I spent a year as a nomad, although I was doing hourly consulting instead of building a product. Luckily the work I had then (and still do) is very asynchronous & thus conducive to travel. I'm also pretty serious into "travel hacking" and this was partly an expression of that hobby and the opportunities that it presented last year.
I didn't work anywhere near full time and leaned a bit more on traveling/exploring, but was able to stay afloat financially with consulting work. It is indeed possible to travel & live very cheaply, especially in places like Southeast Asia. "I was surprised to find out that I’m significantly more productive while traveling." I think this varies from person-to-person but it was absolutely true for me. There's something about the energy of moving around that's very focus-inducing. I'm very productive on airplanes even - some of my most effective days have been spent mileage running back-and-forth across the country sitting on a plane the whole day. It really is a incredible time in human history that one can make a decent income from anywhere in the world moving their fingers for a few hours a day on top of a thin metal device. If you find yourself in that place in your life, I'd definitely recommend taking advantage of it, even if it's just for 3-6 months. I wouldn't do it indefinitely, but the year I spent nomading was the best in my life. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Zach Little <[email protected]> wrote: > Or unsuccessfully? Probably more valuable to hear those stories. > > Zach > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Chris McCann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This reminds me of Ben Hughes! Sounds like a fun lifestyle: >> >> >> https://medium.com/the-digital-nomad-community/how-i-built-a-startup-while-traveling-to-20-countries-f0ec3a92bc3c >> >> Has anyone out there actually done this? Successfully? >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Twitter: @mzlittle > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
