Nomad Living: A Day In Our Digital Nomad Life (Video)
People are often curious about our digital nomad lifestyle. What does being a nomad actually look like? Well, everyone has their own take on how to be a digital nomad. Today, we’d like to peal back some of the mystery and share a glimpse into our own digital nomad life.
This day-in-the-life video shows how we go about our daily routine when we’re living in different places around the world. We’ve been gathering these clips for nearly five years of nomad living. It’s finally come together, and we hope you like it!
Video: Nomad Routines – A Day In Our Digital Nomad Life
(Turn on sound for the narration or read the script below.)
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Our Digital Nomad Life
Our digital nomad lifestyle allows us to live all around the world, but we still keep a routine no matter where we are. Here is a day in the life look at our lives.
We start every day with exercise. We like to explore new places by jogging, hiking, or biking. Occasionally, we’ll have access to a gym or use work out videos for indoor exercise.
We usually make our own breakfast – scrambled eggs and sweet potatoes is a favorite. And then it’s time to work. We do freelance work for clients in the States, which is all remote. Working at cafes is a real treat but we’re usually on our laptops at the apartment or guest house we’re staying in.
Since lunch is often the most affordable meal, it’s often a meal we’ll eat out. Usually, we’ll walk or bike but sometimes we might hop on public transit, too. We get recommendations from review sites, blogs, and local friends on where to eat.
In the afternoons, we might go back to work. Or we might run some errands – like shopping for groceries in the location markets, or learning how to use the amenities in our apartment complex, or basic things like laundry.
One of the biggest benefits of our flexible schedule is getting to visit family and friends. Or meeting up with friends in different places. We don’t have to wait until the weekend to spend time with people, or embark on our own adventures – like hiking or sightseeing – wherever we happen to be.
To wrap up the day, Jedd usually cooks dinner for us or we’ll share a meal with our hosts. We’ll wind down by watching shows on our laptop and reading before bed.
So that’s a day in our life. The backdrop may change, as we occasionally pack up and move to a new place, but our routine is pretty consistent and it’s how we enjoy spending our days.
The following is a guest video from our fellow digital nomads, Dorene and Troy from Travel Life Experiences. Troy and Dorene left their home and their 20-year corporate careers to redesign their life on their own terms. Their first year was about having fun, traveling around the world, and getting used to their new way of life.
This video shares highlights of their first year of full-time travel in a 2-minute video reel. We hope you’ll find it as inspiring as we do!
Our year of travel in a 2-minute video
Is it possible to capture a full years worth of activities, let alone travel experiences in a short video?
A year earlier, we took 12 months to plan our new lifestyle. We no longer owned a home, left our established careers after 20 years, and crammed our few remaining possessions into two backpacks each. Our mantra for 2015 was change – a word that symbolized our new approach to living.
We learned how to live more simply, free of possessions, and developed new skills to create new careers. We learned about our own limits, our fears, and our challenges. Most importantly, we learned more about each other than we ever imagined, even after 9 years of marriage.
~ Dorene
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Do you have any questions about nomad living, remote working, or how we go about our schedule? Let us know in the comments!
