{"id":8809,"date":"2023-04-14T01:29:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T06:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/?p=8809"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:42:14","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-digital-nomad-lifestyle-the-things-no-one-told-you-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/2023\/04\/14\/pros-and-cons-of-digital-nomad-lifestyle-the-things-no-one-told-you-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of Digital Nomad Lifestyle &#8211; The Things No One Told You Yet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first time I heard the concept of a \u201cdigital nomad\u201d was back in 2016 when I was hosting a barbecue (or better say \u201cun asado\u201d) in my apartment in Nu\u00f1ez, Buenos Aires, Argentina with friends and friends of my friends.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;Is it ok if he crashes your apartment for 1 night? He is a nomad. He\u2019s part of this group of Digital Nomads in Buenos Aires and tomorrow they have an event close by.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t know what to say. I\u2019m usually very welcoming but all I could think was\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">&#8220;Should I let a stranger who happens to be a guy stay in my apartment? How comfortable do I feel with it as a woman who lives alone?\u201d Plus\u2026 \u201cA nomad?\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s a digital nomad?&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long story short, I said no to that request, and a year later without really knowing, I was the one quitting my job and life in Buenos Aires and becoming a digital nomad too.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 2017. After less than a year of preparation, I bought a one-way ticket to Chicago, USA and quit my job in a multinational company to pursue my dream of traveling the world full-time with my partner, Marco (and build our dream online business)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little did we know with it, the whole transformation our lives would have. Since then:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We traveled around 4 different continents and 20 different countries.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We tried different travel lifestyles: hitchhiking, backpacking, housesitting, vanlife.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we started we sold everything and packed our lives in a backpack. Nowadays we own our little home on wheels aka \u201cAmy Hiroki\u201d and we have more money than when we started.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We thought we will travel full-time for maybe a year, here we are five years later and we don\u2019t see an end yet.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We did all of it while building our own dream online business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if we consider digital nomads as people who travel freely while working remotely using technology and the internet then\u2026 we are digital nomad entrepreneurs I guess.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These past years have been amazing, we never felt this alive and more in love with our lives BUT they have been also very challenging, especially on an emotional level.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We always need to pay a price, no matter which lifestyle we choose. The question is\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Which price are you willing to pay?<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=930%2C713&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=1024%2C785&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=768%2C589&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1178&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=72%2C55&amp;ssl=1 72w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=1800%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=1000%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=600%2C460&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?resize=730%2C560&amp;ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1681451970151.jpeg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Marco and I working in Mexico (2023)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turning traveling into our lifestyle has been the best decision we ever made but we would have loved to know a few things ahead. So, along with this article, we gather not only some useful information we would have loved to have the moment we made the decision but also a few questions to ask yourself that hopefully will help you assess if you\u2019re willing to pay the price it takes to live the\u00a0 \u201cdigital nomad lifestyle\u201d, \u201ctravel lifestyle\u201d or a.k.a &#8220;laptop lifestyle&#8221; (or not)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article you will find:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Pros &amp; 3 Cons of being a digital nomad to asses if it\u2019s for you (or Not)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best Nomad Insurance for you as a digital nomad.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 questions to ask yourself if you decide the digital nomad lifestyle is for you.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will go quickly through the 3 main pros and cons as there is plenty of information about it on the web. What I think will really make the difference for you is to ask yourself a few questions before embarking on this new lifestyle that will be unique to you because it\u2019s yours and no pros and cons can figure it out for you.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><b>3 Pros &amp; 3 Cons of Being a Digital Nomad &#8211; How to know if it\u2019s for me.<\/b><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>The Pros &#8211; most of it I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware of most of these digital nomad benefits but\u2026 here we go anyways!<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><b>Freedom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Freedom of location to travel and work wherever you want for as long as you want to (or until your VISA allows you to). You don&#8217;t have to worry about commuting or being tied to a specific location. No more begging for more days to go on vacation and explore the world. This freedom allows you to explore different parts of the world and experience different cultures.<br \/><\/span><br \/>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_8818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8818\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3282_Original.jpg?resize=358%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House sitting while working in Grenada (2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\u201cA friend with an available condo in a luxurious oceanfront residential community in the Dominican Republic for 1 month?\u201d We are in (Yup! That actually happened back in 2020)<br \/>\u201cA 4-month house sitting in an oceanfront in the middle of the Caribbean in Grenda?\u201d We are in (And, yup! This is also a real story from back in 2021)&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;What\u2019s the next destination on our bucket list we want to accomplish this year? (That&#8217;s a question we ask ourselves every year since 2018. That\u2019s a life worth living, isn\u2019t it?)<br \/><br \/><strong>Lower cost of living.<\/strong> We spend less than when we were renting an apartment. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on where you choose to live, being a digital nomad can be a cost-effective way to live. You can choose to live in countries where the cost of living is lower than your home country, and this can help you save money.<\/span> What Marco used to spend in 1 month living in Chicago is equal to more than 5 months traveling. And, actually&#8230; Thanks to house sitting we not only spend less but we in fact save up to more than 20K USD on accommodation every year.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Personal Growth<\/strong>: Living and working in different parts of the world can help you grow as a person and learn how little you need to live. You will be exposed to different cultures, languages, and customs, which can broaden your perspective and make you more empathetic toward others. As a digital nomad, you move a lot and usually, you have everything you need in your suitcase: your passport and your laptop plus a good internet connection and you&#8217;re good to go! You learn to be not attached to material things. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We carry with us the same amount of luggage in the past years. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our life fits in 1 carry-on + 1 backpack. We never felt this free!