharkrank (this one with 2 Belgian buddies). I am also trying to get a remote job as a ruby developer. I learned programming by myself. And then I did a bootcamp, Le Wagon in Brussels and it was great!
I’m also learning turkish. And trying to grasp some things form the turkish culture.

where are you currently?
I’m writing this from a greek island, but I’m there only for the weekend. I’m staying in Turkey.

where are you going?
Who knows? I want to be based in Turkey for a while. But I will definitely do a month here and there. Next one might very well be in France.

what has been memorable for you so far?
This bootcamp in Brussels was pretty memorable. Awesome course, teachers, atmosphere, colleagues (students), and Brussels is a very cool place. Also, learning Turkish brought some memorable events like when this friend understood “I’m not coming” when I actually said “I’am going” and I ended up waiting for him for 40 minutes at 1am in the middle of the street =).

will you go home anytime soon?
My home is pretty much Turkey right now, so I am. But if you mean Switzerland, I’ll be there for 10 days in the summer.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Some people believe that traveling will automatically alter or cancel your values, beliefs and wordview when you see people thinking/doing different. It is sometimes true for me, but sometimes it re-inforced my beliefs and worldview. I’m more and more convinced that tolerance is not about believing everything is truth (or nothing is truth). I learnt to cope with, befriend, love people even when I strongly disagree with them and think they are wrong.
But you can disagree with me =)

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@abarron87 9yr

Hi everyone,

I’m Alex, 27 and I’m from London, UK. I started a career in web development in 2010 for a company providing SaaS. I completed a round the world trip the year before that, and that just gave me more of the travel bug than I already had. Sitting still is not really for me. For 3.5 years I kept that job until 2014 when I packed it in to spend the year in Australia. I based myself in Melbourne and loved it. After a few months I started to get contract front end development work in various companies, which funded my travels around Aus for the rest of the year. I spent 12 months there (left for NZ, Fiji, US, and Mexico on the last day of my visa.) and during my time discovered I wanted to take on the challenge of learning French.

The best way to do that? Immersion. So here I am in France, currently volunteering in a family outside Montpellier to share my English with the children and speak french as much as I can. I have been in France 6 weeks now.

I’ll be honest and say I don’t know what job I want to do, but being able to do translation work anywhere is very appealing. However I think I’m a way off from doing that at the moment.

I have refined my travel method now, and I don’t wish to move every few days. Therefore living somewhere and using it as a base for 6 months or more sounds like a good idea to me. This summer I want to spend in the south of France for the weather, the coast and a change of pace from the big city.

Keep having to pinch myself to convince myself it’s possible to live like this. But one thing is for sure: wasting my life in an office is not the one.

I agree with the other sentiments that loneliness and lack of real friendships is the big negative but the travelling outweighs it.

If anyone is planning to be south of France in the next couple of months, let me know!

Alex

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This is an amazing story Alex!

I probably won’t be in France anytime soon, but I sure as hell wish I was! I hope to do the same with a language, but probably next year.

Best of luck!

Hannah :slight_smile:

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Hello,

I’m Filippo, living in Vicenza (Italy) right now working in an agency but looking to start my adventure in August, starting from the whole month in NY. I’m thinking to go Tokyo then, and possibly move to Philippines or Thailandia. There’s a whole world to discover, so is it kinda hard to chose.

I work as UI/UX mobile designer, plus other design related things, and I’m the founder of a startup called Needle Vinyl which I’m working hard to make it happens since currently we haven’t found any investors/fund (not my best skill to look for money, unfortunately).

I always been pretty against the daily job hours, and after some remote jobs for an agency in NY I’ve decided to leave my job in Vicenza and “tour”.

Hardest part, finding jobs! And honestly a bit scared of it.

Also, I’m a dj/producer and I’ve been a promoter of pretty interesting names of electronic music, so, who knows, maybe one night we can set up a party somewhere =)

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@alemacgo 9yr

Hi everyone!

I’m Alejandro, from Caracas, Venezuela. I enjoy working in UX design and iOS development. Right now, I’m finishing up some personal projects in my home country (among other things, I’m teaching little girls to code, which feels amazing!). Today I got my first freelance gig and I just booked my ticket to Berlin, Germany, where I’ll be spending at least six months.

I’ve always been a nomad at heart, my friends always complain that they have too many phone numbers that have belonged to me at some point and they don’t know where to reach me anymore. Luckily, there’s always Facebook.

Besides the tropical paradise I call home (weather and people-wise, at least!), I’ve lived in Lund, Stockholm, Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley and Funchal. I have a passion for languages and I’m determined to learn German soon.

I’m looking forward to meeting you all!

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@ben 9yr

What’s your name?
Benjamin Kampmann (SirDonQui on Twitter and ligthyear on Github)

where are you from?
Central Germany (Bielefeld). Living the last five years in Berlin however.

how long have you been away from home?
Well, I guess that would refer to Berlin in this case, which I’ve spent about two weeks at in the last 8-9 months… Last time seen it five months and 19 days ago.

what do you do?
I’m a freelance Software Architect and Developer as well as volunteer organiser and lead Coach of Hackership – the code learning retreat for developers.

where are you currently?
New York City. Just arrived a couple of hours ago. Aside from a quick side-step to Philly this Weekend will spend a total of two weeks here before flying to Copenhagen (Denmark). Have been traveling the States for the last months.

where are you going?
After Copenhagen, back to Berlin for a couple of month – running the next Batch of Hackership there and then the one after in Costa Rica. Then probably South-East-Asia and Australia (again).

what has been memorable for you so far?
Still Australia. It’s been 16 months since I’ve been and I’ve seen plenty more since, but I still just want to go back.

will you go home anytime soon?
I do not really feel “home” anywhere anymore. I’ll be in Berlin for a few months, soon, yes. But primarily to eventually give up the apartment and clear out everything – aside from running Hackership there :wink: .

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Travelling is awesome, but it is also hard. If you go to fast and do too much in a short window of time, you burn yourself out and aren’t actually able to appreciate what you are doing. Travel slow. Also, travel light! And always book AirBnB a couple of days in advance to relief from stress :wink:

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@yago1 9yr

Hola chicos y chicas!

My name is Yago and I’m from Zurich in Switzerland (landlocked country in the heart of EU but not part of the EU…).

I left Switzerland 1. August 2014 (Swiss national day) with Btina my partner in crime and wife aka GreenTina (german lifestyle and travel blog) which is also freelance graphic and website designer via DieFarben. I guess you can say that we are a couple of slow traveling location independent digital nomads. Before this we lived together since 2001 in Switzerland and moved from one place to another until we stayed a few years in the economic capital: Zurich.

I’m mostly but not only, passionate Digital Marketing Ambassador. My digital work started in the heat of the dotcom boom in 1998. This allowed me to get deeply involved in the launch of many early web-based projects. I gained further professional experience in the digital field working for various Internet marketing agencies in Switzerland as well as for various in-house marketing departments at internationally renowned firms.
You can connect almost on every site with me over about.me/yago1 but if you want to stay up to date you rather just follow my Instagram: @yago1 I’m also freelance photographer so you can except a minimum of 1 photo update a day on my Flickr.

Currently and since 1 week, we are in the jungle town of Rurrenabaque in the tropical part of Bolivia in the heart of the South American continent.

Our next stop may be La Paz or Cochabamba but for sure again Santa Cruz de la Sierra and after Bolivia we are heading to Colombia for a few month or more and after that maybe again to Asia … no further plans yet :wink:

Memorable was this adventurous road trip we did form Asuncion in Paraguay with our Pickup to Samaipata in the mountains of Bolivia - trans passing the great Chaco dessert which hilariously was partly inundated. This was quite an adventure which I shall not forget so fast. And a rather sad experiece which was our little #AsterixTheDog which we brought with us from Switzerland was killed not so long ago in front of our eyes from a passing car in the mountains of Bolivia. It all happend super fast and within 2 minutes our little puppy had died. :frowning: :sob: Life sometimes turns abruptly and you really never know how much longer you are going to stay here. Live every moment like it would be the last.

Home? My home is where I’m right now. Everything else is just utopian IMHO.

Learnings so far? Well I guess to relocate within 1-3 days in a new location. Knowing every time better what to watch for and what questions to ask to get what you want.

Hope to get know a lot of open minded and crazy fellow nomads here!
Take care
Yago

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Hi awesome people. Brothers from other mothers and sisters from other Mistresses! :smile:
My name is Marcus Lucas, and I am a weird technology geek and entrepreneur from Brazil. I’ve been a nomad since 2010, when I quit my job as a software engineer in Tokyo, Japan.
I share some tips on entrepreneurship and cool interviews I’ve done on the road with amazing people I’ve meet on my site (in Portuguese), Libertação Digital.
I also gave a TEDx Talk (video below, subtitles coming soon) on building digital businesses, having friends all around the world, and ‘digital work’ inclusion of disabled people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crr4EQypR7Y

Currently, one of the girls who works for me was born without the eye balls - blind from birth - but speaks 7 languages. She does transcription and translation work for my projects.
At the moment I am in Chiang Mai, Thailand, but might pack my bags soon to go somewhere else. Getting quite bored here. LOL
It’s a pleasure to be here with you guys. It’s such an amazing community!
Let’s rock! :smiley:

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@leonagano 9yr

What’s your name?
Leo Nagano

Where are you from?
São Paulo - Brazil

How long have you been away from home?
2 months

What do you do?
I’m founder of www.everesti.com.br in Brazil. After 6 years I’ve sold my source code and my employees. Now, recently arrived in London
In the meantime, I’ve faced a problem on trying to find out the best way to reach the airports. With our entrepreneurial minds, I’ve developed a website to show how to get to/from some Airports www.airports.com.
I’ve been working from Google Campus, which is a great place to be.

Where are you currently?
London

Where are you going?
I intend to stay here improving my English, make some great connections and friends as well.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I’m going home in July and coming back in August (1.5 months in Brazil). I have no intentions to leave London, I’m discovering the city and the startups here.

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what’s your name?
Adrien Be (not a fan of sharing my family name on internet so I use “Be” as a sort of alias)

where are you from?
Paris.
Don’t even dare telling me you love Paris.

how long have you been away from home?
1 day :smile:

what do you do?
I am a self employed UX/front-end developer. I can usually transform an ugly & non-user-friendly website to something awesome in quite a short time :wink:

where are you currently?
Started my world trip yesterday :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

where are you going?
Southeast Asia & then Latin America

what has been memorable for you so far?
Come on man, I left yesterday! Actually… getting coffee spilt all over my only pair of trousers after jumping in the first transport taking me away from home felt quite memorable ^^

will you go home anytime soon?
Nope.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Do not underestimate coffee.

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@libtuck 9yr

Libby Tucker
Originally made in Midwest, USA
Based in: Anywhere / NYC / Seattle / World
Left corporate world in 2005
Digital Nomad officially since 2009
I create startups while traveling. I call them Anywhere Startups . I started Beer2Buds as a way to connect with friends you lost touch with after traveling and having a beer together.
I created a resource site called LiveWorkAnywhere for traveling entrepreneurs and people who were like me back in the day, just dying to leave the corporate world but not knowing how.
I’ve recently launched Anywhere Passport, or AnyPass.co for short, to lower the barrier even more to people wanting to travel but needing a place to live, work, and seamless mobility by decreasing overhead.
Whereto next:
NYC en route to ?? Iceland, Bali, or ??
Memorable?
So so much. I thrive on experiences. I’ve met people from all walks of life.
I speak Spanish in multiple dialects.
I took German classes in Berlin.
I snuck on a cruise ship to Greece.
I saw a man get beaten by the police and nearly killed in El Salvador.
I jumped off a cliff into the Adriatic in Croatia and nearly got killed myself, and also almost drowned in Central America while boogie boarding.
I’ve been robbed.
I’ve gotten very sick.
I’ve slept in so many airports.
And yet, I’ve never felt more alive than when I travel.
I’ve trekked in Patagonia and have seen penguins.
I have created the best friendships, and had the worst of breakups.
I’ve learned:
People are different. That’s all - just different. The more we travel, the more we open our minds to differences.
I’ve learned more about myself and how to become a global citizen.
We have the ability, as infrastructure is increasing and being a nomad is becoming more of the norm, to not only play a huge part in this change, laying the groundwork for those who follow, but to also create cross-cultural entrepreneurship and global cooperation.
I’ve learned that life is for living.
I’ll never stop traveling, exploring, or growing. Someday I hope to have a hackathon on Mars! :wink:
I love that there are more and more like us, and we can create community from anywhere in the world!

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@lpds 9yr

Hi to all the fantastic people over here,
It was fascinating to read all your introductions so I decided to add in mine.

I’m Zoltan Varadi from Hungary. Actually I have been to less places than most of the people over here. I visited Australia, Scotland, England, Czech Republic, Croatia, in all of these countries I aimed for smaller places (except OZ where i stayed in Sydney). My all time fave is Scotland at the moment so I’ll head back there in a few months.

What I do? My primary role currently is a hands-on CTO in a startup in SF (aye, never been there actually - still works pretty well :stuck_out_tongue:), apart from that I usually help business people to translate their ideas to developers, a kind of consultant who transforms “human speech” to geeky talk and wireframes. In the past 10 years I got pretty good at it, yet still find it challenging to produce the simplest possible UX for everyone. Love doing whatever makes my brain move and is able to get me in the flow.

Also worth a mention that I haven’t worked in a “normal” job at all ever (okay for 3 months, but quickly turned out that it’s not my type of thing), so I’m not a transitioned digital nomad - not a proper nomad at all actually. I have 2 sons who enjoy travelling to anywhere “EXCURSION DADDY!!!” says the younger, “Love going on discovery tours” says the older. Me being location independent makes it good fun.

Was thinking about switching to constant travelling, but still haven’t found a good way to properly educate non english native children without partly normal schooling. The switch in my mind came just about a month ago that they don’t need school, better to learn life skills so constant travelling is a good way to embrace that. Now it’s time to convince their mothers (yes they’re from 2 moms).

Nothing else to say yet, if anyone’s interested in anything feel free to AMA.

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Hello. My name is Brandon and I’m from the US. I’ve been traveling through Asia for about 3 months now and will be here until September.

I currently perform legal consulting services for a company in Seattle.

I’m currently in Vietnam but have traveled to several other places since arriving in SEA. I will be here for at least a month and then head off somewhere else. Not sure yet.

Like I said, I will be in SEA until September at which point I will return to the US to undergo a surgical procedure. Nothing serious but it needs to get done sooner rather than later.

The most important thing I’ve had to learn as a nomad is patience. I know its cliche but it’s true. Coming from Los Angeles, everything is fast, dependable, and high quality. It seem my patience is being tested on a weekly basis, if not daily. I can’t think of a better aspect of character to develop and it WILL get developed in SEA.

where are you currently?
where are you going?
what has been memorable for you so far?
will you go home anytime soon?
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

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@thomiew 9yr

Hey all!

My name is [Thom Wensink][1] and i’m a dutch 23 year old so called digital nomad. After lurking around on the forums for quite some time now i am finally commenting myself on this post.

I’m a freelance front-end developer and i try to live and work on the road. It’s nice to see that there are more people our there that have the same mind towards life as i do! Want to know more about me? Check out my [website][2] (it’s in dutch thought) or my [blog][3]. You can also always send me a message! I’d love to get in contact with other nomads.

Where are you from?
The Netherlands, from a small village close to Germany.

Where are you currently?
Valencia, Spain

Where are you going?
2015 I will probably spend most of my time in Spain. I 2016 i plan to live and work for at least one year in south east asia.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I really dont like being home that long. Back home everyone is so stressed out by daily life so i try to avoid that.

Feel free to contact me anytime!
[1]: http://www.thomwensink.nl
[2]: http://www.thomwensink.nl
[3]: https://medium.com/@Thomwensink

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Hi everyone,
I’m Mariana, from Venezuela. I have been working remotely for around 4 years, and lived in Argentina, Brazil, India, Malta and México so far. I plan to go to the Black Sea coast (Bulgaria or Romania) next month for the summer, and then South Africa.

I work in digital marketing, project/account management, and market research.

Nice to meet you all!

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Hi all, it’s good to be here and to have found this forum. I’m currently doing my research to get ready for my husband and I to set sail in our 50 year old wooden boat. Kevin is currently completing the restoration while I try figure out whether it’s best to move our business online or to look for virtual work or do both. I’m guessing that at 57 I’m probably one of the oldest people on this group but I’ve been working in the online space since the birth of the commercial Internet in 1993, so I’m pretty comfortable working remotely.
what’s your name?
My name is Kae
where are you from?
I’m originally from Scotland, lived in Cape Town for 20 years, then been based in various places around England. During the dot com boom of the early 2000’s I had a business based in UK, Perth (Australia) and Cape Town, so I did a lot of travelling and working at that time. About 18 months ago we bought and moved aboard our old sailing boat with the intention of restoring her and then heading off on our travels next summer.
how long have you been away from home?
Gosh which home? I left Scotland 35 years ago
what do you do?
Digital project manager and I’m currently looking for remote work. I’m also writing a blog about preparing to become a floating Digital Nomad, I found this forum as part of my research for www.digitalpirates.eu
where are you currently?
In Essex in England.
where are you going?
Sailing across the channel and then through the French canals to the Mediterranean where we’ll cruise and work. One day at a time.
what has been memorable for you so far?
Some of the people I’ve met on my travels have become life long friends.
will you go home anytime soon?
This has been our home for 18 months. My children and grand children are split between England and Cape Town and the rest of my family are spread around the UK, mum is still in Scotland, so not sure where home is but we’ll see most of them before we leave.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Meeting local people and integrating with the community is important.

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what’s your name?
Hans Brinkman

where are you from?
Holland, grew up in The Hague city.

where are you currently?
Belgium

where are you going?
Manila, Philippines or Chiang Mai, Thailand

will you go home anytime soon?
No, i cant wait to live the life of a traveller and see as much countries as possible

I am just starting out as a Digital nomad, ill finish contract with my current company and then ill get out of Europe as fast as possible.

I am gonna try to live and work in the Philippines, hopefully the internet will be okay there. I will see, i will move to the Philippines in August.

If the cost of living is too high in Manila, then i will get out of Philippines and stay in Chiang Mai for a few months. I need to bootstrap on my little E-commerce business first.

I saw there are a few coworking spaces in Manila, Philippines and i wonder if the internet is really okay over there?

Anyway, all the best to all the nomads out there!

Have a great day!

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My names Jesse Hanley, and I’m an Australian from Sydney.

I’ve been travelling since January and after moving out of my apartment and putting everything into 1 backpack I don’t plan to go home for a very long time.

To earn moolah I help businesses grow with MakeThem.Care, build TextGoose with another fellow nomad and also write for blogs when I have spare time (Just launched a new blog here if you want to check it out).

**I’m currently wondering around in Oslo, Norway and loving it. **I only planned to stay here for a week but am now almost going on a month. It’s amazing when you find yourself in a place with such creative minds.

Next up is Germany, UK and then unsure where from there. I’m thinking of just staying in Europe for the next 6 - 12 months working with my friends here.

For me the most memorable parts of travelling have always been making such amazing friendships with fellow nomads. There is something so unique about the relationships built on here compared to when I was back home. They’re more interesting and people really look out for each other here.

Whilst travelling the world I’ve learnt that the number one thing for long term happiness as a nomad is the relationships you built whilst exploring. Push yourselves to engage in this amazing community and what you’ll get out of your little adventure abroad will 10x itself I wrote a little bit about it here.

If you’re a fellow nomad please reach out and say hi on Twitter! I’m always online and love random meetups with people from here :slight_smile:

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Wow, what a group. I have to confess that I read every single post above, during the last week or so. Such an inspiring group. I can conclude the following:

  • At 38, I’m older than most people here.
  • Am the only one from my country
  • Not being an IT-guy also puts me in a minority, albeit a large one.

So, who am I:
A fresh nomad, just starting out. I made the decision two months back, and a week ago today I “quit” my country and gave up my residency.
For good? Who knows. I sold my furniture and a bunch of other stuff, and put the rest of my belongings into a long term storage unit. I’m vagabonding on my motorcycle, and only have the things with me that will fit on it. It looked like this a few day ago, having fun in Sweden.

<21>From….?
I’m from Denmark, and have been living in Copehangen (the capital) for years. They say we’re the happiest country, but people are also very set in their ways, enjoying their middel-class existence and steady jobs.

Doing…?
I’m a professional speaker (you can also call it motivational speaker / seminar leader / workshop facilitator, but not coach). I’m currently doing around 80 events a year, meaning I have to show up somewhere for anywhere between 60 minutes and a full day, 80 days of the year. That leaves 285 days for traveling and working location independent, mostly on getting new clients and writing.

I’ve been blogging for years, on my main topics of happiness at work, leadership, change ect., and will now start blogging about my experiences and reflections on the road. My international website is HappyWays.com, but up until now most post have been in danish over at Jon.dk. I did a TEDx talk a few years back, the video is on the websites.

Going…?
I’ll be spending most of my time around Europe, and hope to meet fellow nomads for fresh inspiration and sharing of ideas and lifestyle. Will spend most of May and June in the northern part of Germany (Flensburg, Hamburg, Berlin), and hope to meet other nomads! Also going to Awesomeness Fest in Croatia in a weeks time. Will ride the full trip on my BMW motorbike.

When traveling, I like to spend time enjoying my hobbies, which include motorcykle riding, rock concerts and festivals, cool conferences, connecting with intelligent people, Formula 1 races, parties on the fetish scene as well as spending time alone, reading and writing. I’ve published 3 books, with one of them coming out in english and german this year.

See you on the road!

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@happy333 9yr

Hi all,

my name is Silvia, Im from Spain,living in London for 14 years or so. I currently work as an admin in the Head Office. My company is leader teaching languages worldwide. I process the student’s bookings and supervise my team. My dream is to move to Bali. I spent two weeks holidays there, started reading and felt in love. I have no plans to go back to Spain, that’s currently crazy.

So far my partner and I have been trying to move to Singapur and Philippines with no luck. We both have full time jobs and no savings (yep, travelling comes first). Its difficult, we don’t know very well where to look. We have started a community social website for polyamorous folks and those in other types of open relationships. He is a photographer (its a hobby but participate in many projects organized by himself for fun). We hope to kick off and start monetizing the web soon.

Looking for people in the same situation to get and swap some ideas. Happy to be here!

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what's your name? 

I am Matias Bonet and realize I was a digital nomad a couple of months ago so really happy to find this forum

where are you from? 

I am from Mallorca but love to get away to anywhere around the world.

how long have you been away from home? 

I lived in australia for a year then came back to Mallorca working remotelly for australia when I realize I could do it from anywhere and did an around the world tryp for 4 months while working. My last workations where in san francisco were I expend two months.

what do you do? 

I am a computer engenier who loves the sea and do project for any ocean-related company or customer. I started www.oceandrivers.com.

where are you currently? 

I am back to mallorca now and decide to create an oasis for digital nomads for who wants to enjoy my beautiful island and also to meet interesting digital nomads. www.bedandesk.com/bndmarineta

where are you going? 

I never know! I use to decide my trips based on destiny, maybe will be for work… maybe to check out a friend… or simply point on a map and go there depending on my mind set.

