Digital nomads are people that work online and can live anywhere as far as they have internet. Usually, they seek flexibility of time, resources and location. Basically, that means that they can use time as they prefer, either enjoying the day with family and working in the evening, or enjoying hiking in the morning and working in the afternoon or even working every other day.

Regarding resources, they are not tied to a fix wage. If they want, they can work more to save money for achieving a goal, or work less because they will use savings for some time off and for leisure. Finally, the flexibility of location is the freedom to choose where to live, with the possibility of living traveling, or even to live the mini-lives concept, where you live as a local in a place until you get tired, then you choose a new destination to do the same.

Men x women

According to a survey done in 2021 with more than 4000 interviewees from the website A Brother Abroad¹, almost half of digital nomads are women (49,81%). What is quite interesting since we often hear that it is more dangerous for women to travel by themselves.

Age

Age data is curious as well. Who do you suppose that composes most of the digital nomads? The largest group is people in their 30s. Followed by 50s. It is thought-provoking to see that is not the undergrads or retirees that choose to live a different lifestyle.

Time living as a digital nomad

On average, digital nomads have already been traveling for 6 years, and 85% of them have been traveling for more than a year. It is interesting to note that most of them said that would stay between 3 and 6 months at the same place. Indeed, when you listen to their stories, you see that initially they wanted to travel a lot, trying to redeem time lost in a 9 to 5 life. Then they slow down and start enjoying more each place, knowing that there is no rush since they have a whole life to travel.

Challenges

It is not all roses, the main challenge is loneliness. That does not haunt only digital nomads, but also expatriates and exchange students. It is always important to have community, even looking for people from your home country can help in adaptation. To change constantly and build new friendships demands effort and it is easy to feel lost when you are new.

Who want to be a millionaire? Whoops, a digital nomad!

The study shows that 45 millions of American want to be digital nomads, whereas nowadays there are only 10.9 millions. Nevertheless, the quote above should make you think in case you aspire to become a digital nomad. Do not let your dreams stay only on paper, make the first small step to make them come through!

What is your dream?

See you soon and meanwhile enjoy your trips 🚐