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This digital nomad thing just looks hellish to me. Maybe I'm getting old.

Can't imagine being somewhere nice but glued to a laptop, or getting anything useful done without reliable wifi etc, or being part of a team where the boss has gone on holiday but still showing up in slack etc.

I'd hate to feel like I wasn't part of the team for not getting our kids together or not wanting to holiday or spend a day off with colleagues. I'm not impressed by instagram or medium posts from perfect looking beaches giving business advice.

Not sure when a lifestyle business went from being a business that fits around your lifestyle to making the appearance of living an idealised lifestyle everybody else's business.



Part of the day working. Part of the day playing. Same as anywhere else, except you are doing it in amazing new places either every week, or once a month. Don't knock it til you try it.


Not everyone enjoys traveling, many people hate it.


I'd hate to feel like I wasn't part of the team for not getting our kids together or not wanting to holiday or spend a day off with colleagues.

This may be simply a cultural difference. In the past five years I've worked in a office, we did that about twice a year, if that.




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