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@shantaram 9yr

Hi Nomad folks, i’m really glade to had find this forum and have the possibility to join this amazing community, with the possibility to meet all the digital nomad of this crazy world, and maybe work together and share thousand and thousand with all of you!
Nice to meet you, my name is Francesco and i’m an Italian guy with this huge passion for all the amazing things that we can do and create with our laptop. I studied electronic in a professional school in Italy, actually it was electronic of the second word war, so pointless. In September 2013 i left Bergamo, my home town, and i start an amazing journey in that amazing country call Australia. Since i was travel i recognized that i don’t want to come back anymore, or maybe just for holiday, but travel is like a drug, when you start it’s really hard to stop it. So i start to reading about this huge Digital Nomadism movement and i start to create my profession, spending all my time in the study of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and day by day improving my skill and becoming better and better. Actually i never did a course about that, but i’m studying like a self-taught and i really want to know every thing about all the professional work that we can do with the laptop. I just start few month ago, so i’m working and building step by step this profession, and i want to do it. Right now i stay in Perth, Western Australia, so if any Digital Nomad is around this area, feel free to contact me and it will be a pleasure to spend time together, and share our experience and our ideas.
My plan is to stay here until August and for September, travel in all the west coast until Darwin!!!
I’m really glade to be here with you guys and share our experience together!
Thank you for this opportunity!!!

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@richaz 9yr

Hey, guys!

My name is Azat. I’m 24. Now live in traveling, in different countries in Asia. Originally from Russia. Past 8 years lived in Moscow. Graduated 2 university: first one technical, then got Master degree in marketing sphere. Love learning, keep learning some courses on Coursera. Love traveling (of course), meet new interesting people, interested in border of technical and spiritual spheres of life.
We (with my girlfriend Ira) are Digital Nomads since 2013. We worked remotely in Yandex (the largest search engine company in Russia) as media planers and analysts. When we finished our master program we decided to quit our job and start travel life in SEAsia.
We lived and surfed 2 months in Indo, chilled 2 months in Phuket, spent overall in travel about 1 months in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam, after that moved to Sri Lanka, where found cute place in Hikka for 3 months. Now we are in India. Planned to go to Nepal after India, but now not sure cause awful tragedies happened this week there. Hope everyone who live now in Nepal peace and keep calm!
We are open minded, so, please, feel free to contact us every time!

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@mrjai 9yr

Hi guys!

I am Junaid, 28, and I Computer Engineer from Lahore, Pakistan. I am a husband, father, iOS Developer and an Entrepreneur.

Technically I am not a nomad, but since past 3 years I have been working for different international companies as a permanent remote iOS Developer. So I usually travel within my country and work in different environments. I know its not nomad, but its kind of working remote.

In 2013, I joined a company in Lebanon and spent some time there as an expat, but that was only a 7 months venture and I returned back home. Now I am considering a rather long term move to Istanbul, Turkey to work for a US company. It will be a two years agreement, so it will be the longest stay for me as an expat. I hope it will work out well, and I will enjoy this experience.

As an individual, I like to meet new people, share ideas, talk about technology, history, art, and culture and I love to learn from everyone whatever I can.

Cheers, and have very good day.

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@leona 9yr

Hi guys, I’m really glad that I found this group at this moment.
My experience might be not the same but I feel like to talk about it.

My name is Leona, 25 and I’m a graphic & editorial designer.
I come from China and I haven’t go back for 2 year and 8 month by far.
I studied in an art academy in Utrecht, after graduation I did 2 internships in Amsterdam.
Currently I live in Utrecht and I couldn’t get a job as a designer, most of time I passed interview but in the end I was refused because of my visa status. And now I have less than 3 weeks to make next step.
Besides that I’m working on my startup project in between time, I tested mockups with many people around, in café or on the street, and I’m motivated each time when they asked ‘so where I can get one of these?’ But because of financial problem at the moment and with some practical issues, I’m actually considering quitting and back to China.

Well, let’s talk about the positive part of my story.
The reason why I’m so happy to see all of your stories is because after I moved to Amsterdam I started my internship as a backpacker because I couldn’t afford the rent. Among all my friends I was famous for nomadic living; I go back to Utrecht and pick up my mails when it needed, and my family kept asking ‘everything alright?’ I could always say ‘yes you can still find my location on Google map’.
During my stay in Amsterdam I have moved from one place to another around 11 times (such a perfect opportunity to memorize geographic information), for cat sitting, house keeping & plant sitting (watering), most of them who offered help are my friends I met during this backpack journey and sometimes are the colleagues, meanwhile I work as a cleaner for increase income.

Speak of the most memorable things, is my friend who surprise me each time I visit them, a warm meal, a new sweater or a cup of hot chocolate. It made my day when I was so tired of taking care other things.

For my situation I find the hardest part of lifestyle over that period is food and communication. The grocery is relatively expensive if you buy things from supermarket instead of daily/open market.
And the communication, actually that’s the part of learning as well, (besides how to schedule and make proper planning for next round of moving out). Each apartment I have lived has different way of living, and the people who live there all have different preferences, the taste for food, the showering time, or the way in which the room is set, etc.

Just last week in the morning I suddenly realized something is missing, something that always motivating- is the nomadic way of living, although currently I’m staying in a stable environment with a group of friends and two cats like family, but if I will have chance, now or later, I’d love to be a nomad again no matter taking a job or work on start-up, I never feel bored when I fall in love with the city, the street, the building, the pizza shop, the pub with fans shouting for football match, or the people sit next to you during the train trip.

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@b_tofel 9yr

Hi guys and gals!

I’m a software automation tester in earily 30’s travelling down the Americas with my girlfriend (a copywriter) and a dog adopted from a shelter. We’re currently in Chiapas, Mexico with a plan to move to Belize and Guatemala in two weeks. Our final destination is Tierra del Fuego in Chile, but don’t have a fixed plan or a deadline.

We’ve been toying with digital nomadism since June 2014 and before we came to Mexico we stayed in Canary Islands for 3 months and then for a month in USA (California). So far we’ve been working 40 hours a week, which I must say did do the trick, but lately we became a bit tired and we’re about to switch to a half-month-work, half-month-travel mode.

Oh, we’re travelling on board of a Toyota Land Cruiser so if any of you are in Central America, want to meet, surf, hike together or want to catch a ride let us know!

Cheers,
Bartek & Yusti

Ps.
We are both from Poland and the dog is a Mexican :wink:

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Hi there folks! Just joined today and I thought I’d introduce myself. My name is Lisa. I’ve viewed myself as a nomad of sorts since the 90’s, but am only now working on shifting towards becoming a digital one. I’m an English language professional by trade and I’m working on building my business for teaching ESL to adult learners online (see www.english-with-lisa.com for more info on that). I’m interested in connecting with like minds for collaboration, learning, skillsharing, inspiration, so this struck me as a good place to join the conversation. I’d love to hear from you, so please don’t hesitate to drop me a line!

Oh, and the question about ‘going home’- I am home. I have many homes. And I make wherever I am into a new home. :slight_smile:

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@ifdattic 9yr

Hi,

I’m Andrew Marcinkevičius and I’m from Earth (the last time I checked).

Always had issues understanding things like borders/nationality/patriotism/etc. My approach is more or less to make the place I’m at the home, if it doesn’t work change the environment and look for new home.

I’m a Web consultant focusing on bringing value to my client businesses’ be it making an application or suggesting a best approach to a problem (more info available at http://ifdattic.com/about). Try to share my thoughts on my blog in technical (tutorials, tips) and personal (traveling, reflections) topics.

Currently staying in Klaipeda (Lithuania) which quite nice in Summer. Planning to start traveling through Europe for Autumn and then Asia for Winter. After that who knows, world is a small place but big enough.

Traveling is a great way to expand your thinking and put yourself in front of a wonders. Be it a wonderful person with whom you can talk until the dawn or a wonderful scenery making you realize you should just stop and relax for a moment.

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Who am I? Where am I from? What do I do?
Hey, all! I am Macx, a 21 year old Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student in S. Korea. Granted, I am not a digital nomad myself at the moment but that’s not going to stop me from posting here and connecting with you people.

What am I interested in?
I am interested in technological advancement and it’s impact on the way we humans live our lives. I think the recent surge of “location independent / remote working / modern vagabonding” lifestyle is a wonderful example of people leveraging technology to better live a life they actually want instead of living a life defined by tradition. This is a trend I’d love to see happen more and more. I want to see more of my generation (gen y) start questioning the way we live our lives and asking themselves why certain things are the way they are. I don’t want us to just accept reality. I want us to look at society and the lives our baby boomer parent’s have lived and wonder about it, asking hard questions, and seeking alternative, better routes to a more fulfilling life.

Ever since I’ve come across the concept of location independence I’ve been hooked on trying to figure out how to untether traditional jobs that require physical presence from their operational environments. The internet brought all of us closer on the level of communication. However, we haven’t been able to close the physical gap that exists between us. We can’t directly manipulate the environment that is thousands of miles away at the moment. With the resurgence of VR and advancement of telerobotics I’m going to bet on the educated guess that “physical space” too will go the way of communication. With enough advancement in telepresence / telerobotics, you’ll be able to have a physical presence to go along with your “internet presence” anywhere in the world.

Where am I headed?
As much as I’d love to leave my country and vagabond around the globe on an electric motorcycle, my country won’t let me until I’ve soaked up some bullets for them and killed some fellow human beings. So at the moment I’m stuck in one place. So, yeah, that sucks. But I’ll make it through. You just wait, world! (shakes fist)


With that said, I’m looking forward to bringing interesting discussions to the table with the DN community both through the internet and through meat-space (real life).


P.S. Also, I’ll like to add to @Yena_Lee 's quote on work hours in S.Korea;

Average work hour is 11hrs a day so there are not much free time after work, even on a weekend sometime.

I spent around 18 hours a day strapped to a desk when I was in high school studying for a test to get into college. I ****ing hated it. I’m surprised I made it through.

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@yena_lee 9yr

Hello! I am 23 year-old newbie in this DN community and I have been away from my country, Korea for 15K hours, getting to two years this summer.

In Korea, a lot of people are under heavy pressure of getting a job and sitting at the desk full time. Average work hour is 11hrs a day so there are not much free time after work, even on a weekend sometime. Since I have grown up in a family living “the norm” and hadn’t had an opportunity to go out of my country and see other ways of living, I believed that is the only way people live their lives and how to be an responsible adult until I decided to get off the beaten track when I finished the undergraduate study.

It wasn’t an easy decision. I haven’t saved enough money because I had to pay the tuition and the living cost on my own and no one around me had experience of going or living abroad. However, I had to get out and see what the real world is so I just plunged it.

So I moved to D.C in 2013 without speaking the language and having enough money. But I was lucky to start my first career in Chicago, USA at an digital content solution company. As it is a small business, I have done A to Z from producing content (writing & designing) to creating marketing strategies and implementing them. Also I was in charge of social media marketing for a music label and a NGO as my side job. From my jobs and lots of workshops and networking events I’ve attended, I realized the way I used to know for 20 years was not the only way to live and not the way I wanted to walk either.

I quite my job this year to explore the other parts of the world and started to travel in South America. While traveling, I’ve been working as a freelance writer/designer and digital marketing specialist for small businesses. I also crowd-funded my photography project for this trip, by which I hope to build a bridge between Asia and South America by presenting a blend of those two cultures in the photos. Associated with the project, I have my own blogs and Facebook page with few thousands of followers.

I am very satisfied with my life now and don’t think I can go back to the normal way but sometime I wondered how long I will be able to continue on this life and where I will ended up as some people treat me it will leave me no real friends and no money to support myself. When I found about digital nomad, I was happy that I am not the only one who are doing this and people are continuing on it. I hope to share more ideas and communicate with amazing people through this community!

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I consider myself to be a nomad – I’ve lived in 4 different places so far. I hoping to find others who are interested in living a nomadic life style. I’m currently a web dev in Los Angeles CA – please don’t be afraid to message me.

  • what’s your name?
    Sean
  • where are you from?
    Maui, Hawaii
  • how long have you been away from home?
    4 years away from HI.
  • what do you do?
    Web developer. Currently I dev for a web site called ModelMayhem.com.
  • where are you currently?
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • where are you going?
    I’d like to travel to South East Asia
  • what has been memorable for you so far?
    Hard to say, I’m not very good at telling stories.
  • will you go home anytime soon?
    Probably never.
  • what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
    Home is where you’re happy, and always take the long way home.
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what’s your name?
Adam Pierce Nubern
where are you from?
Colorado, USA
how long have you been away from home?
Nine months
what do you do?
Certified Public Accountant in the US
where are you currently?
South Island of New Zealand
where are you going?
Sydney, Singapore then settling down in Thailand for a couple of months
what has been memorable for you so far?
Kayaking down the Whanganui River on the North Island of NZ
will you go home anytime soon?
Maybe for Christmas of '15
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
This is real life! You dream about traveling the world and s i[insert your own question here]ng.

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@sylow 9yr

What’s your name?
Gökhan, known as ‘Han’

Where are you from?
I’m from Turkey but living in The Netherlands

How long have you been away from home?
I can’t say I am away yet, I have been living in The Netherlands for the last 15 years and moving to Chiang Mai in September

What do you do?
I am a web developer/consultant/architect, working for startups.

Time has come to do something for myself, so in search of business partners and web design partner to grow our ideas together.

Where are you currently?
In Netherlands till mid June

Where are you going?
In Turkey from mid June till September
In Thailand from September till …

What has been memorable for you so far?
May sound silly but hugging the people I love is always memorable moments for me.

Will you go home anytime soon?
I have no home but I will go and see my family soon

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Be open minded and listen, and open your heart to total strangers.

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What’s your name?
Hello all, I’m Hannah :slight_smile:

Where are you from?
I’m from England, currently based in Nottingham. I spent five years of my childhood in Johannesburg, and before that Stratford-upon-Avon. Nomadic from birth!

How long have you been away from home?
I spent a year in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 2011, but since then have been back in Nottingham, planning my escape.

What do you do?
I am the founder of Visit Sarajevo, a site I set up because Sarajevo and Bosnia are such incredible places, and tourism is growing, but current and accurate information is hard to find.

In the next month, we’re hopefully going to start offering a Travel Consultant/Trip Coaching service. This will be my first real go at starting a business. It could go either way…

Where are you currently?
Nottingham, where my day job is working for a Students’ Union campaign team.

Where are you going?
Just got back from snowboarding in Bosnia (can you spot a theme?). I don’t know where I’m going next, but I know it’s going to be awesome.

What has been memorable for you so far?
Taking that first step and moving to Sarajevo after graduating. I learn so much that year, and I fell in love with the city and people. I’m keen to explore further afield now.

Will you go home anytime soon?
Home is where the heart is.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
I haven’t had my chance yet. But I’m preparing a little more everyday.

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@3210jr 9yr

name - Ally Jr
from - Arusha Tanzania
away from home - 18 months so far!
what I do - Undergraduate, Software Developer
currently - In Houston, Texas
going - everywhere baby!
memorable moment - Culture shock when I first travelled to the western world and saw an old lady in speedos
going back soon? - most probably going back to Tanzania in June
lessons learnt - Life is short, all time is borrowed time.

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what’s your name?

Amber

where are you from?

Washington DC, USA

how long have you been away from home?

two months so far.

what do you do?

Digital Advertising and Project Management consultant, also the founder of a startup.

where are you currently?

Bucharest, Romania

where are you going?

quite an itinerary ahead including: Istanbul, Prague, Athens (+ Greek Isles), Paris, London and Barcelona.

what has been memorable for you so far?

Starting the adventure, I wasn’t sure I’d ever get here, so it’s nice to know I can, and am, doing it!

will you go home anytime soon?

I’ll be going back home around the holidays, then plan to tour S. America in late January.

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

Try new things (be open minded)
Minimalism (still kind of learning this, especially as it relates to my luggage)
To be comfortable with a new norm

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Hi everyone! My name is Marta, I’m 28 and I’m currently based in Florence, Italy which has been my travel base for over a year now. I’m an SEO strategist but my real passion is my travel blog! Im planning to move to SE Asia soon (mostl likely KL) so I’m excited to follow all the relevant threads and connect with nomads based in that area!

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@natalie1 9yr

Hello! My name is Natalie. I’m an American who happily has not touched foot on US soil in 2 years now. I’ve been working online since I left; my first home base was Seoul, and for almost a year now it’s been Ubud, Bali. I went from the best internet to the worst :slight_smile:
I’ve also traveled around some, but not too much. I’ve been an Ubud homebody and have barely left. I love it here. It’s about time to start some traveling again, and I’m thinking India, though I am a bit overwhelmed by the idea. Also I plan to go to Japan for a month, and Thailand, where I’ve been before.
Anyway, my work is pretty unusual, as I lucked into a situation, or really manipulated myself into it over the years of working with my present company. I work for a substance abuse and mental health counseling center in the states and do insurance billing and administrative work. I’ve been there almost 7 years, and started out in the office and slowly over time created my current position.
I know there’s tons of nomads in Ubud… if you want to meet let me know. You won’t find me at Hubud, though…

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@poehah 9yr

Hi all,

I’m Maarten, a 27 year old front-end webdeveloper from Belgium. I’m an avid traveler and coming August I will quit my job and move to Australia for 1 year. My plan is to visit every nook and cranny while doing webdev. work remotely (or on site). I recently created a free global bike sharing platform. I created both backend and frontend for it.
I am available for work and would love to find a nice startup to work with. If you know someone… :smile:

If you’re in Australia and want to meet to drink a beer or discuss startup ideas, let me know!

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@divraj 9yr

Hi Guys , I’m Divraj from Mumbai , India. Working on an subscription model e-commerce startup for the Indian market. Trying to build it to be location independent after 1 year of work on the ground here. Meeting @levelsio and rest of the awesome people at Hubud , Bali last year was really inspiring , hope to be working remotely soon. I’ve also started a slack chat for the local Mumbai startup community , happy to send any of you invites if you are interested in exploring the Indian startup scene.

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Hi everyone! Newbie here from the US. I’ve been a nomad since 2009. I currently live here in the PI since December 2014, after having traveled and worked in Vietnam, then Thailand as a language instructor. I’ve also traveled to Singapore twice and have stayed there for 4 months, and then 3 months working online. Right now I earn thru working as an independent contractor. Helping my brother in his online business (apparel) also gave me a chance to earn quite a few good bucks a month. Although it’s great to enjoy some luxury, life is good with all its simplicity. I find joy and fulfillment in being able to survive in the midst of this chaotic and awesome world. The diverse culture, fusion of differences and the myriad of astounding sights around the world (especially in SEA!) are just something that I couldn’t pass up, and I’m still eager to explore more.

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@sarab 9yr

Hi sorry, where is PI? Just curious :smile:

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@zbynek 9yr

###what’s your name?
“Zbynek” or just “Z”

###where are you from?
Czech Republic

###how long have you been away from home?
4 years ago I quit my IT career in banking industry to make a year long trip from Prague to Singapore (strictly overland - no planes allowed).
Since then I gave the corporate world another chance, but realized that traveling and digital nomadism is the perfect lifestyle for me.
I’ve been making living as a freelancer for more than a year, on the road for 8 months now.

###what do you do?
Android Developer

###where are you currently?
Ubud, Bali

###where are you going?
I’m heading to Taipei in mid April. I’ll be happy to meet other nomads there!

###what has been memorable for you so far?
It’s hard to pick one thing…

###will you go home anytime soon?
I’ll spend one month with my family back home in summer.

###what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
Minimalism
Taking calculated risks
Seeing things in a more objective way.
Realizing there’s nothing like “normal” and everything is relative.
Realizing how lucky and privileged I am to have been born in my country.
Many other things, usually considered cliches, but those are mostly the biggest truths :slight_smile:

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Hi, I’m Ivan and I’m from Argentina. I’ve always wanted to live and travel abroad, especially Europe.

Last November I started working as a Growth Marketer (or Hacker) at a startup called Receiptful. Next month I’ll start working as a full-time employee making over 3K USD, which means I’ll be able to travel the world as I always wanted to! :smiley:

I’ll first go on a 10-day vacation to New York, and then I think I’ll go to Barcelona for a month. I always wanted to live there, and apparently, it’s a great place to live, even for nomads as us.

After that trip, I’m not sure what I’ll do. I’ll probably go to Portugal, stay in Spain, or go to Eastern Europe before it turns winter. Still, I’m not sure.

The thing I liked the most when I travel 8 days on my own on Greece, with little money. It was amazing. I met a lot of people, had a lot of fun, and discovered an amazing place, such as Mykonos and Santorini.

I hope to start learning as much as possible in the next weeks prior to my trip, and share as much as possible with you as I travel the world.

See you soon :smile:

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Who inspires you?

Garry Kasparov, Elon Musk, Charlie Carrel, John Rawls, Winston Churchill, Malala Yousafzai

What do you do to make the world a better place?

Politics, technology, environment and food. Combining them all into one discipline and creating, bridging the gap between free market and public policy. Efficiency and resource distribution of the public good. Onus on the Tragedy of the Commons.

Why do you want to be a nomad?

Complete freedom and liberation. I want to see the world, and live on my own clock, not someone else’s.

What do you do?

I’m a Front-end Dev. But I’m really into Politics and Investing.

How do they call you?
Shadi, or Shad

Pick a smiley
:new_moon_with_face:

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Who inspires you?
Evgeny Morozov, Michel Houllebecq, José Saramago, and this Polish Guy I saw recently travelling half the world to drink wodka with penguins.

What do you do to make the world a better place?
Should I? Can I?

Why do you want to be a nomad?
I am not sure if I am running from or towards something. Always loved travelling though, and living abroad (Lisbon) for a year now.

What do you do?
I wrote a book about living without internet. It was longlisted for the Dutch Youth Literature Prize. Now I do mostly commercial writing. Planning to write a book about Digital Nomads. Or maybe penguins.

How do they call you?
Abraham or Bram (shorter version)

Pick a smiley
:koala:

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Hi all,

I am Axel, a 51-year old guy from Germany. I quit my job as a Professor in 2013 in order to live a more self-determined life with more freedom to do what I want. I purchased a historic sailing yacht in 2014 on which I now live. It needs a bit of restoration, which I guess will eat up my savings pretty soon.

My plan is to find people to sail with (I have space for up to 8 co-sailors) while making my living off-shore and as a digital nomad. I have not really started developing any income streams as I was too busy with my boat and getting it ready for a longer voyage. I currently reside in Turkey in the easter mediterranean and if you are in the are drop me a note.

Here are some brief answers to the questions posted at the beginning of the thread:

  1. what’s your name? - My name is Axel
  2. where are you from? - I am from Germany
  3. how long have you been away from home? - about 9 years
  4. what do you do? - I live on an ocean-going sailboat in the Med.
  5. where are you currently? - I am currently in Turkey (on the coast)
  6. where are you going? - don’t know yet. It depends on people who come sail with me. We could go anywhere.
  7. what has been memorable for you so far? - I had a fantastic time doing workaway in Costa Rica
  8. will you go home anytime soon? - Where is home?
  9. what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - that life as a nomad is far more interesting than life as a sedentary person.

Good luck to everyone and hoping we will meet some day,
Axel

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Hello,
I am Doris from Singapore. I lived in New Zealand for 3 years to complete my university and summer work. Spent last 6 years as an employee in government sector and now in the midst of transition to a digital nomad. Currently, I am located in Singapore, and planning for 3-month trips to Korea, Australia and Japan in the next 2 years. Went to Taiwan for a 30D29N solo backpacking trip around the whole island when I turned 30 and it was amazing. Started planning towards this lifestyle in last 2 years and now ready to make the transition in 2015.

