Question

[Linh Nguyễn]

Do you like the nomadic life? Why? Why not?

Answer 1

[Aurora]

I like the nomadic life

I’ve been traveling the world for 15 years of my life and I still LOVE IT. It honestly rarely gets old. When it does, I just go back to the US until I get the urge to go nomadic again.

There are 5 main things about nomadic life that make it so great:

1. The best part about nomadic life is simply the freedom to be who you are and do what you want. There are macro freedoms (long-term, big picture things) and micro freedoms (daily freedoms), as I describe in the blog below.
2. The second thing is being able to spend as much time as you want with family and friends, because you aren’t tied to one place or office. Blogger Tim Urban says we only have 4% of our time left - LIFETIME - with our parents when we turn 18 (he calls this “The Tail End”). Being nomadic allows you to increase that tenfold if you so choose
3. The third thing that rock about being geographically liberated is being able to “hack” life by controlling your timezone, daily schedule, cost of living, and so much more.
4. Next up is having control over your health. Instead of sitting in a frigid office full of fluorescent lights all day, you can spend more time at home, hang out with your dog, make better food choices and have more time to exercise.
5. Last but not least is the community aspect. I have about 5,000 friends on Facebook now, just because of being nomadic. Wherever I go in the world, I know someone. And many of them are life-long friends.