They satisfy their lust for traveling and mobility by exploring benefits of advanced technology.I hope that this will not sound like an overstatement, but for me they are somewhere in between Marco Polo and Bill Gates, although with much less wealth than Gates and ability to travel much further and quicker than Marco Polo did, in the time when horse carriage and feet were the only available means of transport.Digital nomads tend to do work on various positions and projects while traveling.
Although since their way of life also has a wide set of limitations they usually choose some of these occupations:Design- logos, websites, commercials, banners etc.Writing- travel writing, creative writing, content writing, copywriting etc.Digital marketing- running AdWords and Facebook campaigns, community management etc.Programming- building apps, writing code etc.Various entrepreneurship projects- selling various types of online services, founding startup companies around different tech gizmos, etc.Benefits of Leading a Digital Nomad LifestyleThe digital nomad lifestyle comes with many benefits.
Some of them are very obvious, like a chance to see exotic lands, while some others are known only to people who once in their life decided to say goodbye to their family and friends, and sail off with a laptop in their lap.
These are some of them:Flexible work hours- this is the same for most freelancers, but digital nomads are known for using their free time in much more creative ways.
They are earning Western salaries and living in countries with much lower prices;Coworking SpacesAlthough it sounds like digital nomads are working from buses, trains, tops of desserts dunes and jungles, they have much more comfortable work spaces.
This trend grew so big recently that there is a special kind of accommodation called a coworking hostel, made to satisfy all digital nomads’ needs.You can find these establishments in many big cities across popular digital nomad destinations, like Thailand, Indonesia, and India and in some places like Amsterdam, there are whole neighborhoods inhabited by digital nomads.Digital Nomads and EntrepreneurshipAlthough all other types of online work bring appreciable income and leave you with more time to explore places you visit, after working your 4, 6 or 8-hour shift, I somehow got caught up with nomad entrepreneurship.