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what’s yer name?
Austin Witherow

where ye from?
America (Virginia)

how long you been away?
8 months

what do you do?
I am still trying to figure that out… I was working full time in America and really did not enjoy it, so I flew to Europe and traveled for 5 months. I saw Portugal, Spain, Germany and Hungary. Funds started to dry up and I had not heard of digital nomading at the time, so I applied full time as a Frontend Web Developer at Goodgame Studios in Hamburg, Germany.

I stumbled upon the idea a few weeks back reading the typical literature on the subject, starting with Vagabonding and 4 Hour Workweek. I am still trying to figure out where to start, as I am still “inexperienced” in my career path as a Frontend Web Developer. I am doing some writing every day (minimum 1,500 words on short stories and a book I’m writing), looking into internet marketing opportunities as well as trying to figure out how to leverage my ability as a Frontend Web Developer.

If anyone has experience in any of those areas mentioned above, I’d really love to get some feedback/advice/mentorship on the subjects so that I can hopefully make my dream come true by my launch date, November 1st.

where are you currently?
Hamburg, Germany (currently actually spending 3 weeks in Orlando, Florida at the time of writing this)

where are you going?
Either Spain to hang out with my Sister for a while as I get started up, or straight into Southeast Asia (still trying to figure out which airport to fly into! So many options, so many people talking about which places are amazing… it’ll really all come down to a cost of living viewpoint).

will you go home anytime soon?
I can picture myself visiting home once a year or once every two years for an extended period of time, as family is still important to me. I am currently writing this post as I visit them.

Really glad to be a part of this growing community, I really look forward to getting to know everyone here… learning a lot, growing my network, and making that dream of nomading come true.

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Hi all!

what’s your name?
Gigi Griffis

where are you from?
Originally American.

how long have you been away from home?
Coming up on my three-year anniversary.

what do you do?
I’m a writer. I do unconventional travel guides, lots of magazine articles, and (more for the love of it than anything else) a blog.

where are you currently?
Nerja, Spain

where are you going?
Next stop: Toledo, Spain
Then back to Switzerland (where I’ve been loosely basing myself)

will you go home anytime soon?
Hells no.

Nice to meet you all. :smile:

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@robwattct 9yr

My name is Rob and I’m from the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa.

I’ve been away from home for 6 months. I originally went to the States (Austin and NYC) for a month and have been in London since.

I’m a web developer and SEO specialist and run my own one-man company (with a network of partners). I have clients in the USA, UK, South Africa, Sweden and UAE.

My UK visa expires at the end of May, so I’m planning on heading back to the States for summer (June-August), spending time with the family and checking out the sights. I hear NYC is awesome in summer. I’m planning on heading to Bali after that (September-October), and after that I’m not sure.

The most memorable parts so far was Christmas in Austin, Texas with my family and experiencing NYC for the first time!

I don’t have any definite plans to back home (Cape Town), anytime soon. South Africa is a beautiful place, with lots to do and friendly people, amazing wine farms, beaches, mountains, safaris etc. but the government have done a fantastic job in running the country into the ground. I prefer to think of “Home” as a nice place to visit and spend time, but not to live.

One of my goals for travelling was that my perspective of other nations and their peoples would be challenged and that I would have lots of new experiences. I’ve also caught up with lots of old friends in the UK and made a ton of new ones, as well as making contacts in the tech scene in London. It’s been pretty cool working from Google Campus London too. So far this trip has been amazing and I keep telling people to do the same.

If anyone has contacts in Bali for accommodation which is secure, has aircon and decent wifi, please let me know. I plan on surfing everyday and working in the evenings, hopefully will make new friends and business contacts too.

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Hi,

We are Philippe & Chonticha from France and Belgium+France+Thailand. We’ve been nomading since 1 year now.
We’re doing marketing and webmarketing consulting as well as graphic design, especially branding.

We’re leaving Prague today for two weeks in Normandy (Fr) then we plan to go back to Asia (Seoul or Hanoi, then Canggu and Shanghai maybe ?).

We would like to get along with nomad entrepreneurs and share experiences and vision.

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@raphael_b 9yr

Hello everyone !

What’s your name?
Raphaël Beaupied (Twitter : [@Raphael_B][1])

Where are you from?
Martinique.

How long have you been away from home?
I haven’t gone away from home… yet !

What do you do?
I’m a [Community Manager & French Translator as a freelance][2]. I’m also working on other personal side projects and participate within a local coworking community.

Where are you currently?
Martinique.

Where are you going?
I have planed to embrace the digital nomad lifestyle by september 2016, starting with Europe, Portugal, and do some Workaway / HelpX beside.

Passez un bon week-end !
[1]: http://www.twitter.com/Raphael_B
[2]: http://www.raphael-beaupied.me

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@betoayesa 9yr

Hello,

my name is Beto, I am a software Developer from Barcelona, Spain.
I mostly work on Web & iOs Projects, in freelance “conditions”. I value so much my freedom, and I don’t get easily attached to companies or projects. 6 months as maximum.

About 2 years ago, I moved to a beach-town near Barcelona. The experience went very good, and tried little far away. I stayed in Berlin about 6 months. After this I went far, Bali for 2 months. Now I write this from Chiang Mai, after coming from 10 days in Kuala Lumpur.

In about 2 months I will come back to Spain, to spend the summer there, in my opinion, the best place on earth to be in July-August: check out “costa brava”, Ibiza, Formentera or Menorca, Andalucía … Check-in with family, friends, old-same-stuff and road again …

Berlin is my favorite “basecamp”, big city, a lot of nature…
I would like to spend my next winter in Morocco, Surf+Work, or Portugal.
My next BIG move, will be Central & South America, starting in Cuba, ending in Patagonia.

I would love to build my own software and make a living from it, just like Pieter or others does. I hope some day inspiration catch me working.

When a client is really pissing you off, Don’t forget you are really really really lucky, even compared with average living-in-first-world-people :smiley:

Take care, enjoy, and go at least one time to Bali.

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@timbuktu 8yr

Hi Beto,
Im Tim and Im from Barcelona too (though Im Dutch). Have you traveled already to central america?

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@adamjar 9yr

I’m Adam from Sweden and I have been traveling on and off since 2011. I’m a freelancing translator (let me know if you’re in need of any Eng-Swe or Swe-Eng translations) and occasional writer, and I haven’t been in Sweden (home) since May of last year.
I’m currently in Bangkok and I still don’t know where I’m going next. I don’t like to plan my travels, I find it better to keep all my doors open for as long as possible. You never now what will happen, who you’ll meet or what you’ll feel like doing tomorrow. However, Laos is a favorite as well as Malaysia and I haven’t been to Myanmar or northern Vietnam yet…
I was sitting on a beach in Nicaragua when I received the first money I ever made online. That was a very memorable experience - the feeling of achieving complete freedom, the realization that I would never have to go back “home” to make more money again and the confirmation that the possibilities really are endless. Those few dollars changed my life and it’s something that I will never forget. But that is of course just one of many memorable things that has happened to me. Isn’t it because of these experiences that we travel in the first place?

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@sarab 9yr

Hello fellow translator/writer! :slight_smile:

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@ekbburner 9yr

Awesome to read your story, @adamjar

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@mzonas 9yr

Hi all,
My name is Don and I am not a digital nomad yet but this lifestyle does attract me very much and I am reading a lot about it.
I am internet marketer, probably pretty much like most of people here and I am passionate lindy hopper (a dance style that comes from 1920s). It’s partnered dance. I am a little bit into jazz and blues as well.
Anyway, I know I am going to go on 3 month dance camp spree where I will be away from UK for 3 months or so and I plan to visit around 10 countries or so in that time. Those dance camps are usually intense workshops with social dancing with live bands and stuff. Great stuff, keeps me busy.
I run lindyverse - a blog where I blog about lindy hop and my dancing experience. Now I have this plan - somehow reconstructure my business so I work for like 2-5 hours a week and I make more money than working full-time. I know it is possible and I don’t care if others say it’s impossible or crazy. I am crazy I know :smiley:
That’s it for now. Talk soon :slight_smile:

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@bolleinc 9yr

Hi all dreamers! :smile:
I’m 44 years old guy, originally from Serbia, used to live in Thailand, Singapore, Prague, even Paris for a bit. After 15 years away, now I’m back to Serbia, rediscovering myself, the people and the place I thought I used to know :slight_smile:
I used to work as graphic designer / art director in advertising, and for last 10+ years I’ve been freelance web developer (backend + frontend, php, mysql, javascript…), working from various places, for clients from four different continents.
When I “came back”, frankly, I didn’t have plan to stay very long. But then the plans failed, and 9 months later I’m still here. I feel I don’t quite fit inhere, in a much similar way I didn’t quite fit in any of the places I’ve lived. And in a way, I don’t intend to fit. :smile:
And though my feet are itchy again to hit the road and discover new places, I also see some untapped/undeveloped opportunities in my hometown. Currently, I’m contemplating on how to bring some nomads over here, and provide the space, places, and people connections for them to mingle and work together with some eager and creative people of this amazing small town :slight_smile:

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Hi fellow nomads!

what’s your name?
Tyler (Bear of Owl and Bear)

where are you from?
Southern California, including Orange County, Los Angeles and Ventura County.

how long have you been away from home?
Well, first of all, what’s “home”? My wife and I have been traveling over three years.

what do you do?
Tribal Core - internet strategy consulting since 2002.

where are you currently?
In Ojai, CA, leaving shortly for Sedona, AZ.

where are you going?
Staying domestic this year - east coast and Maui. Looking like Europe for a few months next year - Lisbon, Granada, Umbria, Amsterdam, Ireland are on the list.

what has been memorable for you so far?
Istanbul, Kyoto, Paris, San Cristobal to start… its a pretty long list.

will you go home anytime soon?
I’m not sure I understand the question. :smile:

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
How to be a nomad, how to flex and stretch, learn and grow on the road.

How do travel and work integrate?
I am currently putting energy towards being the best web strategist for spiritual centers on the planet. Staying here currently, Meditation Mount, and lining up on-site consulting with other centers internationally.

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Hey I’m Marcus,
born in Germany and raised in Germany and The Gambia (lots of back and forth).
I feel like I’ve been away from home since I left my Parents in Gambia and started studying in Germany. I only went back for my first visit after a whooping 6 years. Hard for me to believe, now that I’m writing it. Anyway could never connect again, so I’m now my new quest to find my home.
I’m an application developer (mostly .Net, and Java) currently employed by a global leader in the broadcasting industry. My plan is to stay for another year or two to save up while using my free time to educate myself about location independence and it’s nitty gritties. I’m also making good use of the time by learning and sharpening the skills I’d like to deploy to sponsor my traveling. Beside the bolg I have created, which will hopefully document the trials the tribulations of my adventure, I have also started implementing 2 business ideas that I have had for a while and hope to elevate my entrepreneurial skills.
I’m sure yet where I’ll be going but I’ll definitely be stopping by Gambia and maybe even stay for a while. After that I’ll most likely be heading toward southeast Asia. I just love it warm and friendly and cheap is nothing I’d say no to :slight_smile:
I believe that we’re in the midst of changing the future of work and the way we live and I would be proud to be a part of it. I’m always open to suggestions, tips and cooperations especially with like minded people like you :wink:

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@ettobi 9yr

Hi all! I’m Youssef, 21, originally from Morocco “land of originals Berber nomads”. I live in Spain since 2006 and I didn’t visit my country since 5 years ago :frowning:

I was working like digital nomad when I was a freelance SEO and now I am woring like a online marketing director at an online marketing agency. Actualluy I am living in Murcia, Spain, after being in Cádiz, Barcelona, Almeria and Alicante.

I am crazy about languages, I can talk in Arabic, French, Spanish, English and a little of Russian and Ukranian (my gf is from Ukraine).

I would like to work full-time remotly from Marrakech, Morocco. But at the moment is not possible for some reasons, i will need to come back to the freelance SEO life to make that possible, and I will do.

Glad to read all the experiences of so nice people here.

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@idrisraja 9yr

tl,dr:

American 30 something in Chiang Mai looking to meet up with analog nomads, digital artisans, and locals alike. Was in San Francisco as a data scientist, and now learning and building front-end stuff.


I first had the travel bug about 13 years ago when I was wee young 20 something. I quit my programming in Silicon Valley and backpacked around Central America for a year. I hadn’t done anything like that until winter of 2014 when I went to Bali and I was blown away by how different traveling is now vs. then.

Back then, circa 2002, I was thinking about whether to take my digital camera with me, and I decided against it since I’d have no place to store the data. There was no removable media on the camera, so the best option was to download the pictures onto a laptop, but back then laptops were big, and unwieldy, and I didn’t even think of carrying one.

No mobile phone, no facebook, very little internet presence in the places I was going to. I carried around a lot of books everywhere I went. I know I sound like such an old guy!

I did have a lot of fun, from living in a cloud forest in Ecuador with an American hippy who fled the country to escape the Vietnam draft in the 1960s to sailing around the Caribbean and almost getting blown out to sea, hitting a reef, and all sorts of adventures.

For the last 5 years I’ve lived in San Francisco and thankfully learned how to code and worked for an ad-tech startup doing data science. Now that I’m on the road for a while I’m building some websites and learning front-end web development and it seems it’s a great way to get remote clients; plus it’s fun to build stuff which I can’t always say the same thing about for data science.

I’ll be in Chiang Mai for at least a few months, so hit me up if you want to grab a beer or coffee or go for a long walk.

Cheers!

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@oriane 9yr

Hello,
I am Oriane from Quebec, Canada. I am a full time Digital Nomad since 2011 and I have no intention to return home.
I am the co-founder and CEO of robotinfra.com a Infrastructure Management and DevOps consulting startup and I also do web development.
I am currently in Vung Tau, Vietnam since January 5, and I don’t know where I am going after. I always decided next destination at the last moment, depending of the opportunities or how I feel.
For me everything is memorable so far, but one thing is when after being in a House sitting in the country side of spain, seeing almost no one for 3 months we arrived in Hong Kong (first time in Asia). They were so much people, so much light, everything was so fast, so many new scents. But now HK is one of my favorite city I live there more than a year.

I learned to adapt quick to every situation and to find everything I need everywhere in the world. Cook with minimal gears and local ingredients. Lower my hygiene standards. So far from home, you’re alone and need to take care of yourself. No more plan B to rely on family or friends. Learns numbers in local language is not that hard and very useful.

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@solo 9yr

Hello! I just read through all the introductions, and it seems quite a few people on here come from similar backgrounds as myself.

Finally! A community of people who struggle to answer this question as much as me.

I was born in Singapore, of Eurasian mix. We moved to Canada when I was a toddler (Edmonton and then near Toronto), then off to Adelaide when I was about 12. Gave up my Singaporean passport, and got an Australian passport with the rest of my family. When I was 22 I got out of IT and went nomad (tho not digital). Have been “based” in Thailand for something like 4 months a year for the past 5 years or so (the rest is spent on a vessel offshore and travelling).

6 years. The weirdest feeling for me is that the place I felt most at “home” was on a 3 week holiday to Los Angeles and San Diego back in 2009.

When I was 15 I started to work as an IT subcontractor, eventually doing all kinds of server and network support, web development, db programming. Did that until my early twenties when I needed to take a break from IT due to burnout (was also doing a CS degree at the same time). I took a small job offshore in the Diving sector of the Oil & Gas industry, with a view to take a short sabbatical from all things IT. 8 years later, I’m a Life Support Supervisor. I trade 6 weeks of my life at a time, whereby I work 12 hours a day on a deep sea diving vessel. I supervise a small team that operate hyperbaric chambers with deep sea divers living inside for periods of around 28 days.

Dynamically positioned about 10 meters off the side of an oil rig in the Gulf of Thailand.

Away from the offshore industry. I’m here to look at digital nomads’ work methods and learn about how other people manage their funds, time, back up plans,etc before transitioning back into an on-my-own terms work-to-live, not live-to-work lifestyle.

Concentrate on your activity-based hobbies in your spare time. If you have an object-based hobby like motorbikes, cars or nature aquariums, then you’ll have to sacrifice these as well. Cars, bikes and big screen TVs are always for sale, and always tempting one into staying put for longer than a “nomad” probably should.

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@jessie 9yr

Hello lovely people out there,

i am Jessie and a freelance screen- and graphic designer, illustrator and blogger. i am working as a freelancer since over 10 years in total now. but between i also had permanent positions. after that break of freelancing i decided to go back to freelancing and to work local-independent. it is harder than expected but i don’t regret my decision!

i am traveling around where ever it takes me. at the moment i am at my homebase Hamburg in Germany - preparing my long-term hike in October!

i am excited to meet like-minded and new people over here!

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Hey everyone - I’m Susan, originally from the U.S. It took too many years of my life to figure out I’m happier moving from place to place than “settling”… a loaded word.

I traveled a lot in my younger years, but it took 6 months straight of travel in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and southeast Asia to make me decide to make this a lifestyle. It also helped give me a kick when I was forced out of my apartment (when the building sold), before I made that trip.

I’m currently in Costa Rica – was here for a few weeks, got called back to travel in the U.S. for work for a few weeks, then returned here. I’m thinking Europe (Azores, Malta, Greece, Croatia?) in the late spring/ summer, then we’ll see. I loved Australia. Thailand is great, but was hard on my stomach…

I have been self-employed for about 15 years and have done most of my best work remotely anyway, so it’s a wonder it’s taken me this long to get started on a nomadic lifestyle. I work in UX/ UI and am also a writer (of fiction, screenplays) when inspired. Hope I get to meet some of you in person!

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@shabinesh 9yr

I am Sab, 26 years young, originally from India. I have travelled all around India and few parts in Nepal. I am a freelancer developing applications on python/django/golang etc… (now seeking work, referels welcome :smile: ) My next destination should be Chaing Mai. Himalayas is always magical. I think I haven’t left home yet. I blog at http://thepedestrian.in

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Whatsup guys,

My name is Jason Keck, I’m 27, and I originally grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. I currently live in Denver, Colorado and have been running a nutrition business for two years that focuses on athletes and tourists who go to high altitude. This website pretty much inspired me to go fully remote. Just bought a one way ticket to Prague for the beginning of May. I’ve been to Prague several times, none of which were remotely productive :wink:. I’ll be living with a few Czech native friends pretty close to downtown and working at Impact Hub Praha. I’m really excited to get started there. Nomads in Prague feel free to reach out to me.

Jason

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Hello fellow nomads!

My name is Ricardo Arroyo Dans. I’m originally Spanish but I was born in the Netherlands, grew up in Brussels, Belgium and studied in London, UK (can you guys imagine how frustrating it is for me to answer where I am from?! lol).

I have left my previous home which was in Manchester, UK in October 2014.

I quit my job in October to be able to travel. I’m originally a trained medical microbiologist and was working in public health but I was disappointed with the work environment so I rejected a PhD offer to rediscover myself. I’m currently a life explorer. At the moment of writing I am in Hong Kong. In two days I am going to Seoul, South Korea and less than a week after that I’m going to be in Japan for 14 days.

What has been memorable? Well India always jumps to my mind when people ask me this. The culture, history, people, attitudes, food, history, and architecture really touched me. The second thing is the people I have met, fellow travelers and locals. I have had some amazing conversations with GREAT people out there.

My trip around Asia will end on the 17th of March. I will fly from Tokyo to Brussels to stay with my parents for a while until I figure out where I go next. Brussels is not home for me though, it’s just a temporary location for me to reflect on the past 6 months traveling and figure out what to do next. The original plan was to move to Brazil in the Summer to start a business but in what or if, that is still very unclear (If you’re in any of these places, give me a shout! I’m up for coffee =))

What have I learned? Oh so much. Ranging from personal development, to social entrepreneurship, to spiritual development. Most of this has come from books, other people, and the circumstances I put myself in, getting me out of my comfort zone. I don’t think I’m ready to even reflect back on everything I have learned. I may write it down once I get to Belgium in my neglected blog.

Like so many travelers I am sort of in a quarter-life crisis, disappointed by a career that seemed very different at university and becoming aware of alternative lifestyles. I know for sure that I would like to start a social business, be my own boss, and collaborate with like minded people.

I found this forum through an article I read on Entrepreneur.com and I’m very glad I did! Any questions or comments, feel free to get in touch!

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@elena 9yr

Hello everyone, my name is Elena Stavrou and I’m 29 years old. I was born in Perth, Australia (lived there for a year only) but I grew up in Panamá and moved to Los Angeles California when I was 24.

I’ve been away from home (Panamá) for 5 years now. Technically, I’m not a Nomad yet, but I’m moving to Sydney this September to start my journey.

I completed my education in Panamá and I have a Masters degree in Strategic Management with Specializations in International Business and a Bachelor in Marketing and Advertising with emphasis in Computer Graphic Design (basic graphic design skills).

I work for a company called El Clasificado in Los Angeles, here I coordinate the sales of the classified sales department. I handle complaints, discounts, refunds, promotions, bonuses, commissions and revenue. Our department handles $4,000,000 a year.

Where are you going? My first stop will be Sydney, I plan to stay and travel Australia for about 4 months and then go to New Zealand and repeat.

It was a huge move for me from Panamá to Los Angeles when I was 24. Once I was in Los Angeles, I thought that what I really wanted was to get a car, an apartment an a 9 to 6 job. I quickly realized that this is not what I wanted but I got stuck with a rent and a car payment. The good part is that I learned how to be on my own and now I’m ready to become a Nomad.

The thing that I’m struggling with right now is how can I use my skills in a remote way?? I feel like this lifestyle is more for programmers and other technical savvy people. Any recommendations and suggestions are more than welcome.

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@kathrynoh 9yr

Welcome. Have you thought about/looked at virtual assistant work?

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@elena 9yr

Thank you Kathrynoh! No, I haven’t actually. Let me start googling about it. Any companies that you recommend to check out?

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Hi Elena,
I also work in marketing. You check some remote positions for online marketing, project management, and community management, and can even try to get a remote job in US, that you can perform from “home” to start.

Buena suerte! Saludos.

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@elena 9yr

Gracias Mari! voy a ponerme a buscar.

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Hello! My name is Olivia Jeffers from Washington, D.C. and I just became a nomad on late January 27, 2015.

I design and write software, and am currently working on a travel idea in Thailand, inspired by my own difficulties handling transportation and planning throughout my time in Thailand.

How I got here? On quite a humorous accident. I chose Thailand for its great dental tourism, low cost of living, and somewhat Western-style infrastructure.

Am very happy with this life decision. If my travel idea works, I will probably be traveling from location to location setting up shop for the foreseeable future.

What have I learned? How to manage my expectations and go with the flow of the day. In a foreign country, the unexpected happens often. It’s a combination of being forward-thinking enough to minimize surprises, being flexible enough to handle them when they do come, and being structured enough to sit down and get work done!

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@ramblurr 9yr

Hey folks :smile:

+1 on the profile directory that @jremick mentioned!

I’m Casey Link, and at the time of writing, am a 27 year old with an American passport.

The road has been my home for the last 8 years, with 6 of those more or less abroad. At this point returning the the USA, even my hometown, feels just as foreign as any other destination, if not more. So I tend not to distinguish between abroad and non-abroad anymore.

What do you do? It’s interesting, that question still holds so much importance for us as it does for the rooted. I’m guilty of wanting to know how fellow nomads are supporting themselves, but secretly I’ve hoped we had moved on from the idea that our work was a defining feature of our lives.

I do lots of things, its one of the things I love about being a digital nomad, there’s no excuse to be bored. The short, twitter bio, is: wanderer, coder, language learner.

I’m in love with long, slow, arduous human powered transportation. Tramping, cycling, and paddling, have been my main mode of transportation the past several years. I cycled across South America, parts of North Africa, then I found a sweet boat and got it into my head I had to paddle and cycle my way as some sort of digital nomad amphibian. I spent 2013 and 2014 crossing Europe from the North to the Black Sea (here’s a photo, of grimy sunburnt me at the black sea).

