I dont understand what are you trying to say. I traveled around the world and had nonproblem consulting people meanwhile.
How I thought I wanted to become a digital nomad
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#182My father did something like this in his later years and I never heard any of the complaints in the article; then again he had an RV instead of a 44 liter backpack and mostly stayed in the USA rather than crossing the world. Connectivity was the main problem I heard about. I guess its much better now. Also its not a binary decision. Its a big planet and you can select whatever tradeoff you'd prefer in a nearly pure a…
Ben Wilmore does this. He has an older 40' Prevost motorcoach and drives around the country teaching Photoshop.
http://digitalmastery.com/blog/
It's certainly an intermediate stage, between backpack and putting down roots somewhere.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't like the idea to escape winter. I was like this years ago, dreamed about being able to move to a hotter place during the winter. Now when I can do it, I don't want it. Coping with winter helps you learn things and makes you stronger. And winter has its good sides too (especially for the busy homesteader). It's a time to relax from the hot season activities, to enjoy different food and drinks, and so on. I lik…
You don't live somewhere with 6 months of winter, do you?
Oh yes, I do. And we have -15 Celsius / 5 F pretty often.
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The successful travel/work people I know do it in that style, moving between cities on a monthly or bimonthly basis, not daily. They'll typically spend 1-3 months in a city, renting a place on AirBnB or a local rental site, then move to another city. That removes a lot of the problems discussed in this blog post, like not knowing if you'll have internet access tomorrow, and not being able to guarantee you can spend 8…
I'm doing this in similar way. Find place on AirBnB for month or two(much cheaper than weekly rentals), check that place has good internet, located in nice neighborhood etc. Than find some gym, favorite cafe etc and live life like regular local for that period.
Yup. I'm currently relatively stable in Berlin, but I've been doing the same thing.
One thing I try to do ASAP, if the city is accommodating, is get a bike. It's one of the best ways to get around and discover new things in the process. Also gives you a lot of freedom to adjust plans on the fly.
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Excuse me if I don't feel sorry for you. Don't you think that's a pretty good problem to have?
It's certainly a luxury problem, but it's also a tough problem. Think about it: If you are location-independent, how do you even start to come up with a good decision on where to live? What are the factors you consider and the metrics to see whether or not your decision was good or not afterwards? I'm in a very similar position and just thinking about the endless possibilities of choosing a new place to live can be v…
I do think this is an interesting discussion and question. For me the answer is simple and clear -- live where my family and friends are. It is interesting to me that other people take such different approaches. Of course one can make new friends and perhaps create a family, but I'm surprised at how little family and friends are even mentioned in the following discussion.
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Always take trains overland. Flying should be reserved only for trips that cross water. Besides, travelling by train is much more fun.
In certain places travelling by train can be a bit too much fun. If it's USA or Japan (trains have Wi-Fi or distances are small, and it's safe)—sure, no reason to fly.
Trains don't have Wi-Fi in the US.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Always take trains overland. Flying should be reserved only for trips that cross water. Besides, travelling by train is much more fun.
Unfortunately not always a realistic option (exhibit A: North America).
I do it in North America. Every long trip needs two days of padding on each side, but people make allowances for you as if you had a phobia of flying.
When all of your business trips become taking the Amtrak in a Roomette to your B&B, business travel becomes a lot less stressful.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
In certain places travelling by train can be a bit too much fun. If it's USA or Japan (trains have Wi-Fi or distances are small, and it's safe)—sure, no reason to fly.
Trains don't have Wi-Fi in the US.
Oh. Never been to US myself, thanks for the correction. Is there at least an outlet for your laptop and decent 4G/3G coverage on the whole trip?
(Compare to Russia, where traveling anywhere remote by train means you might be completely lost to the world for a few days.)
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#189Excessive travel is terrible for the environment. You can easily generate many times the amount of carbon dioxide you would emit by driving for a year, simply by taking a long plane flight or two. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sunday-review/the-biggest-... Travel is nice, but not when you do it just to brag about having gone to X countries in Y days. Then it just becomes a status thing, and is, as the author note…
That's like saying you can attain a black belt in Karate by reading instruction manuals and watching training videos. Absolutely not.
You broaden your horizens by interacting with what's around you when you travel, whether that's physical, social, cultural, spiritual etc. Nothing in print or virtual can replace that, just as when you learn a new martial art. If you take some time to actually travel for the sake for the experience and not for the bragging rights, you'd realize how ridiculous that statement sounds.
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#190The author needs to learn how to properly use the comma.
You used a split infinitive there. ;-D
The simple split infinitive is not at all incorrect. See, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views