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_6511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6511\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=930%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=98%2C55&amp;ssl=1 98w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=1800%2C1013&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?resize=996%2C560&amp;ssl=1 996w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HITCHHIKING-THE-WHOLE-ARGENTINA.WEBSITE.LANDSCAPE.jpg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marco and I hitchhiking the whole of Argentina (2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">As much as we love this lifestyle, working from anywhere has its drawbacks.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>Cons &#8211; <b>The Things No One Had Told You<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Detachment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You&#8217;ll go through detachment from groups where you previously used to belong and will have to create new ones along the way. For us, most of the time is just the 2 of us and we really need to make an effort to build that community where we feel we belong. So, You\u2019ll need to make an effort to message fellow nomads in social media, join meet-up events and intentionally make new friends.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Grounding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Every time you move, you need to adjust to the new place and find your balance (again). This means finding where to do grocery, where to work, and where to exercise (+ adjust your stomach to the local food). The reason why we created <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/nomadjournal\/\">Nomad Journal App<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a daily journal app for dreamers, travelers, and nomads that helps you be motivated, mindful, and focused on what you really want.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><b>Uncertainty and discomfort<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sometimes you won&#8217;t have the certainty of how or where to sleep. In the beginning, we were figuring out where to stay every week (yup! We were changing accommodation every 5 days) then we found house sitting and our period of time between houses or accommodation became longer, we usually house sit for a minimum of 1 month. This will involve research, planning ahead of time, considering the price, location, reviews, comfort to work, etc. Since we decided to build our own online business, we also don&#8217;t have a regular salary and we have full responsibility for our financial stability which means on the one side we can earn as much as we want to but also on the other hand, it means our income can fluctuate and sometimes (especially in the beginning) earn much less than what we used to earn in our 9-5 jobs. <br \/>And last but not least, as in life itself emergencies and accidents could also happen (you&#8217;re in fact more exposed to it since you&#8217;re constantly moving) but having unforeseen medical emergencies when you&#8217;re in a foreign country can be even harder. That&#8217;s why having <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\">Travel Medical insurance<\/a> is very important. We experienced 2 motorbike accidents, one in The Philippines and one in Thailand, nothing big but knowing we had our nomad insurance gave us lots of peace of mind. This leads me to our second point in this article.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><b>The best Nomad Insurance for you as a digital nomad.<\/b><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since we started traveling full-time in 2018, we&#8217;ve tried 3 different travel medical insurances, (plus the ones before 2018 when we used to travel for vacation). I used to use \u201cUniversal Assistance\u201d (btw, so bad! I hired their services twice because that was the only one I knew and it was enough for me to not hire their services again), and Marco used to use \u201cWorld Nomads\u2019\u201d until after some research, in 2019 we decided to switch to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SafetyWing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a travel medical insurance for nomads created by nomads (but it&#8217;s so flexible that you can even use it for your vacations)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We love <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SafetyWing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so far! \ud83d\udc9b It\u2019s affordable and flexible, you can pay monthly, and has very good customer service, and they make everything seem so simple! We decided to partner with them and become an affiliate because we believe that it\u2019s really reliable and helpful for travelers and nomads. So if you decide to hire their services <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make sure to use this link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you can also help us to get a small commission.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8819 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=930%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=1024%2C518&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=768%2C388&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=1536%2C777&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=2048%2C1036&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=109%2C55&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=1800%2C910&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=1000%2C506&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=600%2C303&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?resize=1107%2C560&amp;ssl=1 1107w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-4.21.40-PM.png?w=2790&amp;ssl=1 2790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you choose to travel the world, you are choosing to build a new lifestyle with more freedom and where you can combine your multiple passions and earn a living with them from anywhere in the world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We chose to pay the price of living a life on our own terms with all its &#8220;pros and cons&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><b>What price are you willing to pay to build and live your dream *digital nomad* lifestyle?<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if after reading all the pros &amp; cons about a digital nomad lifestyle, you\u2019re ready also to pay the price for it and embark on a digital nomad lifestyle then\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><b>Here are 4 questions to ask yourself to help you start designing your best freedom *digital nomad* lifestyle:<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>For what do I want to travel? What\u2019s the purpose behind my decision?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This question can change it all. It\u2019s not the same if you want to travel to discover new passions and let yourself be surprised and go with the flow that if you want to travel to learn about feminism in South America while working remotely. This will mark the direction on how you\u2019re going to map the unknown of this new lifestyle.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>What does it mean \u201cfreedom\u201d to me?<\/b> <b>How much freedom do I expect in my work schedule? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often times we see nomads experiencing burnout because (yes, they\u2019re traveling the world but&#8230;) they&#8217;re working in something that not only consumes most of their time but also doesn\u2019t fulfill them. They left one \u201cprison\u201d and created a new one. This leads me to the next question\u2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>How do I want to earn a living? What\u2019s my dream job? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps you want to do any seasonal jobs, save up money and go and travel but how long is it going to last? Having a deep understanding of what you want to create with your job\/business will help you either find companies aligned with it or create a business that fulfills your purpose and make your digital nomad lifestyle more sustainable in the long term.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>How does \u201cbalance\u201d look to me? What makes me feel balanced? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is key. You won\u2019t have an office where to go from 9-5 that will dictate your routine, you\u2019ll need to find and design your own structure while experiencing different time zones. Answering this simple yet powerful question will help you design a routine that helps you feel grounded and balanced, and productive with your work no matter where in the world you are.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This dream has been more than places to be discovered or new experiences, it made us fall in love with our lives every single day. It made me shed a tear just to remember all the wonderful experiences we were able to have.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you also have the same dream of traveling the world living the so desirable \u201cdigital nomad lifestyle\u201d, if we could do it. You can do it too!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One decision, one leap of faith, can change it all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What else would you like to know about having a digital nomad lifestyle? 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