I also learn languages, working on Albanian right now, which is where I am currently. But I’ve studied Arabic, Spanish, and some others in the past.

Rather than share something I’ve learned, here’s a small article by a little-known French woman, Isabelle Eberhardt, who traveled alone throughout the middle east, often dressing and presenting herself as a man. Ironically she died in the desert in 1904 at the age of 27 to a flash flood in the Sahara desert.

I stumbled across this article years ago when I was first starting down this road, and while a bit, coarse, it’s, well… read it for yourself: http://binaryelysium.com/prose/isabelle/vagrancy.html

I know this topic is a license to brag a little, but generally I’m pretty modest so I think I’ll leave it at this. Happy to be here, and I hope to learn more from you all.

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Hi tehere!

I’m Bruno Kinoshita, Front-end Developer who worked at Samsung, Beved, Betalabs. Founder of Mevista and Atomic Bootstrap.

Nice to meet you all :slight_smile:

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@gawin 9yr

Hi there!

I’m Gawin from Amsterdam, CTO of Phonebloks and manager R&D at CYSO.
This week in Amsterdam, next week in Mexico, week after in San Francisco.

Love learning and sharing.

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@ekbburner 9yr

Welcome, Gawin. Awesome to see your idea become viral! If your ever in Vietnam. Holler!

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@gawin 9yr

Thx @ekbburner! Ok, this is a shameless plug and way off topic… :relieved:
Latest video’s on our progress: youtube.com/user/getphonebloks/videos

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@ekbburner 9yr

@gawin I just showed my Vietnamese devs the project. We’re a bit excited to see what we can offer to the community.

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@eee 9yr

Hi there! I publish photobooks at Modes Vu and have an agency focused on related services at Modes Works – graphic design, exhibition design and curation, business development, translation.

I’m very interested in being location independent and have lived in a number of places – Tokyo, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen – but my aim now is to have a permanent base, with the ability to go places for work of for personal explorations when I feel like it.

I’m constantly switching between an analytical and a creative mindset and though I’m a publisher now, my background is in Industrial Engineering. I’ve previously worked in fashion and garment production (also studied Fashion Design and Mandarin), and I’m now looking to return to Shenzhen, The World’s Factory.

I’m going to Hong Kong next week and the week after that Shenzhen. I hope to work in production, supply chain management, and such. If anybody’s around, let me know! Or if you need any expertise on China, either the marketing side or the production side. :smile:

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@liztai 9yr

My name’s Liz. I’m from Malaysia. And I’m a writer determined to become a digital nomad. But don’t tell my parents. Or my friends. Because they wouldn’t understand!

For most of my adult life I did what I was supposed to. I studied hard, got good grades in school, snagged a scholarship, worked before I even got my degree and networked my way into a journo job at the biggest English daily in the country.

The first eight years of my career was pure honey (except for a little blip from 2002-2005 where they chained me to a desk) because I had tonnes of freedom, got to meet all kinds of cool people (many of them famous), travelled the world on company dime and wrote about it. But as I climbed up the corporate ladder and I became more deskbound (as senior journalists often end up), I found myself afflicted with a restlessness I just couldn’t shake. I kept thinking: There should be something more than this. And I felt guilty about that because, frankly, my life was fantastic Who gets paid to do what they’re passionate about?

2009, I applied for a working visa to Australia on a whim. A bucket list kinda thing. 2011 I got it. Totally panicked because I realise that this was the chance I had to change my life. But I was terrified - my life was super comfortable then. I earned great money, had my own apartment, had a job with fantastic colleagues. I had no debt except for the mortgage. I was living the high life. Or so I thought.

  1. Turned down four jobs with the words “manager”, “director” and editor in them to head to Australia with no idea what I was going to do and how I was going to do it or even why I was doing what I was doing.

On my first night in Adelaide, I wept into my pillow: “What the hell did you just do to yourself??”

Well fast forward three years and I have learned so much. After a rather catastrophic attempt at a career in healthcare, I realised what I really wanted.

I realised that the restlessness I felt in me years ago was my unmet desire for freedom, to live life on my terms. To never cower in fear again because your job is threatened in some way. To create something of worth and give it to the world. To experience life 110%. Most of all, I have a deep desire to learn how to fish instead of waiting for fish handouts. I wanted to be an entrepreneur.

And that scared the living daylights out of me.

I mean, I came from a family of well-behaved government servants. I was trained to be a good employee since I was in diapers. Dad’s mantra was this: get a good job at a good company, stay in it for life, retire and maybe go travelling. That was the script I was supposed to follow.

My dream seemed so huge, so I came up with excuses.

Well, you’re too old, I told myself. (Then I came across a 50+ digital nomad’s blog. Okay. Bad excuse.) Then: This only works for those from First World countries such as America, Australia, Canada, UK… Then I came across a thread on this forum about third world digital nomads. Okay. So I have not many excuses left.

So I’m doing this. And I have a two-year deadline to succeed. My ultimate aim is not really to travel the world non-stop per se, but to live in two countries: Australia and Malaysia. Wouldn’t it be great to escape Oz’s dreadful summers to bask in the cool of Malaysia’s moonsoon months and then escape the heat of Malaysia to spend autumn, spring and winter in my favourite city in the world, Adelaide?

But most of all, I want to wake up every day excited to work, because the work I’m doing will impact the world in a big way.

Getting off my soap box now. Thanks for reading!

PS: Am returning to Malaysia in a few months as it’ll be cheaper to start a biz from there (rent free accommodation, cheaper food yadda yadda). If you are in my neighbourhood (Kuala Lumpur), drop me a line and I’ll show you the sights and stuff you with so much great food you will explode

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@kathrynoh 9yr

Welcome :smile:
I’m going to be in KL for a few days in June. It’d be great to meet up and talk about writing.

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@liztai 9yr

Hello Kathryn,
That sounds like a plan! I should be back in Malaysia by then. Just drop me a line and we can meet in KL or even Petaling Jaya.

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Hi everyone! I’m Valerie, I’m 29 and am originally from San Francisco. My husband and I (along with our two dogs) have been away for about 5 months now. We spent 3 months on in Asheville, NC; now, currently in Tamarindo, Costa Rica until April.

I earn my money as a virtual assistant, a business that I started back in 2009, which I’ve built a solid clientele base. I’ve also been working hard to build my travel blog, which I do get paid for via Google AdSense, affiliate links and sponsored posts (plus the added perks like free hotel rooms and tours); I also have a food blog that generate a bit of an income to cover hosting costs and such. Some months I earn lots of money. Some months I don’t. Gregg (my husband) earns money from his automotive focused websites that he’s been running for years.

This year so far we’ve planned on staying in Costa Rica until April 8th, then returning back to the States. We’ll most likely stay in North Carolina for a week once we arrive back and head to San Francisco for the remainder of April. The plan is then to head to Portland, Oregon in May to explore the Pacific Northwest. We’ll be in Greece in August and Germany in September. Our original plan was to head to Europe after Costa Rica, but we would need to figure out getting a visa. But we’ll see…We’re still open to ideas for 2015.

What was the biggest challenge? Convenience is a black hole for anyone who’s ever wanted more out of life. It takes a very strong minded person or team to take the first plunge into the unknown. Going out of our comfort zones is a big challenge in and of itself. New cultures, languages and basically having no one else to rely on in everyday situations but ourselves. And, of course, a consistent high-speed Internet connection. Being in Costa Rica, we’ve come to terms that long are the days of reliable, fast internet. We’re learning to accept this part of our daily life.

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Hi there!
My name’s Enrico Icardi and i’m the co-founder of 2 projects really close to the Digital Nomads world:

  1. ShareDesk (international coworking directory)
  2. Stood (wooden Laptop Stands and accessories).

I live between Berlin (Germany) and somewhere in an Italian countryside-UNESCO-heritage spot which i offer as a very affordable Startup Retreat for groups between 2 and 8 people (one of the best spot for nature, food and wine).

I’m a digital nomad since i started working :wink:

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Hi, my name is Kiki.

I’m currently in Tenerife, the Island of Eternal Spring. I’m having an awesome time co-working & co-living here: http://www.seointhesun.com/co-working-tenerife/.

Super happy to have discovered the Canary Islands on my Escaping-Europe’s-Freezing-Climate Mission.

Cheers!

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what’s your name? Adil
where are you from? Belgium
how long have you been away from home? 3 years and half
what do you do? Cofounder of MAQTOOB.com, business development, customer relations, and strategic partnerships
where are you currently? London, before heading back to the road next month
where are you going? Lebanon
what has been memorable for you so far? In Fiji. Working in the hostel meanwhile charging my laptop. then climb the mountain to catch the 3G, send my work, empty battery, go down and here we go again for 2 weeks
will you go home anytime soon? Just for family but never back definitively
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? There is many way of lives

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Hi, my name is Doug.

I’m work as a software engineer, software engineer mentor, and theoretical neuroscientist.

I’ve always worked remote. For me, it feels like there’s no other way to be productive.

Looking forward to meeting you folks.

Best,
Doug

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Hey All,
Lots of interesting people and stories on here, I’m happy to be a part of it. As for myself, my name is Juan Cifrian, I’m originally from New York and moved to Miami before high school. I worked in the corporate world until the age of 24, at which point I decided to leave it behind to start traveling and exploring the nomadic life.

My parents are from Spain and Ecuador, so I’m lucky to have three passports to help me circumnavigate some of the visa limitations us nomads sometimes face. I’ve been on the move for the better part of the last decade, but have only lived outside of the USA for 4 years. It started in 2011, when I moved to São Paulo where I picked up Portuguese and added freelance writing, teaching and translation to my skill set.

In August 2014, I came home to Miami with my Brazilian girlfriend and spent 6 months building these three new skills into professions and am now in Barcelona beginning the next chapter of my nomadic life. We plan to stay here for the extent of my girlfriend’s visa (90 days) and hopefully find a non-Schengen home in Western Europe sometime in May.

What I’ve learned is that living away from home forces you to live fully and be ultra-productive, and can be much cheaper, even in what some consider expensive cities like Barcelona and São Paulo (at least before the Real fell off a cliff).

My question to others would be: Who wants to create a solution for mid-term rentals (2-3 months)?

Over to my fellow nomads!

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@mule5 9yr

I’d be interested in mid-term rentals (2-3 months). While nomad’ing I am usually renting monthly in a single location before moving on. I mostly find offers on airbnb, or local country rental listing sites.

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My Name is Fabian from Berlin, Germany. I run an IT company helping clients to improve their customer service. My biz partner and me were doing this from an office in Berlin but now manage our company from within a mobile office. A landrover Defender which we currently drive through South America.

While on the road we document our trip and the people we meet. You can check it out here: www.startupdiaries.org

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@joe 9yr

Hi, I’m Joe - I’m a software engineer from the UK (joef.co.uk). I’ve been doing a sort-of digital nomad thing for about six months now. I just came across this forum, so thought I’d say hi!

I spent a few months around Europe (the Balkans were the highlight for me), and now I’m in India, where I’ve been for just over a month (currently in Goa). The wifi here really sucks. I seem to change my mind on a daily basis about whether I actually like being in this country, but it’s certainly an interesting place to explore.

I worked on a couple of mobile apps for a while (one PhoneGap and another native Android), and now I’m working on a tablet/web-based sketching project that’s kind-of aimed at helping engage kids in school, which is pretty fun.

I’m excited about having found this forum - I’ve found reading some of your stories pretty motivating.

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Hej!

My name is Juha Kangas and I’m from Sweden. I’m a web programmer and game developer. My main income is web development for a web shop and my hobby-with-future-ambitions is working on a game called Backworlds (http://www.backworlds.com).

I’ve only been doing this digital nomad thing for 6 weeks. I plan to go visit my family for Christmas.

I’m currently travelling around South East Asia. Internet was terrible in Luang Prabang, Laos but it was a really nice relaxed place and I finally did find a decent Internet cafe so I spent two weeks there.

At first I thought it would be nice to rent private rooms and work there and hang out with people outside it. But I quickly found it was much more fun to get a dorm room at a hostel and just work at a co-working space or internet cafe. Just easier to meet people that way.

Cheers!

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@sarab 9yr

Hi all fellow DNs!

My name is Sara, I’m 37; originally from Italy but I spent half my life in London. I took the plunge to go nomad a month ago (though it was long in the planning). I am currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and plan to travel the world for about 1 and 1/2 to 2 years at least.
It is true that close friendships and relationships do suffer as a result of this lifestyle, but I think we can all improve on that by making more, stronger and better connections between each other. What could be better than having a dear friend or a soulmate to be nomadic with? Answers on a postcard, please.
I will be going back and forth to the UK throughout my travels, due to some bureaucratic issues.
Next destinations are Italy (visiting family), USA, possibly Kenya then down to SE Asia again (have been there on a “dry run” and loved it).
I am location-free thanks to my freelance work as writer/copywriter/translator (the latter specialising in video games). I would also be happy to connect with others who might benefit from a writer’s approach to apps/games.

This community looks fab, so glad I found it.

Unfortunately my endeavour has hit a bad patch just now: a couple of days ago I was working in a local cafe, which got held up at gunpoint. All my stuff was taken (laptop, two phones, cards, money, keys - no passport thankfully!), but I escaped with my life, and for that I am happy. So on that note, remember to use a good cloud service for all your stuff (I did so lost nothing but the hardware), and if there is anyone in Buenos Aires willing to lend me a laptop (I can pay as well), please do get in touch!

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@claus1860 9yr

Hi fellow nomads,
I’ve been away from my home country Germany since 7 years. I lived in the states for 5 years but had to leave for the same reason as @maebert :cry: . Now I’m in London. I can’t really call myself a nomad as I’m somewhat tied to my location. I’m married and we have a 7 year old daughter that is going to a local school here. Not sure if working from a bench at the playground counts as digital nomad :smiley: Thank god for unlimited 4g and tethering.

We might move to the Cayman islands or Bermuda some time as my wife works in insurance. The weather there is definitely better than London and the cost of living probably a bit lower.
I don’t plan on living in Germany again any time soon.

I read the 4HWW a long time ago and the 7 day startup. I’ve recently started up JoomlaAssist which provides 24/7 unlimited small Joomla support small jobs for $79/month. I’ve had a few other startups before and did a lot of consulting but I feel that JA is a great fit for me as it is completely location and time independent which is important to me when e.g. my child is sick.
I’m trying to join or start a mastermind class with other co-founders in SAAS startups and/or parents. If that something that interests you or if you just want to bounce ideas of me then message me here or hit me up on twitter.
Thanks @levelsio and @atu for pulling this cool community together.

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Hey everyone! I’m Kelly and I’m from Melbourne, Victoria (Australia).

In January, my partner and I began travelling the world for 12 months with three of our children. My partner resigned from his job of 8 years, and I’m blogging our experience and sharing the ‘how-to’s’ along the way at Around The World + Kids. I am also visiting and reviewing family friendly accommodation and attractions along the way, which creates a great perk :wink:

What do I do?

12 years ago (almost to the day!) I created a pregnancy and parenting website, BellyBelly.com.au, which kinda exploded. I have over 4 million pageviews per month and 500k Facebook fans, so it was time for my wanderlust to come busting out and finally travel. I finally realised kids were no barrier for world travel, which is what I am teaching other families.

I’m expanding BellyBelly into family travel, and have created a network of my websites, where Around The World + Kids will be included, so they all help each other.

So basically, I run my online business, for which I am a lead writer and editor, but as I am flat out busy on the ATWPK project, I am bringing on more writers, as well as other help. The 4 Hour Work Week really taught me a great deal about letting go and minimising reliance on me as the business owner, which I already knew, but put it smack bang in front of my face and spelled it out!

Where am I?

We just left Fiji and arrived in Vanuatu. We’re doing a bit of relaxing (and for me, work of course) in the South Pacific. Afterwards we’re tightening our belts and going to spend some time in Asia (Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong).

Where are we going?

Too many to mention. South Pacific – Asia – Europe – Carribbean, French Polynesia, NZ then back home in January 2016.

What has been memorable for you so far?

Seeing my kids find their courage and confidence. They’ve become mad snorkellers, have been parasailing for the first time and have a thirst for more adventures. They are blossoming – and even that is an understatement.

Will you go home anytime soon?

I may never want to go home, lol. But January 2016 it is. My partner has a son back home who didn’t want to travel the world, but of course they miss each other a great deal. Blended families can be a little tricky.

What have you learnt during your time as a nomad?

I already knew that anything is possible should you put your mind to it. But yes, even THAT thing, that deep down you think is unrealistic. Go do it! There’s never a right time, so forget the noise in your head and get planning.

Am I crazy travelling the world with kids? Quite the opposite. I have given my children a huge gift that I wish I had. Imagine their advantage when they go back to school…

What do you find hardest about your lifestyle right now?

That would be a toss up between unstable wifi and when the toddler has had enough transferring (having to sit still). But we keep it to a minimum and choose overnight travels where we can, seems to work best for us.

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@shayna 9yr

what’s your name? - Shayna

where are you from / where are you now? - From the U.S., currently in Brazil

how long have you been away from home? - 4 years

what do you do? - My main thing is EspressoEnglish.net (online courses for English as a Second Language learners) & I’m also starting a new site EntrepreneursInTheTrenches.com

where are you going? - London + later Berlin

what has been memorable for you so far? - The whole process of building a business that provides me both freedom and purpose has been crazy difficult, but 1000% worth it.

will you go home anytime soon? - Only for short visits

what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - Anything is doable, you just have to go out and make it happen!

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Hi Shayna, welcome to the forum :slightly_smiling:

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@tvr3000 9yr

HI Shayna, you were great on the TMBA podcast!

I still reread the notes from that show from time to time, especially the bit about the need for good teachers in a market that’s suffering from information overload.

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@evilbilly 9yr

Hi all!

My name is Will, hailing all the way from sunny Perth, Australia. I’ve just quit my full-time job (tomorrow is my last day, hurrah) so haven’t been nomadic… yet.

Goal has always been to work for myself and have a reasonable work/life balance, so I’m taking some time off and seeing what I can make of it.

No real plans yet, but watch this space :slight_smile:

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what’s your name? Jeanne Madeline Bardin. I’m not ponsy with a middle name but I didn’t take my husbands so usually go by Jeanne Madeline
where are you from? South African born Australian citizen
how long have you been away from home? Where’s home exactly? Most of my life was spent in Europe I guess
what do you do? I’m working on my first startup project. So I do whatever I can to keep it alive
where are you currently? Hong Kong
where are you going? Back to Melbourne in a few weeks and then to the US for 2 months and then likely the UK rest of 2015. (All God willing)
what has been memorable for you so far? The amount of crap I have to deal with every time I need a new local bank account.
will you go home anytime soon? Again where is home? This question sounds weird on a forum like this… I dont understand.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? To chill out. And eat at home when possible.
[insert your own question here] Its very easy to come off as frivolous or conceited when you travel and move a lot, so I try stay low profile on SM or otherwize. But if people only understood the amount of mind-numbing admin that goes into moving they would feel sorry for us… so there is a bit of irony for you:)
(this answers the question “what should other people know about being a nomad”)

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what’s your name? Mandy
where are you from? Originally Chicago, but it’s been years since I’ve been somewhere long enough to say I’m “from” there.
how long have you been away from home? I spent the last year living in the US and retraining but before that I was on the road from 2008-2013. Glad to be on it again.
what do you do? Full-Stack Web Developer
where are you currently? Malaga, Spain
where are you going? Not sure. My 90 days in Schengen are up end of April so I will likely head to the Balkans. Probably Croatia.
what has been memorable for you so far? Having a real job for a change so not having to worry about money. :smile:
will you go home anytime soon? My company does 2 employee retreats a year so I will likely attend those and pass through the USA on the way.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? To be flexible and open and carry the least amount of crap possible.

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Hello! I’m Maks, from Russia.
Now I’m in Thailand, Pattaya, after I will go to Brazil, Rio De Janeiro. In my Brazil journey I hope to improve my Portuguese.
I’m programmer, I have my own little business we develop sites and web applications.
After two months I want to go to home for one month and after I will have new trip to London, Paris and Russian city Saint-Petersburg.

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Hey, I’m Jeff Bronson, friends call me Kraven.
From the U.S., Florida.
I’ve been away about a week now. My first stop is Goa, India, it’s been difficult.
The culture shock is memorable for sure, it takes time to adjust from a cultural and health issue perspective. http://www.nomad40.com/india-the-initiation-begins/
Home, I have none. I sold everything, ditched my apartment, quit my job, at 40. I’ll be in Asia probably 6 months, hit the U.S. a bit after, then see from there.

So far, I’ve learned to let go a bit and separate expectations from reality.

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@kathrynoh 9yr

Hi. I’m Kathryn from Australia.

Away from home… mmm… I’m not sure if I qualify as travelling at the moment. I packed up my house in Melbourne last month and am living in a small country town with Mum, sister and 2 dogs atm. It’s super cheap to live here and I want to get my savings built up before venturing further.

I am a writer (fiction). I’ve been doing this as my main source of income since Jan 14 so figure I am do this anywhere in the world.

My background is in IT and I contracted for 10 years mainly data analysis and report development. Not that keen on job security – I’ve been through enough work nightmares to consider it overrated. I can’t imagine having a full time job again in my life.

My plans are to head overseas midyear. I’m heading to Europe but considering a month or two in SE Asia on the way and want to be in Japan by September. I lived in Japan for a year 2010-11 and, while Tokyo isn’t the cheapest country in the world, I think it’s manageable.

I’ve just found this site and hope to pick up some tips and ideas :smile:

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Vernon T. Foster II is the name. I’m 29 and currently live in Orlando, Florida. I haven’t travelled much outside of CA & Mexico, but plan to hit the road for more extended time periods in 2016. I’m focusing on building up my businesses and learning new skills that will serve me on the road. I own a podcast production company and host an event podcast that I’m monetizing with consulting and digital courses.

Most memorable moment(s): My first solo backpacking trip to Costa Rica in 2009. I knew my life would never be the same. It was like discovering a hidden door in your closet as a kid to a alternate universe… infinite possibilities. Living in Antigua, Guatemala last Novemeber. It gave me the confidence that I could live on the road.

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@redfive 9yr

Hi everyone!

I am brand new to Digital Nomad Forum so here is a bit about me. I’m from Canada, and have been working with Kickstarter and Amazon to launch and Argentinian shoe company in North America. I have designed things so that I have the freedom to move around if necessary, like a good nomad. I intend to be partnering up with a friend of mine to focus on a new technology product we aim to have manufactured in China and sold exclusviely in the USA for the time-being, so I will have my hands full in the coming months but always open to new project ideas.

Aside from current projects, I hear that many nomads have been able to find online contract work with their unique skills. This would be a great way to be productive in my spare time, so I’m checking out my options. What do you guys think, given my set of skills?

  1. I am a photographer and videographer with terabytes of content. I’ve thought about making a blog, or selling my work, but I don’t know the first thing about that. Can it be lucrative?

  2. Social Media Marketing and Selling Online. With my previous projects, I have done the A to Z of getting a product crowdfunded and selling online successfully and consistently. Maybe social media account management?

  3. I speak 3 languages (Engish, French, Spanish). Maybe teaching English over Skype? I’ve heard people are doing that these days…

  4. I am also a computer scientist-ish, biologist and writer by education. Ski teacher, surfer and skateboarder by hobby. Any application for this? Perhaps Odesk, or is that not in anymore?

