So while there isn’t one specific path to take, we’ve written this guide with a focus on beginners or people just starting to get interested in the location independent movement.
Everyone has a slightly different set of skills and varying degrees of professional or career experience so some of you might be able to skip a few steps, while some may need to do a little extra legwork at the beginning. The thing with the digital nomad lifestyle is that there isn’t exactly one blueprint for everyone to follow. While the reality of remote work can be less glamorous than some of those pictures, the lifestyle is extremely rewarding, even when you do have to track down a dark, dingy café that’s the only place on the island with Internet. Since you may be living in remote areas or countries without a strong infrastructure, you’ll also need to get creative when it comes to the things you need to work. It’s easy to skip out on work to go explore instead, so you’ll need to be focused and disciplined to hit your deadlines and stay on track. It requires hard work to get the right income stream going, and even more dedication to keep it going.
Remote work isn’t as simple as sitting by the pool with a computer on your lap while you work on your tan. So, we created a rough guideline to help you find ways to be location independent. People see pictures on social media of remote workers sitting on a white sand beach, laptop in hand, making an income and immediately wonder how they can do that too.
The long dark nomad how to#
One of the most common questions we get from new members in our community is how to be a digital nomad.