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Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
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Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#2I feel like I am idealizing the digital nomad lifestyle, but I'm pretty sure it's not adapted for everyone.
So instead of a positive experience like I can read everyay on medium, do you have a bad experience with digital nomad lifestyle ?
Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#3I feel like I am idealizing the digital nomad lifestyle, but I'm pretty sure it's not adapted for everyone. So instead of a positive experience like I can read everyay on medium, do you have a bad experience with digital nomad lifestyle ?
Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#4In a way, and just posted somewhat related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12277689
I enjoyed it for a while (worked ~75%, traveled ~25%), never really did both together, but I don't know if it's going to work out so well in the end.
Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#5I tried it out for a while.
I found that I crave a routine. Each day I need to get up and start with the same process.
Often that's difficult, depending on just how nomadic you are, and how you run your day-to-day.
I found that I ended up "settling down" in a location and then not going out to experience it as much as I might have liked.
I did enjoy myself, though.
I've since bought a rural property and "settled down" a bit and I'm enjoying that, as well.
I think in the future, I want my travel to be non-working.
I also think I would enjoy being a digital nomad a lot more if I weren't working a standard 40-hour job.
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#6I'm sort of in it now. It is a struggle to find a good routine, but when you do -- oh boy do I love waking up at 5:00 am to do a morning 3-hour hike in the mountains, come back for a killer second breakfast and slam into code-mode with the energy of Zeus, then spending evenings either working if I want, or doing things in town, meeting friends, exploring, etc...
That said, it's the most trying exercise in discipline I've had. I DO NOT miss my core-work block, noon-6pm every day no matter my geography or Internet connection. I can backup repos to my laptop and work from a tree if I have to, but I don't not work. I even work on weekends, but it's usually catchup or personal projects (a bit less stressful).
I think it's overall rewarding, and allows me to slow down time by experiencing more new things.
Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#7I'm sort of in it now. It is a struggle to find a good routine, but when you do -- oh boy do I love waking up at 5:00 am to do a morning 3-hour hike in the mountains, come back for a killer second breakfast and slam into code-mode with the energy of Zeus, then spending evenings either working if I want, or doing things in town, meeting friends, exploring, etc... That said, it's the most trying exercise in discipline…
How did you get into that sort of lifestyle exactly? Seems wonderful!
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#8I've been contracting for 5+ years with the last 2 years as a nomad. It sucks if you've committed to full-time-ish hours on a project or If you're actually employed full time. In these cases, I don't really do anything different despite city changes - get up, coffee/breakfast/emails in a cafe, work for the day in a co-working setting, dinner, maybe a drink, bed. Anything except this would result in a loss of productivity.
However, when I only have small contracts, I love combining the novelty of a new location with the freedom of working on side projects or researching something new. It's most definitely a desired creativity catalyst.
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#9I am a US expat living in Asia for the past 7 years. Being a digital nomad from my home here is great. But I dread taking trips to hotels, or working in coffee shops, or perhaps the worst place ever -- on a beach in Koh Samet Thailand. The problem with all these places is that internet connections can be spotty (at home I have 300 MB up) and the surroundings are distracting (who wants to work on a beach in Thailand anyways?).
Re: Ask HN: Did some of you try the digital nomad lifestyle and not like it?
#10I've done it for 4 years now.. and love it.. for the most part.
We (my wife and I) do it in an RV around the US and I know that a backpack lifestyle would not be for us. We have enough of a "normal" lifestyle with our own bed, a full kitchen, 9-5 hours.. that it works extremely well for us.
There are plenty of downsides. I miss having a large workspace to do hands on (non computer based) projects. Friends are harder to have. Weather sometimes is a pain. Connectivity. (Camped out at Starbucks at the moment since the Airstream in the parking lot was too hot today).
My wife does a blog: http://watsonswander.com