I will be exploring Chiang Mai, Thailand this week as a living option for the next couple of months.
Feel free to contact me if you are in the neighbourhood and want to grab a beer.
Thanks for your wisdom and a pleasure to meet you all.

Cheers,
Joel

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@xcdogs 9yr

Name: Sally
From: today, Florida. Grew up in Maryland
How long: Seems like 5 years, actual: 5 years
I founded xcDogs a website to connect travelers with pets to a local person to Host/pet sit.
I’m currently in Sebastian Florida
Going new: Hmmm, Italy perhaps.
Support of strangers to the idea of my new business xcDogs
Home = my mom’s retirement community, and I try to see her yearly.
Learnt: If you will work hard and be flexible, you will make it work out.
My QUestion: Any insights into meeting funders for the marketing side of my new business? I don’t really spend time in places where I could meet angels in person(at least, not the investing type of angels).

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Hi all - I’m very excited to have discovered this community. I can’t wait to join in the forum fun
Here’s my info…
what’s your name? Megsy
where are you from? Australia
how long have you been away from home? 2 years
what do you do? Travel Blogger and Podcaster at www.5dollarplanet.com and www.fivedollartraveller.com
where are you currently? Portugal
where are you going? hmmm undecided at the moment
what has been memorable for you so far? Thingyan water festival in Myanmar was incredible
will you go home anytime soon? Nope (even though my mum wants me to)
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? It’s not as easy as I had originally thought…

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I’m Isabella Brookes. I’m 24 and I also hail from the UK, and not that far from you, @CoffeeShopCEO! (Born in Blackpool, raised in Lancaster!)

I’m currently in Dubai. I’ve been here since April 2013.

I currently do…nothing. I have over $25k in savings and some high ticket items still to sell. I have a boatload of ideas and dreams to go along with my wanderlust. I have no ties to anywhere but I’d like to somehow make this type of lifestyle work for me.

Travel blogs are my vice. I spend hours pouring myself over them and thus I want to attempt to make some sort of career there first. Hopefully I will uncover a skill I can generate revenue from - books? podcasts? online courses?

Other than being creative (I’m decent with a photography, photoshop, writing and drawing), I have lots of work experience, though I haven’t got an obvious vocational skill (e.g. web design, coding, etc)… yet.
However: I’m willing to try!

If all else fails, I plan on getting a TEFL and/or working holiday visas in Australia/New Zealand/Canada.

I’m heading to Amsterdam on the 19th of Feb for my 25th Birthday. It was a detour on the way back to the UK where I need to arrange bank accounts and whatnot in person before jetting out again. I’m aiming to be in Thailand by the end of March - can’t wait for some larb gai and sticky rice!

Just to brag, my tickets from DXB to LGW are costing me a staggering $250 - it may not be the cheapest, but I’m still pretty darn impressed with myself!

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@greyfox 9yr

Hello everyone i’m new here
My name is “Marshall” i’m a French native ( born in the south coast of France ) , at first i was supposed to be Architect ( still have my diploma haha ) but i choose to ‘move’ which mean leaved my homeland at 19yo in the end of 2011 to live in South East Asia ( mostly Thailand )
It’s now 3 years since i leaved my home (i’m actually 22yo) , right now i’m actually living in Ayutthaya ( 80kms north from Bangkok ) i had to move often for processing various visa , i have been to Myanmar , Cambodia , Laos , Singapour etc… I’ll plan to go back Bangkok someday , and France of course .
About what i’m doing for living , i’m a translator (English / French ) and speak some other asian/european languages, i’m also a graphic designer ( mostly amateur ) i’m doing logos , banner and stuff for my customers , other than that , i also teach what i know from martial arts in some club to make the" month round up " .

About what i learned during my travel , many things , but i’ll say that , It is Better to move on and live and adventure while we are young , i had many obstacles because i didn’t had enough experiences , but this adventure make me grow up day by day , but it’s funny to keep a touch with the real world by working or keeping contact with people , it’s also funny to get interviewed by Ebay translation section while you are deep in the jungle of thailand , somewhere lost with some wifi still hehe …

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Jen, I am from California (San Diego) and have been traveling about 4 months now.

I consult with companies in regard to sustainable technologies and practices, currently focused on creating informational products/ online education type services.

I have been in Phuket Thailand for about 2 weeks and will be here for a few more months. After that I am off to New Zealand and Australia somewhere.

So far what has been most memorable is the feeling of freedom, to go anywhere and do anything and not just be on vacation.

At this point I am planning to go back to California in August, but that is a ways off and who knows what will happen between now and then!

I have recently learned about this #nomad community and I am so excited reading everyones story and finding out there are so many people who enjoy living on the road and traveling as a way of life :smile:

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@bourkal 9yr

Hi!
My name is BourkAl and I am from Quebec city, Canada.
I am living in Canada and planning to move into the US to work as a Business System Analyst.
I found your blog by reading a newspaper article …
Very interesting!
Excellent initiative.

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My name is France Bouchard
I am from Magog (Québec) in Canada.
I haven’t yet been away from home. I plan to do so in about 18 months from now. I joined nomadforum in order to prepare myself being a nomad.
I am a translator therefore one of the best jobs to work remotely.

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@crigor 9yr

Hi Krizia. Sure, let me know when you’re in town next month.

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Hello everyone! I just found out about this group and this is very exciting. Now on the the questions:

  1. My name is Beichen Fan (I also go by Bensen), and I’m from the US
  2. So far it’s been about a month and a half, but I am planning on traveling for the rest of 2015
  3. Back home I was a javascript/mongodb engineer, right now I’m a traveling as part of a small documentary film crew, also a manny and a cook. it’s complicated
  4. Right now I’m in Patagonia, we leave for Brazil in a few days. Overall we are traveling to about 35 countries over the course of this year
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@mattlock 9yr

Hi Krizia! Great to hear from you! I’m a huge advocate of startups. :smile:
As for the current scene in Asia, from a far, it looks like there is a huge opportunity to launch one here. More and more – what you’re seeing massive investments going in to certain local areas in Asia. People are also moving out east to pursue the new found rush you could say. Although funding is centered around certain hubs here, there is still a potential to raise a round but it’s going to be considerably harder than being in Silicon Valley. But, Asia is a great place to bootstrap your idea and test it on the cheap – since you’re spending a lot less living in this area, that is.

From your experience, how are things so far for you?

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Hey!

I’m from Estonia like @skat. I’m currently not travelling, but usually I relocate for about 2-3 months, when the depressing Estonian wheather starts to become too much! The most memorable country so far has been India - such a crazy place to be and not a day goes by without thinking about my trip to India.

I currently work on data sciency stuff - scraping web, building models and simulations. I’m very interested about tech and start-ups in general. I’m also constantly learning and doing some small hobby projects in order to stay up-to-date about software-dev world as well. My main weapon of choice is Python at the moment.

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@ademina 9yr

Hi techstonia,

I’m looking into data science field right now. Would you please recommend some good MOOCs or books on the matter? And why did you chose Python and not R, for example?

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Hi ademina,

R is also a good choice and I like it a lot. I mainly use it for exploratory statistics/simpler models etc. On the other hand Python is ‘all around’ language and fits better the projects I’m working on. For example building and maintaining a bit bigger codebases is much easier in Python than it’s in R. But both are definitely good tools to know and they complement each other. Learn both! :slight_smile:

I haven’t looked much into introductory online resources. If you’re rather new to the field, then I suggest to take a look at the Udacity online courses. Some of them are really good - like The Data Wrangling with MongoDB, but some of them area rather bad - like the 3-part Machine Learning course. The thing with MOOC/self-learning is that you have to find the material that suits you. If you feel that a course is crap or doesn’t suit you, then you’re probably right. Just try some of them out and try to choose the ones you might enjoy.

I also really-really enjoyed Machine Learning course on Coursera, but if you don’t have experience or a math background, then this might feel a bit too much. I lately also read a couple of paragraphs from Python for Data Analysis and it seems promising.

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Hi fellow Digital Nomads,

My name is Chris Jankulovski, an Australian Digital Nomad.

I’m the founder of RemoteStaff.com.au, an outsourcing company providing talented staff from the Philippines.

My career is generally filled with entrepreneurial endeavors:

At age 19 i had a team of friends assembling electrical components for a large manufacturer in Melbourne called Atco.

After this i built a packing and assembly company up to 100 staff in Melbourne called Industry Outplacement.

In 2000, I commercialized my own products from China & Taiwan to do with stationary as well as novelty items.

In 2004, I created information products and put together educational seminars to do with Internet Marketing called “Online Marketing College”.

In April 2007, I put together a seminar around property options in Sydney.

Right now, I enjoy traveling around the world while working remotely (I think that verifies me as a Digital Nomad), I often stay for a while at our office in the Philippines.

I write articles for our blog whenever I’m free and I invite authors to write for us as well.

Looking forward to talking with people here :slight_smile:

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@namtrok 9yr

Hi, I’m Paul Kortman, father of four, husband to one for a total of 6 in our crew!

We’re from the US (Michigan) and have recently returned to after a 6 month test RTW trip (SE Asia, Africa, Europe). We’re bolstering the business and plan to be in Mexico and Ecuador later this year.

We run two businesses, a digital marketing agency for higher educations institutions and businesses with longer sales cycles and a community encouraging other Nomads that they can maintain the lifestyle and get married/have kids. (https://nomadtogether.com)

Traveling with four kids 8 and under is an incredible experience and not as challenging as most tend to claim it is. We’re hoping to be an inspiration to others and equip them on how to make it happen.

The most memorable is seeing how cultural barriers break down in response to a smiling energetic child full of love. Specifically in Thailand the gardeners of our housing community were very stoic. It took only seven days for my daughter to wear them down into being almost Philippino in their responses to her (waving and smiling).

We’re home for a short period of time to regroup and because we promised the kids we were going to test it out, not commit to living as expats unless they were cool with it. They are, in fact they made us promise that we would leave the states again when we returned.

Oh and we recently appeared on the TMBA podcast. Give it a listen and let us know if you’re inspired by our kind of crazy

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@neven 9yr

Hi, I’m Neven, 32, from Sofia, Bulgaria.
It is never too late to try something different. I quit after 10 years of working like web designer at Design Picnic Studio and digital agency Interactive Share. I felt that this is the moment and now I became a freelancer. So for now I am building good list of clients to support with enough money for my digital nomad journey start.
I am a part of Spopal start up - mobile applications for organizing a sport events. Some of my works on behance.
When I discover nomadforum, I noticed that Chiang Mai is the most popular destination. Well, I am thinking to start with something different after 4-6 months – Argentina, or some Spanish speaking country in South America. Is there anyone nomading there?

BIG Thanks to @levelsio for his work and passion.

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@cee 9yr

what’s your name?
C, just C.
where are you from?
Didn’t we used to giggle and roll our eyes at this question? I have a “Midwest American accent”. Let’s leave it at that.
how long have you been away from home?
Is that an esoteric question? I’ve been out of my primary country of residence since 2011. I’ve spent time on the road since before techno.
what do you do?
The laundry work of the internet. I also have a really fancy and groovy post grad degree that I never use.
where are you currently?
Bloody England.
where are you going?
Albania. I really need a change of scenery.
will you go home anytime soon?
When I find it, then I will.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
How to do winter camping, the importance of a decent internet, and that my ability to comprehend other languages is much much better than the ability of others to comprehend me in said languages.

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Hi all,
I’m Jessica. I’ve been running a market research consultancy (jessicabroomeresearch.com) since 2008 and have been nomading in some form or another since 2009. Some favorite hangouts have been Bangkok, Las Galeras (Dominican Republic), rural Vermont, and New Orleans, where I have a home base. Right now I’m in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the winter-- would love to meet other nomads down here for a drink or parilla!

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Hi, my name is Felix, grew up in Brasov (Transylvania) and Vienna. For several years I’ve been working around Europe: London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bournemouth, Aberdeen, Geneva, Vienna and several other small cities in between.

My story started in London, around 4 years ago for some visa issues I could not be hired fulltime. So I had the delight to be a freelance designer from an early stage, usually worked 3 months, saved some money, explored/traveled till they ran out and then rewind.
A ‘foolish’ thing to do (like most of my jealous friends say:), but I managed to adjust for a ‘more is less’ lifestyle and not spend too much.

I’m was not pleased about the major price differences between cities and how landlords are pushing renting fees up. So I’ve found that remote work is the answer for this problem, could bring a balance in the world and make us live happy!

With this idea dedicated a lot of time working at a startup to view and rent properties remote. A problem that everyone has faced during the years, dealing with crappy real estate agents, booking an expensive hotel until you find a proper flat.
Coming early this year in the US major cities and hopefully later at a global scale. (We are currently a remote team spread from London, Aberdeen, Sarajevo to San Francisco! - Soon I’ll come with all details in the AMA section)

I’m living in Cluj-Napoca till summer and making plans to spend the next winter in Bali

What I’ve learned so far is that trapping yourself in a social bubble, kills your mind and soul. Getting into the unknown seems hard, you sell all your useless belongings, get far away from old friends and relatives… But after you break through, rediscover yourself, became more confident, everything is starting to make a new sense.

Looking forward to share some nice stories here with you!
Cheers,
Felix

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Hola, I am Christoph, 24 years young, originally from Herford, Eastern Westphalia, but studying and living currently in Konstanz, a lovely German town at the border to Switzerland. I lived my life so far one year in New Zealand, half a year in Madrid, and some months each in Brussels, Berlin and Vienna. I traveled s far 40 countries - much more coming in future.

I am currently finishing my bachelor thesis, writing about the possibilities of cryptocurrencies (of the blockchain) in providing self-governance (replacing centralised institutions by decentralised peer-to-peer ones). In 4 weeks, I will fly to Mexico, traveling half a year through Central America, Mexico City to Colombia, and try to get started as a digital nomad.

Unlike most people here, I do not understand much of web design or programming. However, I am a passionate writer, so that’s something I will concentrate on, possibly writing a book while I am traveling. I am also into future stuff, be it crypto-currencies or all other amazing technologies coming up now. Probaby settling another 2 years in summer in mediteranen Malta to study some Innovation Master just for fun!

I am not a real digital nomad yet, so there is no question of settling down but getting started.My dream is to travel all countries till I am 35 - so not within 11 years. My experiences so far are thus limited, but from writing while traveling I know I am much more productive than sitting at home like now. So I am excited to be on the road again soon!

Just write me for any questions - I am happy to get some communication going to fellow nomads - if aspriring or already on the road! :slight_smile:
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Rich

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Currently at home.

Web Designer and Developer. I work for a studio and also have a personal freelance practice where I design for my own clients as well as a small team that does work for fitness professionals (www.championdigital.co.uk). I also run a clothing company aimed at people who adopt the Paleo Diet (www.huntergather.co)

UK

Anywhere I can surf and do Jiu Jitsu

What articles, blog posts or ideas do people feel are essential for increasing and driving traffic to their muse business? Being a Designer / Developer I feel i’ve got the creation side down on the digital front - but lack the skills to generate and drive traffic to grow a business past that initial phase.

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@cbuchler 9yr

What’s your name?
Hi fellow nomads,
My name is Charles Buchler I’m 24 born & grown up in Luxembourg

Where are you from?
I’m currently living between Berlin and Luxembourg and commute on an irregular basis between the both cities

How long have you been away from home?
I haven’t been away from home yet (I consider both cities my home) but I would like to try later this year

What do you do?

Like most of you, I too create websites, custom web applications and my own products.

I’m currently working on @getfasta a simple todo/project management app (beta coming in soon). I’m working for a small customer on the side and revamping a few of my own sites. I’ve decided that the year of 2015 should be less talking and more deploying.

where are you currently?
I’m currently in Luxembourg (drinking a hot chocolate)

where are you going?
For the first year, I’d like to be a nomad in Europe mostly… but I would be okay with Thailand or Singapore as well as New York…

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@mattlock 9yr

If you’re thinking Singapore, a company I was working with Startupbootcamp is launching a fintech program there in March. Might be cool to apply with an idea and use it as a resource to travel there for awhile. :slight_smile: Plus, it’s a great time to be in Singapore during their tech boom.

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@mattlock 9yr

Hello World!

My name is Matt Lock and I’m from San Francisco.
I’ve been on this crazy journey throughout the world for a little over a year. In that time, I’ve lived Chile, Turkey and Myanmar.

Before starting my travels, I met a group of people at a social innovation conference in 2013 which lead to a serendipitous conversation about how we could all travel the world as a innovation consultancy. In 2014, we put our powers together to form The GO Project, where we traveled to 3 different countries working on numerous innovation projects, from startups to government.

As of today, I’m consulting with couple startups around the world, mainly helping with strategy, growth hacking and UI/UX design, but I’m spending most of my time in Yangon and Southeast Asia – since I’m interested in the world of Asian startups.

I’m not sure where the next destinations will be after this, but I like it like that. :smile:

I can’t really pinpoint a specific wow moment because last year was a whirlwind, but the time I spent in Bodrum was lovely. I was on a boat for a week on the Mediterranean amazed at the life I was living. Also, I spent New Years in Kho Tao, Thailand with my team and that was amongst the most memorable experiences of my life.

I’m not sure if life will ever go back to the “normal” way I it use to be, but I’m totally ok for that. As of now, I’m figuring how I can keep this lifestyle going for as long as I can.

Has anyone started anything cool on their excursions? Would love to see all the things my nomad crew is working on.

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@ekbburner 9yr

Awesome, Mate! I use to live in the Mission back in 2010’

Where abouts are you currently in?

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Hi Guys

My name is Peter Kaleta i’m from Poland and for the couple next months i’m going through Indonesia (Bangkok at the moment). I develop web apps and take care of user experience with other guys from x-team.com . I’m pretty new to the Nomad thing (i’ve started traveling around 4 months ago).

Cheers,
P

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@ademina 9yr

Hi, my name is Anastasia Demina, I am 24 y.o. and from Moscow, Russia. Nice to meet you all=)

I am actually not a nomad, but I am connected to global startup community and have friends all over the world - from the US & Jordan to S.Korea & Malaysia - and all of them either own startups, are a part of local entrepreneurship support ecosystem or work as researchers at universities.That is because I am an active part of entrepreneurship support ecosystem too - I’ve started in 2008 by working for one of the first business incubators in Moscow, and now I have my own company called Future Biotech. We help young biologists, chemists and doctors to become more competitive on global level and promote biotech entrepreneurship and bio data science in Russia.

I like travelling and sharing ideas and tips with people from other countries. Last year I went to San Francisco and met with a few guys there whom I knew only on Facebook before. One turned out to be wine company Marketing Director in Napa, one was a sales specialist in a well-known tech corp, and one guy owned a talent management startup. They gave me a 360-degree view on Cali business landscape, which was awesome. I also met a local guy who used to sell matrasses, and he pitched me this business industry in a very fun way. All these people showed me the city and made the trip truly remarkable, so now when I travel (2-3-4 times per year), I try to connect to locals and experience places with them. I also show Moscow to those who visit Russia, of course. Right now I am an expert in gastropubs and Russian wines, for example=).

So, I’d like to connect to those who work in innovation ecosystems (especially in developing countries) or in biotech. In turn I can tell a lot about startups in Russia and what to see and experience in Moscow.

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Hello, Everyone!
My name is Judy and I’m a search marketing strategist. I currently live in Carlsbad, CA and looking to be more nomadic in the near future.
Hope to meet you all!
Mahalo!
Judy

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Hello

My name is Andrew Shaker. I am from Southern California, USA. I’ve been away for 1.5 years since October, 2013. I first received a job at a mobile advertising company in Odessa, Ukraine (surprisingly, a little start up hub on the Black Sea). I left that job after only 6 months, as I’ve always been self-employed in mobile marketing. I guess I don’t do well with jobs and in fact, the job in Odessa was my first real job ever. It was a bit of a bore. A few months after I left the job, I moved to Minsk, Belarus where I am now. I’m so cliche, I met a girl. And also, to learn Russian. I was upset with myself that I didn’t learn in Odessa. Russian is a very useful language.

I still do mobile marketing (mobile apps, not weight loss garbage) with my time but my main priority is growth - both personal and business productivity-wise. My new project right now is to begin an online virtual sports book for a few select Euro markets - while studying Russian at the Minsk State Linguistic University. Three hours, every morning. I enjoy it immensely. And I enjoy my Soviet mannered teacher, yelling at me to do my homework even at the ripe age of 30! But main project which I manage my language learning app, “[Babel Yak][1]”. I have a passion for languages. :slight_smile:

I think in a few months I will leave Minsk. Then I’ll be between Alanya, Turkey and Odessa, Ukraine. I invested in a home (in Alanya) but it’ll be more a launch pad and storage facility which I hope to rent to friendly Swedish tourists :smile:

I have no intentions of moving home anytime soon. I simply enjoy it here too much. Although I’m in Belarus, I will generalize it with Russia. Russian culture/people are simply misunderstood in the west. I’ve learned a lot form living here. First of which is: learning to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle. (Of course, Russians will tell you their lifestyle is not healthy). Not to offend but, America’s health habits are way off and simply wrong. Drive to work, work too hard, spend too much money, eat bad food because you’re so busy, go to the gym to burn off the unhealthy food. For many in America I see this cycle not only unhealthy, but with no end result or product. Like, what’s it all about? Working hard to spend more money to be more stressed and the worst, unhealthy? I’m ranting - of course all of America isn’t like this. But it’s prevalent enough to the point where, I am not interested to live there. I have a difficult time connecting with people of that mentality.

But yes, I don’t intend to go home soon. I like this eastern Slavic way of life :).

And what I’ve learned as a Nomad: I’ve learned to embrace and accept everyone. Those who disapprove or judge others whom they’ve never met, are probably a bit angry. And IMO, lack wisdom. It’s wrong. And to expand on that idea - that’s why I don’t watch the news. I’d rather form my own opinions than someone tell me on a 30 second news spot. But that’s why we’re here, right?! We’re nomads, and want to see things for ourselves!

Did that sound to “into myself”? I hope not. I look forward to getting to know people on this blog! Alanya, Minsk, Odessa = let’s hang out if you’re around!

To A Great 2015,
Andrew
[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babelyakmob.russian&hl=en

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@juarbem 9yr

Hola :slight_smile: My name is Michelle (people call me Michi). I am from a beautiful island in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico is a home to me, currently living in Isabela. You are all welcome here!

Soon will be embarking on a trip to Colombia and Peru. Afterwards visiting three to four cities in Europe.

I quit my job as a digital person for an advertising agency to seek lifestyle independence. Really happy to make this decision, and hoping to put my thoughts together soon to venture into the start up world and start my own business online.

I am a helping hand to anyone that needs it. Nice to meet you all!

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what’s your name?

Beau Woods (@beauwoods) - I also go by Meandering Woods (@meanderingwoods)

where are you from?

I grew up and spent most of my life in and around Atlanta. But “home” never bound me like most of the others I knew. I always wanted to be somewhere else, meet other cultures, and stretch my experience.

how long have you been away from home?

In April 2012 I sold (nearly) everything to travel the world. It was the culmination of a 5-year plan that, after having lived away for more than two years, I realize I should have done much sooner.

what do you do?

After a couple of years doing cyber security consulting for a month, then taking 2-3 months off, I’ve found myself running a fairly successful consulting company with others working for me. I chose the name almost at random because I never thought it would be more than just me, but Stratigos Security is now an actual business. I kind of can’t believe it.

where are you currently?

Istanbul, for about six weeks. I’ll probably stay around Eastern Europe, Middle East, North Africa region for a few more months after that.

where are you going?

