Great overview, Caterina! I admire people who manage to build a business that allows them to live the life they love, whether as nomads or settled abroad.
Thank YOU, Jeremie, for sharing your experience! I think you’re doing an amazing job of sharing your experience as an entrepreneur in this space. I'm very glad I got to feature you in this article!
Caterina, I love how you put this article together. It shows there are many different ways to approach the nomad life. Thank you for including me! 🫶 I’m going to go check out the others you’ve mentioned.
ayyyy!! 😻 prolly my first feature as this!! Thanks a lot for the feature, Caterina!! Got to know a lot of fellow digital nomad friends via this!! ✨ Looot of people to befriend, and stories to read!!
Thanks for including me! The nomadic/travel lifestyle is often over-glamorized, so I love that you're showing the real side of it. Yes, we actually work! It’s not just lounging in trendy cafés or working from beachside tiki huts, like people often picture 😅
Hi! Thank you for this article. I am planning to be location-independent and pursue storytelling full-time. Have been on a look out to meet digital nomads and get a clearer picture of it.
How interesting to see a variety of profiles for digital nomads. Thanks for sharing the realness of this lifestyle, it’s not all coconuts and palm trees on the beach. But wouldn’t have it any other way!
I’m so glad you liked it, Kelly! Yes, it’s so important to show the real side of this lifestyle! Are you also a digital nomad/remote worker? From your bio, it sounds like you are!
Very interesting and well put together summary. My partner and I have been travelling Europe in our campervan for the past 2 years. Believe it or not, my partner teaches yoga online directly from the van! I've recently trained to be a life coach and also dabble in ESL conversational sessions...it's been an interesting journey so far and definitely not as easy as some make out to get things up and running! Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for sharing your story, Thomas! I'm SO impressed—2 years in a campervan?? Simply wow! I love how you guys are making it work! Keep up the great work!
This was an awesome read!! We are relatively new to the nomad world and am always fascinated by how other people make it work. Thank you for sharing my story too :)
Good stuff Caterina. I've been nomading for almost 8 years on and off and I think in my early days (circa 2017-2019), I noticed a huge disparity among people who called themselves digital nomads. On one side, you had those who were entrepreneurs and were successfully making money while traveling. On the other, you had people who were just getting started and were using their travels to extend their runway.
I sense though that this gap has decreased a bit since COVID. You have more "traditionally employed" workers, who weren't digital nomads pre-pandemic, but now are due to companies embracing hybrid and remote work.
Thank you for your comment, Jon! What you shared is very interesting, and I agree. I think it would have been impossible before the pandemic to imagine traditional roles like marketing, HR, and consulting being fully remote. Also, you’re such a pioneer in this space that I’m sure you have plenty to share! Give me a month or two to warm up my engine and come up with a proposal for collaboration! 😄
Caterina, thank you again for putting this together! This again shows that it's possible to live a digital nomad lifestyle with a variety of different skill sets. I loved reading how some fellow digital nomads made their dreams come true.
Great overview, Caterina! I admire people who manage to build a business that allows them to live the life they love, whether as nomads or settled abroad.
Thank you, Emanuela! I 100% agree with you, and Substack is such an amazing place to get some inspiration! :))
This is awesome thank you Caterina for sharing this 🙏
Thank YOU, Jeremie, for sharing your experience! I think you’re doing an amazing job of sharing your experience as an entrepreneur in this space. I'm very glad I got to feature you in this article!
🥰 that fills my heart thank you so much!
Caterina, I love how you put this article together. It shows there are many different ways to approach the nomad life. Thank you for including me! 🫶 I’m going to go check out the others you’ve mentioned.
Thank you, Asia, for sharing your experience with me/us! It was SO interesting to learn about your journey! 💙
ayyyy!! 😻 prolly my first feature as this!! Thanks a lot for the feature, Caterina!! Got to know a lot of fellow digital nomad friends via this!! ✨ Looot of people to befriend, and stories to read!!
Absolutely, Anjali! Thanks so much for sharing your experience with me/us! 💙
Thanks for including me! The nomadic/travel lifestyle is often over-glamorized, so I love that you're showing the real side of it. Yes, we actually work! It’s not just lounging in trendy cafés or working from beachside tiki huts, like people often picture 😅
Hahah right? Don't get me wrong, I wish it was that way sometimes... 😂 Thank you for sharing your experience with us, Emily!
Hi! Thank you for this article. I am planning to be location-independent and pursue storytelling full-time. Have been on a look out to meet digital nomads and get a clearer picture of it.
That's wonderful, Namrata! You're definitely in the right place! ☺️
Loved reading this. Lots of inspiration here. Thank you Caterina!
This really warms my heart, Daniel! I'm so glad you found it inspiring :)
How interesting to see a variety of profiles for digital nomads. Thanks for sharing the realness of this lifestyle, it’s not all coconuts and palm trees on the beach. But wouldn’t have it any other way!
I’m so glad you liked it, Kelly! Yes, it’s so important to show the real side of this lifestyle! Are you also a digital nomad/remote worker? From your bio, it sounds like you are!
Very interesting and well put together summary. My partner and I have been travelling Europe in our campervan for the past 2 years. Believe it or not, my partner teaches yoga online directly from the van! I've recently trained to be a life coach and also dabble in ESL conversational sessions...it's been an interesting journey so far and definitely not as easy as some make out to get things up and running! Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for sharing your story, Thomas! I'm SO impressed—2 years in a campervan?? Simply wow! I love how you guys are making it work! Keep up the great work!
This was an awesome read!! We are relatively new to the nomad world and am always fascinated by how other people make it work. Thank you for sharing my story too :)
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, Tanessa! It’s definitely one to tell :)
Good stuff Caterina. I've been nomading for almost 8 years on and off and I think in my early days (circa 2017-2019), I noticed a huge disparity among people who called themselves digital nomads. On one side, you had those who were entrepreneurs and were successfully making money while traveling. On the other, you had people who were just getting started and were using their travels to extend their runway.
I sense though that this gap has decreased a bit since COVID. You have more "traditionally employed" workers, who weren't digital nomads pre-pandemic, but now are due to companies embracing hybrid and remote work.
Thank you for your comment, Jon! What you shared is very interesting, and I agree. I think it would have been impossible before the pandemic to imagine traditional roles like marketing, HR, and consulting being fully remote. Also, you’re such a pioneer in this space that I’m sure you have plenty to share! Give me a month or two to warm up my engine and come up with a proposal for collaboration! 😄
Hi Caterina, thank you SO MUCH for including me!! What a fantastic piece :) I'm re-stacking and will refer others who ask about remote work!!! HUGS :)
Thank YOU, Kimberly! You have so much experience in this space that it would have been a disservice not to include you!!
Thank you, thank you for saying that and for being here and for sharing your amazing knowledge and experiences too!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Ohh, I'm working on 2 new income streams at the moment, they'll probably take a year or more (each) to develop but if they do, I'll post about them!!!
Thanks for the shout-out, Caterina!
Thank you, Amy, for sharing your experience!!!
Caterina, thank you again for putting this together! This again shows that it's possible to live a digital nomad lifestyle with a variety of different skill sets. I loved reading how some fellow digital nomads made their dreams come true.