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TRAVEL | DIGITAL NOMAD | PASSION | RAT RACE

How to Avoid the Digital Nomad Rat Race

Focus on your passions

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Have laptop, will travel — the monicker of the Digital Nomad. Photo Credit: Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages

By now, most people have heard the term ‘Digital Nomad.’ It’s a title associated with nomadic people who make a living online in one digital form or another. Of course, there are numerous ways for people to make a living from a wifi connection these days, one just has to choose a way, and then get busy focusing on it.

However, the problem is that getting a foothold in an online niche and becoming visible on the great World Wide Web can take time and a ridiculous amount of effort. Likely more effort than you have ever put forward before in your life!

Which is ironic, isn’t it? I mean didn’t we all leave the crazy 9–5 rat race so that we could have an easier time of it? Aren’t most of us simply seeking freedom from the crush of society?

I have realized that being out here in the world brings a different kind of crush with it. On the one hand, we are free to do what we want with our days; on the other, we need to find ways to focus and work on what we need to do to survive.

After working at this lifestyle for seven years, I’m just starting to feel like I’ve figured it out. And one thing is certain: I have done my best to avoid getting pulled…

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Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages
Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages

Written by Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages

Artist, traveler, foodie, gardener. Owner of publications Sharing Food and Share Your Creativity. A boost nominator - passionate about real writing on Medium.

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