Into the future, whatever that holds.

what has been memorable for you so far?

Shattering my assumptions about people and places. But realizing that this just establishes new assumptions that I also have to be careful of.

will you go home anytime soon?

Home is a state of mind. I am home.

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@james 9yr

My name is James and I am from the UK.

I have been away for 10 years, 8 of which I have been a DN. Everything from Application Development to Website Management

I am the co-founder of KoHUB in Koh Lanta Thailand. www.kohub.org

My most memorable times have been living on the Galapagos Islands as a dIving Instructor and Sailing around SE Asia on my own 36’ sailing boat. I also worked remotely using 3G on anchor when I could for about 2 years on the boat.

I have learnt great time management skills, problem solving and in general how to be positive about the world we live in and open to the people i meet. I have relished meeting so many fascinating people on the road and am loving the challenge of running a Hub for DN’s in a place I have called my base for the last 6 years. Koh Lanta.

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Hey, my name’s Vincent Nguyen.

The very beginning of my journey started as the Marketing Apprentice, and eventually Marketing Director, for Empire Flippers, ran by a great couple of guys who have been living and building businesses in SEAsia for half a decade. I was a 19-year old college student with three internships at the time, which I all dropped immediately and moved to the Philippines to work closely with EF and their team.

I spent a year in the Philippines and a month in Thailand (mostly Chiang Mai.)

Palawan, Philippines was easily the most beautiful place I’ve been to during my travels. Celebrated my birthday with a week-long getaway there. Highly recommend taking the 7-hour drive from Puerto Princessa to El Nido if you find yourself in Palawan.

I’m in Arizona at the moment–back in the states for 2 months now–but will definitely be back in Asia soon.

Lucky enough, I got the job thanks to my experiences with marketing my own personal development website and by reaching out to several people like Rand Fishkin and Neil Patel for help.

Really grateful for everything that’s happened so far and if I could do it over again, I would in a heartbeat. The majority of my family, with the exception of one uncle and my dad, doesn’t understand what I’m doing. They’re very traditional and college-focused so they think if I don’t get a degree I’ll wind up starved on the streets begging for money. They have no idea how far from the truth that is.

And so… Almost everyone in my family thinks I’m attending college again soon. Told them I’m taking online classes (I’ve already tried the truth several times,) so I’ll probably have to stage my own graduation in two years. It’s going to be very awkward when I tell them I’m going to SEAsia again, but I guess I can get away with “Online courses allow me to turn in coursework anywhere and any time!”

As for what I’m up to now: I started a business that manages Facebook ads and split-testing to drive leads for clients with established email marketing funnels.

Instead of charging an arbitrary “maintenance fee”, my business is paid based off performance using a revenue-share model. This incentivizes us to keep cost per acquisition down and to maximize the mileage on your ad budget. Win-win because we get paid more and you receive more high-targeted leads.

That about covers me!

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@jonmyers 9yr

Hey, hey, my name is Jon Myers and I’m an American, currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

I’ve been doing some form of the mobile entrepreneur thing for a long time.

I started nearly 22 years ago in Taipei, Taiwan, got the bug and have since logged about 30 countries under my belt, but I stopped counting a while ago.

I’m a UX/ UI designer with a small boutique, distributed design studio, which is basically me.

I tend to work with banks, insurance companies, biotech companies, governments, funded startups and companies in the $1 - $5 mil range.

I’ve also been playing the startup game for quite awhile, advise startups and started one, which became a company.

Currently, for my next venture, we are working on a competitor to this very software, and every other forum/ community software platform.

In my opinion, every single piece of software out there for forums (including Discourse) is designed, hashed, and so on, for what used to be - - the low bandwidth internet.

It’s total crap.

So, we decided to do something about it. That company is called Legion and we are small team hard at work on it. I’ll be headed to Singapore later this month to properly incorporate the company and hit the ground running, Q2.

Again, I’m based in Ho Chi Minh City, or also known by it’s old name, which we mostly call it - Saigon.

I love it here and have no plans of going anywhere else at the moment.

I’ll travel a lot this year, but my POV has changed/ evolved.

I’m using the homebase strategy and so far so good.

I have a proper homebase here in Saigon.

Most memorable thing for me? Wow, I don’t know where to start.

We’re lucky people to even be having these conversations.

Partying for days straight in Buenos Aires, lol. Awesome times.

I also spent some time Nepal. Loved it there. I was there for Holi and distinctly remember the very moment I was doused with water and that colored powder.

Surfing in Sri Lanka.

Collectively I try to remember and appreciate my travels as much as possible.

Nope, I will not go home anytime soon.

Vietnam is my home. For now.

As a nomad, what I have learned…

Haha, well, you all probably won’t like this:

That if you want to make big money that can sustain you in the future, you need a homebase - or at the very least, you need to incorporate slow travel into your strategy.

Do you agree?

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Fully agree with you @jonmyers, that is the exact reason why I have chosen to live in Chiang Mai.

Though I don’t think traveling extensively stops you making big money, I do think that having the time to get into a routine and focus on projects long terms does have its benefits.

Signed up for your Legion launch, looking forward to it :wink:

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I think I would have to agree about the home base strategy. I am currently based in Miami but am open to other places as well. Last time that I visited Vietnam I liked it quite a bit in Saigon. Would consider there definately. Welcome to the community.

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@mattlock 9yr

How is Vietnam as a homebase for startups and entrepreneurship. Do you feel that you still have your time to curate your own schedule and work remotely?

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I’m MrFreshIdea.

I am based in South Florida and travel alot. Have a random skill set. I speak english, a decent mandarin chinese. working on my spanish and trying to pick up some vietnamese.

Joined this board to explore new ideas about living in other countries and travel and more. Have been to about 28 countries so far and looking to visit more places and see where there is good living and good opportunities. Much the same reason that I think alot of us are on this forum. Feel free to send me a message on twitter.

If you have questions about living in Southern China I can probably answer many of them as I have spent alot of time in Guangdong China. Specifically Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Several years living there in fact. And have visited probably about 50 or more different places around China.

Now thats enough about me, I got alot of reading to do to read all of your introductions.

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@coco 6yr

wa ,cool 28 country.i am chinese

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@sandy_ 9yr

Hi, I’m Sandy, 29, from Southern California. I’m a front end web developer. I’ve been on the road for 4 months. I’m currently in Sydney, AU. I’ll be heading to Koh Lanta, Thailand in March. Memorable experiences are meeting great new people. So far my favorite place is Iceland which I hope to go back to. Not going home anytime soon.

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Do you import/export out of China, and if so, what type of products? Do you also manufacture products in China and have tips to share?

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@kirkbeard 9yr

G’day, I’m Kirk originally from Australia but have been travelling the world for 2 years now. I’m not really planning on going home for another 3+ years, but that’s a completely arbitrary number. I sponsor my travels by working as a web developer/designer for my Australian clients. I do have long term plans to release a few SAAS products but I haven’t had time to dedicate to them yet.

At the moment my friend (who I only met in America last year) has very graciously let me live at his place in France for a few months which is great! It gives me some time to rest my body (liver especially) and focus on the backlog of websites I need to complete.

I’ve been building websites for 14 years for agencies. I always said my job was awesome because I could work from anywhere in the world. After getting stuck working at a job that I hated, I decided I had nothing to lose so I sold everything I owned, bought a one way ticket, and was in Canada the next day.

Working as a nomad has been hard work but extremely fulfilling. You learn a lot about yourself because every day has something new to teach you.

Anyone that’s sitting on the fence and not sure if they should do it, needs to bite the bullet and go for it! If it doesn’t work out, you can always go home, but you’ll always regret it if you don’t give it a shot!

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My name is Axel; I am French master student of 23 years old (almost done finally) from Paris and hopefully I was raised between the beautiful region Normandy and the island of Martinique.

Throughout my formation, experiences and travels around the world, I think I have developed enough skills to ensure digital marketing tasks. I am also a writer and begin to transcript my style in the blogging world in order to get more known in this area and more important in order to share my experience with the others.

It was difficult for me to find what and where I want to evolve in my career. Finally, I discovered that to be a digital marketer in the world of start up and with nomad style really fit with my profile, my state of mind and my desires. Since I am very young I have travelled throughout 25 countries. If you rely that with the fact that I am really out going and specialist in building relationship. To find a community of digital nomad houses is clearly logical. Furthermore, as a fresher in the field, I am so curious and avid to learn from other nomad; because for me this is the purpose of this community: bring people together in order to gathering skills and create more efficiency for everyone. I have to say that I am really proud and motivate to begin this adventure. For me, this way of working is the future because this is a break with classical structure of companies, furthermore create synergy is the ultimate goal. And nowadays, I think this is important to take part of project that gives a sense to our life, personal and professional

Thanks to my studies, I lived in several countries. One year in Lithuania, 6 months in Montreal and this is just a beginning. Furthermore like I said I am used to travel since I am very young. So we can say that I live more time away from home.

I am in France for the moment in order to have a little transition with my next travel and work experience.

The next project is to literally jump in this world by taking the opportunity to work with our famous @atu in Bangkok, Bali and surely other destination like Chiang mei.

One of my favorite travel memories will stay when I travelled from France to Lithuania by train. This experience allowed me to become aware of all the good things that anyone in the same state of mind can bring to you. And also how much travel is important for personal development.
There are so much good memories and important lessons that happen in a travel and nomad life. But the fact to build relationship based on cultural differences is stand out. All those relationship allow both part to evolve, improve him and get more experience. I am sure that those synergies created by the desire of learning new stuff allow everyone to level up.

How do you see your purpose and role in this nomad community?

I really want to take part of this incredible adventure. . I can estimate useful marketing tools, make market research, identify and retain users’ trough different channel. I got also skills in e-business, in cross cultural communication and a lot more. And this new experience will also allow me to learn a lot of useful things about growth hacking. I think with the creation of nomad houses that synergy will appear. I am available for those freelancers in the same house for helping them and learn from them. I am so excited for what will happen during those following month and to be a part of the digital Nomad Community.

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Hi people!

My name is Gonçalo Morais, I’m from Portugal but currently living in London, United Kingdom. I moved here mostly for work, I’m a front-end developer. I have been away from my country for 1 year now, and I actually like it. :smile:
In a month, I’m going to spend 3 months in New York, so I’m gathering all the info I can possible find useful for a smooth & interesting ride.H
Moving here was quite memorable – it brought a couple of bittersweet changes to my life, but a whole lot more that were just awesome. That’s why I don’t intend to go back home so soon. I might go there for a couple of days, but… no more than that, the boredom is just too overwhelming.
I wish to gather enough knowledge and experience so I can truly become a nomad, at least for a few years. I want to experience the freedom and challenges you all face.

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@geonomad 9yr

what’s your name? Peter, also known as GeoNomad
where are you from? It’s complicated. Brit who has lived all over. 114 countries visited. Lived for more than 3 months in a bunch of them.
how long have you been away from home? Home? I don’t know where that is now.
what do you do? Invent electronic products and write software.
where are you currently? Silicon Valley, CA, USA
where are you going? Las Vegas for CES next week.
what has been memorable for you so far? Living on a sailboat for a few years.
will you go home anytime soon? I am always at home, wherever I am.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? Relax and enjoy everything.

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@will 9yr

Howdy,

My name is Will and I am originally from Wyoming in the United States. Ten years ago I took what was supposed to be a 4-month leave-of-absence from my job to go work in Antarctica. I worked in Antarctica for five years on a rotating on/off schedule and explored the world during my off-time. Eventually I took a position with the same company in Taiwan and then the UAE, all with ample time-off between jobs.

During all of that time I learned a thing or two about WordPress and was doing freelance work to pay rent when I wasn’t employed. I found out very quickly that I didn’t have the knack for all of the ancillary things related to freelancing - I didn’t want to be hustling for clients, hounding people to pay invoices, accounting or any of it really so I looked for something else and found WooThemes. What an awesome company! 100% remote and full of very talented and inspiring individuals. I am truly privileged to be working with them!

At this very moment I am based in Panamá where I have been exceptionally happy for the past year.

About one month ago my wife asked one of her freelance clients if there might be a full-time, on-site position for her and they said yes so we’re going to Tulum, Mexico sometime in late February/early March.

With ten years more or less bouncing around the globe, a lot of memories have been made - far too many to list here.

I have no plans of returning “home” in the foreseeable future.

I’ve learned that no matter where you go, people want the same basic things that I want.

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Hi nomads! I’m Jason Cook, from the US (NYC and LA) and I just left! I’ve been out of the country for less than a month so I’m still trying to figure things out at this point — noob advice greatly appreciated!

By day I design software for businesses — “experience strategy, design and architecture for line of business products spanning desktop, mobile and web touchpoints” if were being formal. By night I write and (occasionally) perform electronic music.

I’m in London right now. I chose London as my first stop because I thought it would offer a “soft” introduction to nomadism, coming from the States. There’s no language barrier here, and I can establish something of a second base of operations to return to if needed, rather than returning all the way to the States if I feel like being “home” for a while. Truth is, I haven’t been “home” for four or five months, anyway — I rented out my house and was nomadic in LA before I finally got to Europe. And, anyway, I hadn’t felt “at home” in LA for a long time — all my friends left the city, as I had been trying to do for many, many years. I’ve mentally had one foot out the door for a while now.

I have some connections in Bulgaria so I imagine I may bounce back and forth between London and either Varna or Sofia for a bit. What’s nice is that bookends Europe nicely, so I have lots of incentive to see the places in between. I’m a big city guy, through and through, so the places I’d like to spend some time are all Europe’s great metropolises. I see myself spending time in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, as far as the Schengen Area goes, and UK, Bulgaria and Romania otherwise.

Glad to meet you all!

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@nicrose8 8yr

what’s your name? Nicole
where are you from? Oregon, USA
how long have you been away from home? 1 Year
what do you do? I support Medical Software.
where are you currently? Sayulita, Mexico
where are you going? No idea!
what has been memorable for you so far? Surfing the Pacific coast.
will you go home anytime soon? I have been going back every 3-4 months for a quick visit.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? To just try whatever I’m interested.

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Hi there! I’m Michael. Originally from New Jersey but been traveling for 6 years and moved to Seattle as a home base. I work for WooThemes on WooCommerce and co-founder of Travel Blog Success. Before WooThemes, I did web development and travel blogged my way around the world on Art of Adventuring. After traveling around the world for several years, I decided to make a home base in Seattle, WA. While Seattle is my new home, I’m never really here all that often. I’m always on the road. I love the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world and can’t imagine doing it any other way.

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Hi Michael,

Where in Jersey? I’m from Flemington but now reside in Missoula, Montana.

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what’s your name? - I’m Zachary Strebeck, game lawyer and digital nomad
where are you from? - Born: Pittsburgh, PA; Grew up: South Jersey; Lived in SoCal for the past 11 years
how long have you been away from home? - Since January 2014, but I had a few months back home over the summer
what do you do? - I’m an attorney, a blogger and a freelance writer
where are you currently? - Tokyo, Japan
where are you going? - South Korea for a few weeks, then back to Tokyo until summer
what has been memorable for you so far? - I got to sit with and pet a live panda in China, I’ve met tons of amazing people and eaten amazing and crazy food (pig brains -_- ), and just had an overall amazing time!
will you go home anytime soon? - I will be home in the US for the summer, but for business, traveling to various gaming conventions to meet designers who may want to hire me as their lawyer.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad? - Not to be afraid of the world. I’ve been more afraid on the streets of LA or NYC than I have in foreign cities like Bangkok and Saigon. Also, I’ve become more confident and more amazing over the past year.

My law firm blog is www.strebecklaw.com/blog, where I talk about gaming and internet legal issues.

My travel/nomad blog is www.alawyerabroad.com, where I talk about how to be a professional and grow your practice or business while traveling full time. This blog is relatively new, though, but I’m super excited about it!

I hope to learn a ton from the other nomads here on the forum!

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Hello! My name is Maria Scarpello, I like to claim Lawrence, KS as where I am from even though we haven’t lived there for over 4.5 years. In 2008 my partner, Brian Devine and I purchased our first motorhome, affectionately named Stanley. In what we thought would be a 6 month adventure has turned into a new way of life for us. We had done some backpacking in Europe, but have 2 dogs so decided it was time to explore more of our own country, seeing as we hadn’t done much up until that point.

Currently we are in Vegas for New Years with plans to go over to the Southern CA coast for Jan, then cut across to FL by March as we will officially be switching our residency.

I work fulltime for a WordPress theme and plugin company called WooThemes. I started in Support and have grown into creating my own role in the company, Internal Community Manager. I absolutely love working for Woo and spending time throughout my day working with everyone on the team.

I’d say the most memorable aspect of our lifestyle is the complete life change we’ve gone thru. The typical things most nomads experience when they downsize their life and trade possessions for experiences. I know this lesson will carry me throughout the rest of my life and I will feel richer because of it.

We always get the same question from our travels, which tend to take us to some breweries. Okay… a lot of breweries. Actually 400+ in the last 4 years (but who’s counting? Brian).

What is your favorite ____?

Could be brewery, could be location. People that don’t get out much tend to think of this one end-all-be-all, fantasic, must-see, can’t miss destination. When the truth is, most travelers I know could never just name one favorite, there are simply too many good things to list them all!

Instead, I think travelers can be more intrigued by telling stories about their experiences, it is after all, what we long for. So a better question might be:

What has been one of your favorite traveling experiences.
I’m sure a whole bunch of stories just popped into all of your heads. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks for taking time to learn a bit more about me. Looking forward to meeting more of you!

Cheers!
-Maria

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Hello All,

My name is Noam and I run CleanForest.co - a web and mobile development agency. In the winter time I live in Taiwan and the summer time I live in Toronto.

Taiwan is a fantastic place to run an online business. Clean, safe, beautiful, low cost, democratic, good food, good people, fast Internet. It is a convenient place to live with very easy access to amenities: food, transportation, laundry, etc.

One advantage of Taiwan is that it is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Since the majority of my clients are in North America, when I am working during my day, they are sleeping which helps to keep focused and productive with minimal interruptions.

The worst part of Taiwan is pollution - which is a problem across much of Asia and many other parts of the world. Hopefully this will start to improve…

If you ever want to visit Taiwan, drop me a message at [email protected] !

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@billey_b 9yr

Hey everybody ! So I’m Bastien From Lille in France, I’m actually student in part time in a small startup which develop software for green building industry until I’ll finish my studies in next september.

I’m here to read about DN and get some informations about it, since I plan to move away from france on next september. My goal is idealy to find a remote job or starting a buisness.

Since I’m a tech guy, I have to continue to improve myself in my fav domains, including mobile, back end development and trying to find partners to collaborate with for the front part which is actually not my piece of cake.

Idealy I would like to build products to promote local shop and trying to change peoples minds about the way of consuming food. I have ideas about this, I just need time now.

My ideal lifestyle is to live like a Hobbit but with travel.

If some peoples plane to visit north of France this year, message me :smile:

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@patrick 9yr

What’s your name?
Patrick Loonstra

Where are you from?
The Netherlands, Groningen to be precise.

How long have you been away from home?
The max is 6 weeks for now, to Costa Rica.

What do you do?
I am a designer, so stuff like logo’s, print, websites and stuff that needs to work better by design. My main focus is branding. So, the visual side of a brand.

Where are you currently?
Still in The Netherlands

Where are you going?
Right now, I am planning a trip of 6 months to South America. To work and live from. Starting from march 2015.

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@melanie 9yr

Hey guys, I’m Melanie from NYC and left my job as a designer 3 months ago to start my company called Sunrise Project where I travel the world and watch sunrises to inspire people to live inspired lives.

I’m currently in Sydney, Australia and plan on staying in AU for another few months until I can save up enough to book it to SE Asia. No plans to go home anytime soon, just discovered how real the possibility of becoming a digital nomad is (currently not making any money) and the fire has been lit under my ass.

If you’re ever in Australia/interested in setting up a monthly google chat to help motivate/bounce ideas off of like minded folks, hit me up on twitter.

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@josefa 9yr

Hey Mel,

Ive recently joined this forum and I am currently in Sydney and wanted to reach out and see if you are still here. I have been flirting with the idea of making a full-time online income for a few months but I have decided to pursue this idea full time in a few weeks. It would be good to have like minded people to bounce ideas off. It seems like we have similar ideas with what we want to accomplish so it would be great if we could help each other out!

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@jb510 9yr

what’s your name?
    Jon Brown, @jb510 and WanderingJon
where are you from?
    Born and raised Southern California, “home” is now Maui, Hawaii.
how long have you been away from home?
    Location indpendent since 2006/8 depending on how I measure
what do you do?
    Web Developer, owner 9seeds.
where are you currently?
    Home for the holidays
where are you going?
    staying home for a few months to get married
what has been memorable for you so far?
    8 years… hard to name just 100.
will you go home anytime soon?
    I spend 3-6 months a year at home.
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
    never book a roundtrip ticket, it’s the one thing you’ll always regret

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@bryce 9yr

Hi everyone!

I’m Bryce and I currently work for a ‘remote’ company called WooThemes on the open-source WooCommerce ecommerce plugin for WordPress.

At the moment I live in Bangkok, originally from Australia, but am constantly travelling around to new places!

My day-to-day focus is really on everything WordPress and WooCommerce. I write a lot about it on my blog (link through above) and enjoy meeting other digital nomads.

If you’ve ever coming through Bangkok, definitely hit me up on twitter.

I think a few of us from WooThemes are doing an ‘AUA’ in a few weeks too, so feel free to ask me questions then! :slight_smile:

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@korc 9yr

Hi all you wonderful nomads, I’m Keerthik Omanakuttan (that’s a mouthful, I know). I go by K to some people until they get used to the idea that Keerthik is actually not as hard to say as it looks. I have been following levels since I came across his post about bootstrapping from Thailand over a year ago. It was perfectly timed, because it had just been decided that I would leaving the states due it’s fuck-all immigration system, and suddenly this gave me something interesting to look forward to with my forced-upon-me freedom :slight_smile:

If you are ever in the same city as me, I would happily grab a drink/coffee/icecream/meal/all-of-the-above with you, and maybe even plan to give you company on one of your trips (we all know nomad-ery can be lonely when you do it for a while). If you’re ever visiting picturesque Cochin, in South India, hit me up and maybe I can put you up in my parents’ most-of-the-year unoccupied beach-house :wink:

This is a loaded question for me. I am ethnically Indian (and hold a passport for the same), grew up in the Middle East, studied at a weird school (link below) in Boston (and felt at home for the first time) and spent 2 years in the Bay Area founding BitGym before going digital nomad in Asia. The Bay Area was probably the first place I thought “I want this to be my home,” and started trying to settle there. Alas, US immigration is a nightmare and a half. I have no residence/visa status in any country other than India now, which kind of sucks to be honest (all you Europeans, Americans and Singaporeans count your blessings!). So I’m not sure where I’m from, home is where I feel like I belong the most, and that was probably the Bay Area. But given that I can’t stay there now (visa complications) it’s being on the road until I can return to my team in Berkeley, CA, US.

