I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa

Re:I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months ... by anbende on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:23AM (#12531657)

This echoes my thoughts about travel. While I love being in transit, the idea of just seeing (or hearing/eating/etc) a bunch of things just isn't all that appealing.

I've lived in a few places in Asia and really liked that. Spending a few months to a year in a place, making friends, getting to know the locals. It felt good, though it limited the kind of work projects I could do. (I was an English teacher rather than a programmer or other independent worker at the time)

In some ways the digital nomad lifestyle, which is related to what I was doing, is very appealing. I know a programmer who has been bouncing around Southeast Asia working on programming projects, some contracted some independent, for the last year or two and learning languages.

Is that or something like it what you're looking for?

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Re:I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months ... by truth_sentinell on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:21PM (#12533030)

I'd love to be a digital nomad. But how do you get projects that can pay rent with so much competition on freelance sites?

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Re:I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months ... by ElysianEagle on Monday September 19, 2016 @02:16PM (#12533445)

I've been thinking about this for a while myself. The current place I work at is extremely remote-work friendly, and we have people in many cities all over the US and the world working from their homes.

One possibility is to take up a job at such a firm, and then do your traveling while you work. I think it beats stressing out about finding a new gig every few months, at least. It's also easier if you happen to travel in the same/similar timezone.

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