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Focussing and getting your work done is virtually impossible if you are travelling every day. It's just too tiring, and everyone needs a little routine in thei
by mikekchar 6y ago
Focussing and getting your work done is virtually impossible if you are travelling every day. It's just too tiring, and everyone needs a little routine in their day. I'm probably as much as a digital nomad as anyone (I usually travel 1 week out of 4 and work on the road a lot), but I limit myself to mostly going to places I already know well and where I can plan my day.
The company where I work used to be fairly OK with people going off for 6 months at a time and doing a travel work thing. Almost without exception, the person travelling did not do a good job at work at all. I have one colleague who was quite successful at it, but he always worked that way (I don't think he even has a desk at home -- he just works in random places every day). But he also works probably 12 hours a day and at really strange times. So if he can't get good internet access somewhere, or he runs out of batteries, or if he has to move somewhere, he's completely used to it. If you seriously want to do it, I recommend living that lifestyle for a couple of years without traveling so that you get really good at it. Then add the traveling.
Most of the people I know who have done this have really enjoyed the traveling but would not couple it with work again. It's really putting your life in hard mode.
- em-bee 6y agoone thing i do is to not expect to work fulltime. at least initially. 4 hours a day max, travel days are not work days. stay longer in one place than you would when just visiting. if you'd visit a place for a weekend, stay at least for a week. if you'd visit for a week, stay s month or more.