Why I STOPPED being a Digital Nomad

This is a really interesting comment. It resonates because I’m incredibly consumptive. I feel a need to travel endlessly and to consume films, books, media. I feel a need to endlessly ‘experience’ and digest everything but at its core, this modus operandi is just hollow. I’ve always sensed it. That’s not to say I have some solution. I haven’t found a way to find contentment without this consumption but your comment is a useful counterpoint to my natural instinct to just keep consuming life. Would I be satisfied with the depth of just seeing my kid enjoy a cardboard box? I’m not sure. These are the existential questions we have to contend with but your comment gives pause for thought, which is much appreciated.

We're moving to Sicily, Italy in a few months, and we will be going where my husband was born and raised. Already roots there so to speak. Nomadic life is not for us. We love to travel but need a home base for stability. We will miss our adult kids and grandkids in the U.S., but we've already put travel back to visit in the budget. Not sure if this retirement in Italy will be forever or not, but we're open. Thanks for being transparent ~ it's appreciated. 😍 Blessings, ~ Carol Amato

I hope to enjoy being a digital nomad long enough to get tired of it as well.

What about healthcare? Did you have any problems seeing a doctor or getting medicine?

"Having the freedom to choose" Well said, Adam! I think you had the advantage of doing it with your partner. Solo traveling as a digital nomad is even more tiring I think, since you're either MEGA SOCIAL or COMPLETELY ALONE. There's not much of an in between. After 10 years of traveling the globe, I'm also finally at that moment of reassessing things. Great video, cheers!

Im in the Phillipines right now once i get back to America, im never leaving again 😂

I think the key is to have a freelance job where you don’t have a boss, work on your own terms and be able to take time off whenever you feel like, either to spend it with family and friends at home or to travel to places for epic adventures. A lifestyle where you can take 2 or 3 months off per year or whatever you feel like.

Honestly the 30 days that most employers give you is just not enough, but also understandable from their side as otherwise I would be too much of a financial burden. Employers should push unpaid leave more naturally and freely but unfortunately it is still a stigma in many companies, they struggle to find replacements etc. it is a complicated topic thus it’s just better to be a freelancer to be honest.

I travelled around, my nation, mainly east coast. And I went a little overseas, but mainly stayed home. I did get to see Europe and Scandanavia among other places. I got injured, have disabilties, am a veteran, I took my child and off we went and lived in different places. So we set up a home base, usually for years, stayed in that area and travelled around. When it was time to move on, we got a new home base and then it was learning all about that new area. Met so many people. Had the travel experience, but it was with some stability. I am not a very good traveller, I learnt, and now have bought a place, and we are building slowly and hopefully that will be our place called home, and I am done with travel and moving around. I was done with it ages ago. Right now, while typing this I look out and see the mountain range, that is so beautiful, the trees, the landscape, the wildlife. At present there is a storm coming and its dusk,, its amazing. Its very quiet area, its peace and quite, silent, its beautiful. I was not a digital nomad, was just a nomad, a lot in my nation are, particularly when you are young. As you get older, you want that stability, you just get tired of moving.

Hello Adam. May I ask which drone and which camera you use?

Where exactly is this place 2:49?

People won't be able to become a Digital Nomad if they can't even be a Nomad

Thanks for sharing. I too spent about 4 years being a digital nomad cruising around the canals of England by boat. But early on I made the decision that I wasn't going to sit at a computer for hours on end editing videos. I have sat in front of computer screens my entire corporate life and to me it seemed to be counter productive…and there was no way I was going to continue staring at a screen again. So instead, I recorded real time vlogs. I ended up recording over 750 vlogs about everything I was doing on my journey, sometimes posting twice a day, while other times I would post once a week.

I even started using Patreon as a way of earning an income but it's constant and you always have to share your stuff regularly, post photos etc. it's certainly demanding.

These days, I publish vlogs for my close friends but mostly for myself as a digital diary of my travels.

I am a digital nomad … at home! Lollll I move from my living room to the patio, to the potager garden, to the wood, in a café … in my bed! 🙂 I LOVE it!

I saw you also moved to Kenya🎉❤

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nice video

What companies can I work for as a digital nomad ? Where can I apply ?