As I said (and like many others), I don’t really have any one place I can call home. I left Berkeley in November of 2013. I have been digital nomad since then, still working on BitGym. I visit my parents’ house in Kerala, India every 3-4 months, because I need to be in India to get visas for wherever else I want to go next (and hardly because it’s “home” – my folks don’t even live there, they’re still based in the Middle East). I have visited my parents in Oman twice this past year, which is actually quite great because I hardly saw them while I studied/worked in the States. That said, home is California and I haven’t been there in over a year, and I miss it :frowning:

I am cofounder, Android Lead, and Anything Else I Can Do guy at BitGym (4-person team). We make game-mechanic-inspired interactive experiences for indoor fitness. Install BitGym on your smart-device, place it on a treadmill/elliptical/whatever, and the front-facing camera uses computer vision (yes, it’s super accurate and runs on mobile and it’s hard to believe) to determine how fast you’re working out, which is used as an input into showing you first-person forward motion HD video through beautiful trails in the world. Maybe this video does a better job explaining it :smiley:

I also manage my site and blog where I talk about game design, transcending national political boundaries and feeling at home in different places (my take on nomad-ery), and running startups. Also working on an indie game studio nights and weekends, and am the creator of a soon-to-be-on-kickstarter boardgame that we’re just waiting on getting the team assembled in one place to shoot the video for :smile: (links at the end)

Singapore! I was in Seoul and Hong Kong the last few months before this.

I will be returning “home” to India, as it’s time to get the next round of visit visas (Taiwan, Japan, and possibly another one for S.Korea), as well as attend some weddings (wedding season) and to get pampered by my mom’s cooking.

Gosh, this entire year has been more happening than the rest of my life put together. I’m not much of a tourist-y nomad, I mostly spend time in cities making new friends when I’m not working. Probably getting to watch a StarCraft tournament finals as well as the League of Legends World Championship finals live (and showing up on the streams :smiley: ) within 2 months of each other, in the mecca of eSports, Seoul, will be most memorable for me so far. But it’s just part of a long stretch of really unforgettable times being a nomad.

To California? I don’t know, depends on my visa getting figured out. To India? Next week, to figure out my next travel visas. To Oman? I’m not sure, I may need to go get some stuff from my parents’ house.

A world of things. And there’s so much more to learn, about the things so far and others. So far, in no particular order: How to own and carry less stuff and feel good about it. How to increase productivity when working remote from your team with lower accountability.

How to communicate through language barriers. How to be happy as a lonely traveler, and learn about the things that you enjoy, that aren’t determined by a social circle. Related, how to find communities where you’re likely to make new friends because they share an interest fundamental to who you are. How to manage logistics of travel (cheap tickets, cheap accommodation, visa processes). How to keep in touch with people. How to relate to different cultural values. How to look past race, nationality, language, gender, when meeting new people.

How to easily bypass (some) public wifi hotspot payment walls. How to efficiently learn subway maps and bus routes, the basics of a new language, and the core culture around interacting with people in a certain place. How to procure a data plan/SIM card. How to find the local efficient and cheap fallback meal when you just need healthy, tasty food quickly and easily so you can get back to work.

There’s a surprising amount here. Having lasting connections with people. Forget long-term romantic relationships, even friendships that I hadn’t forged and secured many years ago, seem fleeting and hard to hold onto. I have met 10s of people who I got along with great and had a blast with, but I would probably never see again. It’s cool in a way to meet so many people, but sad that none of those connections will last. Falling in love and being like “well too bad I’m leaving in 10 days and it’d be a stupid idea to expect anything here” and moving on, whether it’s with a person, a city or a coffee shop. Dealing with logistics around visas (you’ll find nearly no Chinese national or Indian nationals as digital nomads, because our passports really suck), and having to be back in India every time I need to go somewhere else. And of course, people not understanding what I do, especially people not understanding that these difficulties I mentioned above (and that others among you have talked about) are real problems that they don’t have to deal with on a daily basis. Essentially, because there’s so few of us nomads, we don’t get much empathy, heh.

Links because link-cap:
levels post that got me started: levels.io/bootstrapping-startup-thailand/
college: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_W._Olin_College_of_Engineering
personal site: keerthik.github.io
indie studio: zoako.com
board game: facebook.com/dicestorm

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@kirkbeard 9yr

This is without a doubt the hardest thing I find about moving around so much. There’s so many things in the world to explore, but you gain (and lose) so many short-term connections along the way.

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@cathy 9yr

Hi, everyone. I’m glad to see this forum take off.

I’m a long-time consultant to big businesses. In about 2009 I decided to change my business structure to make it location independent, converting my advice into information products and otherwise productizing stuff. After some test trips to make sure travel didn’t hurt my business, I left the US in 2010.

I was based in southern Mexico for several years, with trips to other places, and then in April 2014 I sold everything again and have been traveling full time.

This year started with an Asian theme (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea), but now I’m in Madrid. Next is the UK and Croatia. I’m considering getting Spanish residency, but I need to run around a bit more.

I’m older than most here but I like to think that just makes me wise. Or not. I’m a big advocate of choosing clients who pay well and treat you professionally, something that doesn’t always happen in nomad-land.

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Hey @Cathy, could you tell me a bit more about your switch from consultant to products? (if you prefer via DM) , I’m currently in the beginning phase of this transition and could use some consulting :smile:


Then about me: I’m Robert, Dutch, I’m not a web developer, not a designer and not a programmer. I’m currently helping 9 startups (apps/webshops) with user acquisition & retention, basically I get hired when the “product” is finished and people don’t understand why sales are so low. I’ll be moving towards Asia upcoming summer, probably to have a talk with the guys from www.tropicalmba.com. Hit me up if you want to talk in Amsterdam.

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@lia9255 8yr

Happy to see another older nomad here! I just joined and am hoping to connect with others who have lots of business experience to share. I headed up global strategy/international biz dev for a major information services company and led expansion into 60 countries from 2002-2012. I consulted for a few years (both for my former employer and their clients) and went to culinary school. I too sold nearly everything and put some stuff in storage, and am living a portable life. Later this year, I’m en route to Barcelona for work, and then planning to travel for the foreseeable future. Would love to get an update on what you’re doing, now and next!

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@megan 9yr

Hi everyone! I’m Megan, I’m 26, and I’m only beginning my nomadic journey. Born and raised in Ohio and went to grad school in SW Virginia. After I rejected the ominous trajectory of academia, I up and moved to Medellin, Colombia in January 2014 with the vague plan of job searching in S.America. Knowing what I know now, the problem began with me ‘searching’ instead of ‘creating’. However, I met some successful and enthusiastic digital nomads, freelancers, and entrepreneurs in Medellin who exposed me to a world of digital possibility.

After several months, I came back to DC (where I am currently) to keep afloat financially while I develop my nomadic game plan :slight_smile: I’m working in my first and last 9-5 gig as a water & climate researcher. In 6 months Ill be back on the road, so I’m developing more concrete income ideas and building a base of resources and support to keep it going this time around. Take-two of nomad life: 2015 edition!

Excited I found this community and look forward to sharing stories.

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@brmolin 9yr

My name’s Brandon, I’m 25 and hail from western New York where I currently live. I work a decent 9-5 gig, and am funneling every free dollar I have towards my first online business.

I first came across the concept of location independent income and constant travel when I read the four hour work week back in '08. Since then I’ve spent an obscene amount of time researching every type of way to produce income online, and not enough of it actually trying any of them! I’ve been working full time office jobs for the past two and a half years, and after recently getting a new job that is no more fulfilling than the previous one I decided that I needed to make a more radical change if I really wanted to be happy.

A few months ago I found an idea I think is solid and am finally pulling the trigger! I’m going the ecommerce route, using FBA to house my product for both sales on Amazon and on my own website. I have some product shipping to my house right now for a final check, and I’m hoping to get this off the ground in early 2015!

As far as where I’m going, haven’t decided yet but right now the front runners are Berlin, Buenos Aires, Medellin, Chiang Mai and Phuket. This seems like a great community, and I’m looking forward to getting this off the ground and eventually meeting you all!

Side note: the nomad house concept seems incredible, really looking forward to seeing how that plays out!

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wow. I can’t believe I read all of the 22 replies. Y’all are very inspiring. I’m impressed.

I’m Ahmed. I’m from Tunisia. I didn’t really know much about what a digital nomad is until this year maybe or perhaps last year. I’ve been read so much about the lives and experiences of other travelers that I don’t actually remember when I started thinking that I wanted to do this for myself as well

Anyway, I knew that in order to sport this lifestyle, I’ll have to find a remote job and I did. Booya! I’ve actually been working with remote companies since more than a year now. Writing unpublished reports for few companies and using my English skills in an over-francophone work environment such is Tunisia.

I’m not a digital nomad yet but I’m really planning it right now. Besides that geo-arbitrage doesn’t really work naturally for me or the fact that I don’t enjoy visa-free transplanting through any country, I’m really having a hard time getting a business of my own together which is what I ultimately want to do. I’m great at ideation, selling and talking to people (since this is exactly what I studied in college) but I lack the tech skills. So, I’m working right now (in a co-working space just for the mention) to save money and hone my technical skills (currently learning RoR).

Apart from the third world whining part, I’ve been to 17 countries since 2012. Three in the Middle East, America and mostly Europe. My next trip which is in February will be to Estonia and the rest of the Baltic countries. I suspect that I’ll be tempted into taking the ferry to Helsinki. And, Asia during the summer or would it be super super hot?

I work for a Dubai version of Carousell (Singapore) for those who are familiar with this app. Classifieds social app.

Does anybody want to start an online business to sustain their travels?

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@sylzygalo 9yr

HelloOo! Polish-born, Vancouver-raised faux-Londoner over here — living in North London now for five years with my English husband and working on populating a somewhat safe itinerary of testing working away from home a week to one month at a time. For this year we’ve organised Costa Brava, Toulouse, Vancouver and Nimes, and we’re working on Colombia for the remaining year. We’re doing this through a combination of home exchanges and Airbnb. For next year we’re thinking about living in Provence for a year but we’re still marinating on this one. We’re considering selling the house so we can be mortgage-free and travel more adventurously, but we have a dog whom we love loads and are trying to figure out how to have our cake and eat it too…

My husband is a UX designer + programmer for a start-up and and I left the 9-5 realm to try my hand at digital marketing. We’ve managed to line up a bunch of promising potentials but our plans are still loose at the moment.

I love the idea of taking chances in life as the drive unfolds and trusting that things will fall into place. My parents immigrated twice with two small children in the 80s / 90s and I did this when arriving in London knowing no one with little money to go on. Life rewarded me on that risk and I’d like to reinvest and do it again.

I’m stoked to have found this community and am looking forward to connecting with a few peeps. :girl:

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Hey @crigor, nice to run into you – fellow Filipino over here!

So yeah, hi, my name is Carlo. I run a house cleaning business in Canada, which I manage from my laptop and with an internet connection. SEO, PPC and copywriting are my bread and butter. Currently based in Manila, Philippines.

I hopped on the “digital nomad” train mostly because I was fed up of working a regular day job, and I didn’t like the idea of having someone else in control of my time and freedom. And to be honest, my main motivating factor was that I really just didn’t want to start my day getting woken up by my alarm clock anymore.

My day job consisted of 3+ hours every day commuting and it was killing me, so when our department got laid off I looked at it as a blessing in disguise. Had a decent amount of savings then, and since I was already dabbling in affiliate marketing and other methods of making money online I figured I’d have a go at making that work for me. That was in 2009, and I haven’t looked back ever since.

Early last year, I flew back to my hometown of Metro Manila in the Philippines because I had it up to here with the freezing Canadian weather (grew up in both Manila and Jakarta so I’m a tropical boy at heart). Plus I wanted the option of being able to go to the beach whenever I felt like doing so, of which the Philippines has PLENTY :smiley:.

This year wasn’t a very productive year for me as I spent the majority of my time really just coasting and never getting anything solid off the ground. Motivation (or the lack of it rather) was a huge factor, so I figured immersing myself in a community of like-minded people would help me be more consistent in working to increase my bottom line.

Looking forward to participating more in this forum!

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@johnnyfd 9yr

Hey guys, I’m Johnny, Host of the Travel Like a Boss Podcast

Currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand

See you guys around the Nomad Forum! I’m excited to be here.

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Fan of your work Johnny!

I’m gradually working my way through your back catalogue.

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@crigor 9yr

Hi everyone! I’m Chris from Manila, Philippines. I work remotely as a support engineer / sysadmin at Engine Yard, which is based in San Francisco. I work mostly from Manila, but this year I’ve traveled almost 6 months without missing a lot of work. It’s awesome to be able to do that!

Since I’ve lived all my life in the Philippines, my travels this year were mostly to the US and Europe. My wife and I love Paris. It’s expensive especially compared to where I live!

I love Asia as well! Phuket is nice. Seoul is a favorite. Oh, and Israel has been a unique experience.

It’s almost 2am and I’m hopping on a call at work. One of the downsides of a remote team but I’d take this over a job at an office anytime :slight_smile:

If you find your way to Manila, let me know.

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@msavin 9yr

Hey everyone! I’m Max Savin from New York :slight_smile: I took off on a journey to Tomorrowland this Summer, and once I was in Europe I didn’t really see a good reason to go back. I’m working on my online business Meteor Toys, and then planning to pick up some freelance work here and there. It’s been two months so far, and its been a great way to get some perspective. I am bouncing around Europe for another few weeks before I choose a place to settle (preferably, somewhere cheap). Currently in Croatia, with no idea for what’s next.

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@agour 9yr

Hey all! I’m Paul, and I’m a photographer based in the UK.

Although I do work as a freelancer, I’m not yet a nomad… although I’m in the process of trying to figure out how to incorporate that into my business model.

I’ve done some traveling, and love the idea of doing something more long-term. I however hate the idea of saving up then going on holiday for a set time…

It’s still early days, but hopefully within the next 2 months I should be making a small automated income, which will allow me to base myself somewhere cheap and focus on a more substantial idea!

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This is big challenge. When you see friends going on trips but then coming home to keep working, only to save and then go again. It’s a different mindset and from where i’m sitting it involves some sacrifice in the beginning so you can have that freedom and constant travel in the future.

I’m in a similar situation to you Paul, feel very much at the beginning of this Nomad journey. Would love to hear how you get on in the future as you make the transition!

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@voskovek 9yr

Hi, everyone!
My name is David, I’m from Argentina. I’m actually on my way to becoming a digital nomad, because even though I’m a freelancer, I’ve never been away from home more than 3 months. I travel at least twice a year for at least a month or two (I’m a slow traveler, I couldn’t possibly enjoy spending two frantic days of museum/monuments/bar hopping on a two-week trip to 10 different cities!). For the past 5 years I’ve been travelling once a year to Russia to study their beautiful language, also paying regular visits to one of my favourite cities in the world, Helsinki!
I’ve been working as a freelance CGI artist ever since I started working. Just as I finished highschool I knew that I’d never fit in a normal life. Having an office job was never an option for me, so when I started looking for a job I was extremely picky. I remember going to my job interviews wearing flip-flops, because that’s who I was and that’s how I felt comfortable. I was not going to accept a job that wouldn’t accept me as I am.
I finally found a job as a video editor where I could choose how many days a week and how many hours I wanted to work. It was ok, but still not enough for me. I still could not choose which projects I wanted to work on, so I always ended up working on crappy projects that I didn’t like and that didn’t help me evolve as an artist.
Anyway, long story short, I started doing some research and doing tutorials on 3D modeling and animation. After a couple of years working on TV commercials and architectural projects I discovered Odesk and Elance. Although it was hard for me to get my first jobs on these sites (yeah, I had to work for u$10 per hour!!), I managed to get a lot of regular clients, and my current workload allows me to live my life in total freedom.

I’m currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My plan is to travel with my girlfriend for a couple of months in India and Nepal, then head to Chiang Mai, well, you know how it goes from there :smile:

I’m glad I found this community, I hope I can meet many fellow nomads on the road!
If anyone needs any advice or help while in Buenos Aires, don’t hesitate to contact me!

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Hello,
my name is Nicholas. I am from Santa Cruz, Ca.
Within the last two years of my life, I have become interested in the digital nomad movement.
I am just starting out, I have a blog, and I know some basic computer programming.
I am interested in learning how to start making a income, and what is the best way to build my reputation.
Any tips?

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@romseguy 9yr

Hey there! I’m Romain and I come from France. I have graduated from a modest engineering school in computer sciences a few months ago.

I am currently employed under short term contract at the place I previously completed my last internship.

My ultimate goal is to break away from employment towards entrepreneurship or full-time freelancing so I can become a DN at some point.

Until then, I will be learning as much as possible about web development as I think it’s the most straightforward path to DN and I’m the creative kind of guy that would like to keep programming for a while.

I will start changing the part of my lifestyle that includes renting an apartment to renting/buying a camping-car (RV) instead and stay in France for a couple years until I’m able to become location independent.

My motivation is to live closer to nature, make more social connections, save more money than I’d be able to currently and learn to live more autonomously – not relying as much on money.

I will often be around lurking and copy/pasting any information you guys share that I think will be useful when I get to taste the DN lifestyle. So let me thank you in advance for that!

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@nambrot 9yr

Hey guys,

I’m Nam and I’m a web development freelancer, though I primarily work for Wellframe. I’ve been following @levelsio for a while now and absolutely love the movement and community he has been able to curate. I specifically set up my life after my graduation in May to have the most flexibility.

Unlike many of you maybe, I was hesitant to go full-on nomad. I personally value my local social networks and relationships too much which is why my strategy is to have a base/home in NYC, but go on month(s)-long trips/retreats. The biggest struggle I have found with nomading is the lack of deep relationships (though I certainly don’t have enough experience), it seems like a lot of times nomads and full time travelers are very transient, making it hard to develop tight bonds. This is why I am so excited about the talk about the “housing” problem and presumably @levelsio’s next project. I’ve seen this problem pop up everywhere recently, so its just a matter of time once this is solved, introducing the next wave of nomads like me :slight_smile:

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Hi Nam,

I’m doing much the same with a home-base in NYC/NJ (basically this means relatives and bf are here, not that I kept an apartment). It’s so refreshing to return “home” for family time and then head out for adventure/wandering. It’s more expensive, though, I may need to banish myself at some point! :smile:

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Hi all
A few words about myself, having joined the forum just 10 minutes back.
My name is Anannya Deb, I have lived all my life in Mumbai , India but have traveled around for education and work.

I work in a research & consulting firm dealing with education and cognition sciences as a lead consultant working directly with clients and partners. As part of my job, I travel a lot on field trips, workshops, etc.

For me, whether it is traveling for work or pleasure, travel is a very educative experience and opens up the mind every minute. Hopefully, with time, one becomes more and more tolerant and truly liberal.

I indulge in travel photography and regularly post my pictures and albums online. I also do heritage walks in Mumbai. For me it is also a way to discover new things about my own city. And I also offer a bed (via airbnb) in my house in Mumbai.

I hope to put in my contributions on various issues. Hope they are helpful.

Cheers, Anannya

P.S. My name “Anannya” can be used for males and females, the pronunciation varies. However, even though, I am still biologically male, I have spelled it the female way because that is the most common usage of this name (in India) and the pronunciation is more familiar / well known.

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@ts 9yr

Hey folks! I’m Tony Sheng, newly self-employed as of this week, currently living in Venice Beach, CA but moving up to San Francisco in a couple of months. It’s not Chiang Mai, but being able to work anywhere by virtue of not having an employer is a pretty amazing feeling even if I haven’t taken full advantage of it yet.

I quit my job to publish a book called Working Jobs, launch a podcast, and learn to develop well enough to do a six startups in a year type thing (inspired by levels.io, thanks bro).

My girlfriend is doing a developer bootcamp and will likely try and get a junior dev job, but we’re hoping to get the show on the road as soon as we can. In the meantime, I anticipate a lot of shorter working trips abroad.

If anybody is living or visiting California I’d love to meet up to have some tasty coffee or beers. I’m also a big skier so mountain meetups would be super cool.

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@ekbburner 9yr

Hey Tony,

Have you moved to San Francisco yet? I joined my first early stage startup back in 09’ www.boombotix.com

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@mattlock 9yr

Boombotix! I always saw their crazy colored van driving around. Seemed like a cool company. And very san francisco. :slight_smile:

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@jodi 9yr

Hi all. My name is Jodi, and I’m a former lawyer from Montreal. I have been eating my way around the world since 2008, when I quit after 5 years of practicing law in NYC. I share longform narrative on my site, Legal Nomads.

I’ve been a digital nomad since 2008, though my initial plan was just to take a one year sabbatical from work. I started my site to keep my mum up to date about what I was up to, then it got more popular, and now it’s the primary platform for what I do. The site is ad-free, but I fund my mobile lifestyle via social media work/brand audits, public speaking, small group food walks in Saigon, and a book I wrote a few years ago. I also do a bit of freelance writing.

So much has been memorable but a few bigger items stand out. The fact that travel helps you keep life in perspective by constantly reminding you of your privilege, and of what you have yet to learn. For me, the connections I’ve forged through food and the lives of the people who cook and sell it, giving me a window into a place that is far more in-depth than I ever imagined. The friendships I’ve made that span continents, and that have doubled back on themselves over and over, making for meetups in far-flung places.

During years 1-3 of being a digital nomad, people would ask if I was “done yet.” Then, the question became “haven’t you gotten this out of your system” during years 4-5. Year 6 was “wow, I can’t believe you’ve built a life around what you love.” And now, well, we’ll see.

In terms of places, I started my travels in South America, and spent quite a bit of time in Siberia and Mongolia before hitting Asia via the trains, but once I made it to Thailand and Vietnam, I felt quite at home. Like many others, I chase summer, but I do so for the food more than anything else. I’ll often pick destinations because of want I want to write about next, and eat.

What I love about the DN community is the willingness to sit down and have interesting conversations that span business, politics, culture and more within minutes of meeting someone new in a totally different field of work.

Looking forward to meeting those of you I haven’t yet met, and seeing what everyone is up to as they work from anywhere.

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@skatkov 9yr

My name is Stanislav, but you can call me Stas or Stan for a shorter version :slight_smile: I’m 30 years old and I’m from Estonia.

Currently i’m a web-developer and owner of small european outsourcing company. I’m staying in Banglamung, Thailand. But this community have encouraged me to travel even more… I’m now repacking my gear and planning to move out … VIetnam, Phillipines, Cambodia, Taiwan are in my travel list for now, but i’m looking in to more exotic (for a DN) places like Nepal and Mongolia. I think reaching Iceland is my near goal :slight_smile:

Most memorable are people I meet. Such a big spectrum of different people with comparison to people in my small country. A lot of people are doing great things and I managed to meet people who don’t think I’m weird :smiley:

Don’t plan to go home anytime soon.

Somehow questions I’ve had are not answered, but i’ve learned some hard lessons. Most hardest lesson for me was to learn not to plan ahead too much -> not having exact plans, not having savings or any work safety. I didn’t give up on plans and budgeting :smiley: but i’ve stopped worrying about those things -> ready to improvise :smile:

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@paulh 9yr

I’m Paul, 29, originally from New Zealand. Check out my travel map too!

  • Back in January 2012 I impulse-booked a one-way flight to Kuala Lumpur when my PhD supervisor had an unexpected mental breakdown and was going to be off work indefinitely.
  • I did some contracting work while traveling around Asia for a few months to start. Nothing too extraordinary.
  • I met a guy in Chiang Mai on holiday from the Seychelles, who was looking for a coder. I’d never heard of the place, but ok. The next morning when I sobered up and learned where the country actually was (off the coast of Somalia), I was a bit surprised. But I figured at that point I was committed.
  • So he flew me down to Port Victoria, the 25k-person capital ‘city’. I worked on a deserted tropical beach for the next few months building out a system there. It’s a beautiful place, but it’s very isolated.
  • My contract was nearly up there and I was trying to figure out what to do next. Out of the blue someone from Kenya contacted me – he was chasing VC money in Nairobi, but needed a coder.
  • I didn’t really think it’d be a real thing, but I said I’d do it if they got the VC money. Then I forgot about it and went off to climb Kilimanjaro. When I got back online a couple weeks later I found about 200 emails saying we’d got the money.
  • So I flew over to Nairobi and spent another six months or so there helping build the system. Sadly we ran out of money without the business taking off and I managed to burn up all my savings on living expenses. Still, I traveled around a bunch of Africa, which was fun. Visit Cape Town, it’s cool. And never fly Ethiopian Airlines. Oh, and I met the CEO of Google when he was visiting our coworking space in Nairobi. Nice guy.
  • Anyway, I was horribly in debt and couldn’t make rent. So I cashed in my air miles and flew back to Bangkok, where I had some friends that would let me crash on their couch for a bit.
  • Since then I’ve been doing a bunch of boring-but-well-paid contracting in various parts of Asia. It’s worked out okay, I’ve got a decent five-figures-usd-per-month cashflow going now. The hours are long, but the money is nice. Plus the startup down in Africa got a new lease of life and is actually doing okay now. (we’re hiring, if someone wants a job in East Africa!)
  • More recently I’ve been helping a friend of mine to build a mobile concierge service for hotels. We’ve got about 500 hotels worldwide on the waiting list so far who want to be on board. It’s a neat project, though the software is pretty much done now so it’s not as fun as it was. (Also hiring!)
  • I got thrown a curveball the other day. Another friend of mine in the USA I’ve been working remotely with for a few years wants me to come run the software team at his new (7-figures-of-funding) startup, doing some rather interesting work – with a decent budget and real team for a change! I’d be based in NYC for at least a year. We’re meeting up in Rome over New Years to talk about it. I’ll probably do it, it’ll be a nice change of pace.

It’s been an interesting few years. Honestly though, I don’t really consider it the…meaningful and spiritually significant experience a lot of DN people seem to talk about. But it’s been fun and I’ve got to build interesting things in interesting places, so I guess that’s what counts :smile:

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I just got back to Vienna form Nairobi today and I totally agree about Ethiopian Airlines. Crap, they are terrible. Also, Nairobi is pretty awesome. I hope I get to go back soon.

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My name is Matthew and I am a digital content creator, vfx and filmmaking. I recently became a digital nomad in Lisbon. I’d anyone is around let’s hook up!!

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@levelsio 9yr

I’m Pieter, I’m originally from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I’ve been working remotely since April of 2013 when I sold all my stuff and booked a flight to Asia. I was there for 9 months, then I was back in Holland from January to July and had to leave again.

It’s been a pretty intense transition from traveling 9 month and working but feeling like I was just on a long holiday and my home was still Holland. To now feeling that right now there is really more opportunity and meaningful experiences in life by just moving around and that that is what I should be doing. It’s had many costs including relationships, my mental stability for awhile. But I feel now I’m getting in the tail end of this transition and I feel this is really what I want to do.

I created Nomad List, the chat #nomads, the forum you’re looking at now (which is run by the awesome @atu) and meanwhile I’m trying to build 12 startups in 12 months like one where you can print animated GIFs as flipbooks or this one where you get charged if you don’t reach your goals :smiley:

I’m typing this right now from Hubud in Ubud, Bali. One of my favorite places to be.

What’s memorable? Well, this whole thing has been incredible. I’ve met hundreds of really interesting people. From investment bankers that now run investment firms from their laptops to friendly anarchists that want to overthrow the system. That made me realize remote work is not a niche hippie thing. It’s the whole spectrum of people living in a different way that fits them better. From right-wing MBA to left-wing anarchist.

I don’t feel like I’m going home soon (except Christmas haha). I need to experience first-hand how this movement is going from a niche thing of “laptop on a beach $1000/m coconut” to billion dollar industry and one of the biggest social changes we’re going to see in the 21st century. Yes this is the future.

I learnt that we have an extremely thick layer of socio-cultural conditioning over us. And we don’t realize that until we get out of it. It’s not necessarily good or bad. It just means that A LOT of your individual choices are actually not that, they root in tradition and society’s programming. Traveling for long periods of time and seeing different cultures lets you cross through all these societies, and realize that people do things different. That in itself is kind of a cliche, but what it teaches you isn’t. It lets you question your own socio-cultural conditioning and start thinking more for yourself. @heyalexej and me always talk about this a lot.

That’s powerful as what we’re doing now might be part of a more large philosophical stream that pushes individual choice and freedom. I’m not an expert but that’s what it feels like.

So yeah I need to be part of this.

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Agreed. It’s thick and it’s sticky. Even after feeling like I’ve broken free, I still find myself depressed at times, thinking I’m failing. Sometimes it’s hard to snap out of these funks. But living in beautiful places is helpful when in a funk. The beach is a short motorbike away through the jungle. Pretty good funk breaker.

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@levelsio 9yr

Don’t be! I’ve been too though and I know many here have been. It’s very normal. You’ll get out of that. A lot of the depression that comes from this life also has to do with the entire lack of community. Stuff like this forum and the chat helps me, and just meeting more people that do this too helps.

Personally, it’s important for me I see people around me that are doing this and are successful (in life, relationships and work/business). This makes me feel like I can do it that way too. I think every society has role models that people strive to be, and they have a function.

Until recently this scene didn’t have role models I could identify with. To be honest, the “digital nomad” scene had a bad rep and a lot of the people I met I’d consider about the opposite of what I’d call role models.

It’s changing though, nomads like @yongfook or @MarkManson are good examples for me of people that are successful, smart and make stuff I can look up to. We need more of that for people to feel more certain about doing this I think.

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Ur my idol @levelsio

But on a serious note, meeting @levelsio and his landing in Singapore “ohhai im hungry. btw do you know of any cool hostels? didn’t book any in advance… oh btw i don’t have any singaporean dollars for street food but i have a credit card??” No plan, no hotel, not gonna visit any touristy places, just going to walk around for a bit, drink some earl grey breakfast tea and get to work.

My life has always been predictable, planned and organized, especially whenever it comes to travel. Having travelled for a couple of weeks(nothing compared to you guys!), it’s made me think about what I want out of travel and realized I don’t just want to spend a couple of days in a city - I want to spend a month. And I don’t want to be part of a crazy crowded tourist party in la sagrada familia.

I’m actually quite happy with my life and relationships at the moment, and I have a small business which makes it hard to fly - I’m a photographer and I’ve spent years building up my connections and regular clients here, so I’ll need to fly on a slow month and possibly schedule some work. Because I’m in Asia, I’m far more interested in travelling to European destinations like Prague, Stockholm and Manarola - crazy how you guys think Asia is exotic and I’ve simply been here all my life and always thought I was really tall for a girl(until one word: AMSTERDAM).

And so, inspired by you crazy, intelligent, kinda brilliant and absolutely fascinating people and your stories, I’ve realized I never have to stay trapped in one place. Looking forward to plans for next year :slight_smile:

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@davidnagy 9yr

@xiufensilver do U think Prague and Stockholm are exotic? :smiley:

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Hey David! Haha do you think Chiang Mai, Thailand and Bali, Indonesia are exotic?

Because it’s right next door for me! Everyone I know has been there. While my recent Europe trip was like, save up and plan vaguely for 10 years kinda pipe dream. Loved the cool weather, came back to Singapore and the tropical weather is a little depressing. It’s funny how in Europe and in cafes/restaurants, people take chairs and plop them right into the sun whenever the sun comes out. In Asia, the indoor seats are completely filled up and no one would want to sit outdoors, they’d rather stand indoors with the air-conditioner on full blast.

Next thing I probably need to do is to actually see actual snow. Beaches are awfully boring to me because I live right next to one! Literally a couple of streets away, I could walk there. Now.

And where is your introduction @davidnagy!

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@gregbrand 9yr

You should most definitely have to come check out Ljubljana one day - capital city of Slovenia. It’s an extremely small country, only 2M people. But we’re rising fast on tourists wish list rankings :smile:

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Im’ there right now :smiley: Meetup someone ?

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Prague is such a great place to work from. So many great coffee shops. Inexpensive compared to most euro cities and it has that Bohemian and International eclectic thing going for it. Recommend Locus workspace in Vinohrady.

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That’s the same sentence from @levelsio I was going to quote.

He hit the nail on the head. It’s interesting when you go back home or meet people on the road and you have to explain your lifestyle. They just don’t get it. “What you do is just not done, it’s not normal, people shouldn’t live like that”

@maebert sure thing, I’m available next week and then I go on vaca until Jan 4th. Looks like you have a bunch of interesting projects to talk about :wink:

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@jremick 9yr

Might be worth getting a proper profile directory somewhere for this stuff… :wink:

I’m Jarel Remick, a 28 year old American living in Melbourne, Australia. I’ve been away from “home” for ~4 years now.

I work for Envato.com full-time as Solutions Delivery Manager, which is basically a custom tailored role where I solve problems and improve things across a wide range of areas from development and data analysis to people and project management. I’ve worked with Envato for over 6 years now having done many things across the business.

Aside from Envato, I’m a photographer and general techie with various side projects going at any given time (like cafes4nomads.com).

I’m currently in Bangkok, getting ready to see Cambodia for the next few weeks and then returning to Melbourne. I plan on kicking off next year with a visit to somewhere new in SEA before heading over to Europe (Italy to start) for a little while.

Malaysia has probably been the most memorable for me so far having visited the Parhentian Islands and snorkeling for my first time (so many beautiful fish!) and jungle trekking in Taman Negara where a tapir and boar came to visit, among other beautiful animals.

I have no plans to return “home” (America) permanently any time soon, although I’d say Melbourne (Australia) has become home for me, which I do return to regularly for work.

I’d say the hardest thing about being a nomad is finding the right life balance for you. Being a nomad isn’t the norm to begin with and there’s tons of people out there spreading information about the best way to live because it has worked for them. In the end, we have to find what works best for ourselves while also being honest with ourselves in facing challenges and acknowledging when we need help.

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+1 for the profile directory!!!

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Sounds like an interesting job description jremick. How has it evolved since you posted? Habitat

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@maebert 9yr

Hello fabulous internet people, I’m Manuel Ebert, and I’m an involuntary nomad.

Well, let me explain. I was born in Germany, but moved to South Africa when I was 17. And some years later to the UK to study, and then to Spain to do my PhD (neuroscience… a story for another time), and eventually to San Francisco to become a UX designer. And SF was the first place I felt truly at home for the first time in more than a decade. Which would be fabulous, if my visa hadn’t expired and the immigration laws weren’t designed by people who enjoy shooting themselves in the foot, tying an anvil through the whole and tossing it into the bay. So, what do you do if you can live wherever you want to except for the place you actually want to live? Become a nomad!

I’m a freelance UX person, python engineer and data cruncher, but mostly work for Heyday. I’m currently in Chiang Mai (let’s grab a beer @CoffeeShopCEO), but usually spend a month to six weeks at a place and then move on. When not working, I’m looking for people who want to make short films with me or play Ukulele on a beach. When there’s a beach around.

The hardest thing about being a nomad? That wherever you go, nobody knows you or truly cares about you. Being surrounded by friends who just see right through you and cut through the bullshit is important to me.

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@claus1860 9yr

I also got kicked out of the states due to immigration. I’m introducing myself at the bottom of the page.

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Hey Manuel! I didn’t know that’s why you left The Convent!

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@maebert 9yr

Yeah @MarkSandusky, I had to follow the call of the road. But I just arrived back in SF - new visa, new life!

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I’ll start:

My name is Adam McIntyre, I’m 23 and hail from the UK.

I’ve been away from the UK for 2 years, spending most of that time in Thailand.

I currently fuel my travels running a membership website for graphic designers and nightclubs called FlyerHeroes, although I am in the process of moving into the world of SAAS with an app I’m building for people who run Ecommerce websites. MRR is where it’s at!

I currently live in Chiang Mai, Thailand (if anyone wants to grab a beer hit me up). I came here two years ago and decided to set up shop and stay here. I call Chiang Mai home and use it as a base to travel to other countries in SEA.

Where am I going? I’m not sure if I will leave Chiang Mai permanently for at least a few years. However I’ll be hitting up Europe with my brother next year and possibly India (if anyone can offer some India advice I’d love that!)

I also want to spend 6 months in Japan and 6 months inFrance at some point in the next few years.

Most memorable thing so far has been travelling to Nepal and trekking to Everest Basecamp. I can’t wait to go back and do it again and would recommend the experience to anyone.

Being up in the Himalayas is magical.

Will you go home anytime soon? Unlikely. At least not to live. I flew back in October for my grandmother’s 70th birthday and whilst it was great to see family, nothing has changed.

All my friends and family are doing the exact same things in the exact same place (he says hypocritically having spent two years in CM)

Probably the most important thing I’ve learned so far is that life is short. There’s more to life than business and money, we should live our lives whilst we have the chance.

We start our online businesses to enable nomadic lifestyles, then somehow get caught up trying to earn more more more - which happens easily when surrounded by other business people.

If I were to add a question on to this thread, it would be:

what do you find hardest about your lifestyle right now?

Over to you!

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Hi Adam, I am also from the Uk too! I just moved to Bali to scout out the digtial nomad community here. My next stop is Sydney. However, I am keen to learn more about Chiang Mai. It sounds awesome from what I understand. Would it be cool to connect over email and talk some more? Also, I saw you want to hang out in France for a bit… My boyfriend is French so if you have any questions about France, let me know! Thanks, Alice!

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Hello Adam, good to meet and you and thanks for sharing your story.

To answer your question, the most difficult thing would be adapting to a routine that’s compatible with the culture of my new location. Moving from place to place takes time to adapt, with at least six months to be conversational in the new language.

Enjoy your travels. Indeed life is short, cherish the moment, the memories and the belief of a wonderful life full of it’s ups and down. Play the game. :slight_smile:

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@figoshow 8yr

Hey we are Figo and Lexy, we come from the UK and the USA.

we have been traveling full time for 10 years as freelance circus performers and more recently as digital nomads.

We travel extensively around Europe, North America and Australasia but are wanting to do more in South and Central America and Asia.

We are fairly new to the Digital nomadic lifestyle so any help is greatly appreciated

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@jnomad30 7yr

Hi Adam - I’d love to meet up at some point as I’m currently in Chiang Mai as well! Although I’m not much of a beer drinker personally :wink:

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What features would you like to see on Nomad List?


by @levelsio 3yr 3 years ago  | 3 comments

Hi everyone,

I would love to hear what you'd like me to build next on Nomad List, or any other product/feature feedback ideas you have.

It's been 6+ years now but I'm in this for the long term and with the boost remote work got last year it's even more exciting to work on Nomad List than ever.

Current roadmap is here: twitter.com/levelsio/status/1363204985488572417?s=20 and pbs.twimg.com/media/EusS9PKXEAUR8xp?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

The next products/features I have planned:

- 🛂 Rebase: visa, residency and immigration services for remote workers

- 🎓Courses: learn the steps how to go remote and travel/relocate

- 🏛 Gov liaison: diplomacy services to the governments to help us lobby for nomads and for them to attract remote workers

Thanks a lot!

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What are the best places right now in the Caribbean/LatAM? (Also cheapest flights/accommodation?)


by @orangutan3 3yr 3 years ago  | 1 comment

What are the best places right now in the Caribbean/LatAM? (Also cheapest flights/accommodation?) Asking from the US.

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List of Visa/Residency Information in Table/Spreadsheet format?


by @innovatelife 3yr 3 years ago  | 2 comments

As part of signing up for this website I was hoping I would come across a list of Visa and/or Residency requirements by country ideally in a table format to assist with decision making. Does anybody recommend any other websites that might present the information in this format (or Google Spreadsheet)?

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Most Walkable Neighborhood / City In The World ?


by @dannybooboo 3yr 3 years ago  | 1 comment

I love living in walkable areas of town. I can always find them. But now I'm wondering where in the world are the most walkable places? I'm imagining walk streets (no cars), zoning allowing both business and residential, parks or beaches ,etc.

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Any nomads in Arizona, US?


in Netherlands by @info132 3yr 3 years ago  | 4 comments

Hi guys,

After the Netherlands, the Bay Area, Colorado and being on the van life for 8 months, I am now in Sedona, AZ with a few other digital nomads. We are sharing a home here and are wondering if there are more like minded people in the area.

We do a bunch of hikes and campouts in the northern of Arizona. If you would like to connect with us, please do so :)

Val

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International number & internet?


by @leobassam 3yr 3 years ago  | 1 comment

Has anyone figured out a way to get setup with a virtual number and internet connection anywhere you go?

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Are there any tax issues I have to be aware of?


in Germany by @clara 3yr 3 years ago  | 0 comments

Hi everybody. I live and work in Germany and want to go to Canary Islands for 6 months to work from there. I'm going to keep my current job, just change the "home" in the home office part of things. Are there any tax issues I have to be aware of? I was reading about becoming a residence after 183 days, thus having to pay taxes there plus my employer having to register there. Does anybody know how it works exactly? Thanks a lot!

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Chiang Mai accommodation


in Chiang Mai , Thailand by @bertieb 3yr 3 years ago  | 0 comments

Can anyone recommend a good accommodation website for Chiang Mai?

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Is anyone travelling right now?


by @viktor 3yr 3 years ago  | 3 comments

Winter is coming and I’m feeling the ache of travelling after being stuck in the same place since the Pandemic started. Wondering if anyone is travelling right now? If so, where are you currently located and how is the situation where you are?

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Do you "out" yourself as a digital nomad?


by @larsheather 5yr 5 years ago  | 2 comments

When you meet new people or reconnect with old friends, do you “out” yourself as a digital nomad? The simple question “where do you live?” makes us uncertain now. We wonder if some places may be less welcoming to digital nomads, or if “digital nomad” has a negative connotation in some places. If you are forthcoming from the start, does your status as a digital nomad make it hard to form friendships?

We would love to hear how other people navigate this… how to balance being authentic in relationships vs. withholding the context (and allowing people to assume you’re on vacation, for example).

Thanks!

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Share your itinerary — where are you headed next?

 

by @karene 6yr 6 years ago  | 125 comments

Just interested to see a quick rundown of everyone’s next stop. Where will you be going next and when?

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What kind of work do digital nomad web developers do?


by @cryberg 7yr 7 years ago  | 8 comments

Hi everyone! I’m thinking of making the jump from being an office-bound web developer to freelancing instead. I was hoping to talk to some of you who do freelance web dev while living a nomadic lifestyle.

I’m at a bit of a loss, because when I’ve tried looking for posts about this kind of lifestyle, the majority of what I’ve found is for web designers or Wordpress developers, which are both pretty different from being a developer who likes to work with React or whatever other framework.

So for those of you who are living my dream right now:
Are you usually building Wordpress sites, or more often using a framework like React or Ruby on Rails? Or something else entirely?

What types of contracts do you take on? Ecommerce? Building blogs?
Are they on-going, or one-off projects?

How do you get clients while on the road? Is it mostly Upwork or word of mouth?

I have a ton of questions, and would greatly appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thank you!

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Health Insurance with a preexisting condition: how do you insure yourself?


by @dpt 7yr 7 years ago  | 0 comments

I’m wondering how Digital Nomads with pre-existing conditions insure themselves.

I’m German and most of the German DNs I know keep their primary residence in Germany and go with private health insurance (~150-250€/month) + travel insurance (<50€/month). Sadly that’s not possible for people with pre-existing conditions; those (at least in Germany) are required to voluntarily insure themselves with the governmental healthcare providers at 15.7% of pretax revenue (min. ~350/month, max. ~850€/month).
Probably most other European states work in similar fashion?

The last few years I have gotten along by tricking a little (staying registered as a student), but I’m soon hitting the age limit where that’s not possible anymore and am now looking at either incorporating and paying myself a fixed salary or getting a residency in another European country with a (for self-employed people) more accessible public health system (my main focus is on Portugal’s NHR regime).

Does anyone else here have/had a similar problem? I wonder how others have solved this issue.

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Any experiencie airmailing your stuff to yourself when moving from one place to another?


by @chelocoach 8yr 8 years ago  | 5 comments

Hi there!

I’m going Nomad in about 3 months. Mainly I’ll stay in some places for at least 1 month, but I’m planning some backpacking trips in between movings. So I’m planning to travel carry-on only on this trips. But I also would like to carry with me some non-indispensable stuff that helps me to keep up with my lifestyle and work on the places where I’ll stay for a longer period. For example a blender, coffee and an Aeropress to prepare my bulleproof coffee. Also my guitar, some camera gear, a good quality screen to work, etc…

Except for the guitar, everything fits into a medium size luggage.

I know I can check in this stuff when moving. But if I’m going to backpack I don’t want to carry this stuff around.

  • Is airmailing this stuff to myself a good option?
  • Any experience on this?

I’m a newby on this lifestyle so any advice is welcome :slight_smile: . Many thanks!

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From "selfish nomadism" to "supportive nomadism" — Greece, anyone?


in Greece by @alldreamedup 8yr 8 years ago  | 12 comments

I’m still trying to decide where to go between October and Christmas this year. Too many criteria to handle and at this point no absolute priority is emerging… first world problems. :wink: So I turned the “problem” around, instead of thinking selfishly “what can this or that place do for me?” I am now thinking “what can I do for this or that place”? And so… Greece. I visited Athens & the Peloponnese on holidays last year and found some beautiful spots where I could definitely spend a couple of months, and am now thinking: what if there’s a few of us who rent a big house with Internet (preferably by the sea, that priority is pretty much always top of the list for me though I’m flexible) and turn “selfish nomadism” into “supportive nomadism”? I only have a contact in Nafplio for housing, so if you are interested in helping create this and have ideas/suggestions/contacts let me know in a comment! There may be a few practical difficulties, with the current cash shortage… I haven’t studied this in details but here’s a thought, anyway!

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Can you create a foreign company and hire yourself as an employee?


by @matthieudrula 8yr 8 years ago  | 8 comments

Tricky or really dumb question ahah.
So … I know that you can create a company in order to get the nationality but you need to invest a lot (depending the country 20K$ +).
I also know that you can get a visa if a company hires you.
So can you go in a country (picking Colombia as an exemple), pay 100$ to create a company and hire yourself after?
Or can you ask somebody (a friend) to create a company and hire you in order to give you a visa.
Does this visa last until you quit your job or is it just temporary (6 months)?
If you already have a company (let’s say you paid 20£ for a UK company), can you just create a branch in a foreign country and give yourself a job there?

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In everyone else's experience, do others rate working remotely as highly as we do?


by @munly_leong 8yr 8 years ago  | 7 comments

I got inspired when someone else mentioned that nomads/100% remoters are kind of niche and even hard to find vs the norm. Is this really the case in other people’s experience?

I know most would jump at the chance if it was offered, at the same time for most people I know it would be a first for them and many I know would struggle with the self mgmt/productivity aspect but given time most would probably be onboarded successfully.

What I described as my ideal, speaking to another startupper a few months ago she described it as her hell. She would not want to be isolated and wants to see her team every day and hang out with them.

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At the airport, at immigration/customs, what do you say you do?

 

by @lachicnomad 9yr 9 years ago  | 34 comments

Hi all, I’m from Mauritius. When you pass through immigration lines upon arrival in a country, what do you say you’re there for? The concept of digital nomad is relatively new and not many people (especially those constricted to the normal 9-5 job) will understand it. Do you say you work remotely (because one isn’t supposed to “work” on a tourist visa)? Do you say you’re on holidays (but then that would be lying…). I’m a little torn. Would love to hear from your experiences and get your opinion and advice.

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