Member-only story
Why being a Digital Nomad isn’t the “Dream” for Everyone
From a terrible Digital Nomad
I’m writing this from a small restaurant in Mexico to say that being a digital nomad is — big surprise — not all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, I get to wander the streets of Guadalajara with my laptop in tow, soaking up the sunshine and learning a new language.
But what you don’t see?
All the client calls I had to cancel, the stress of trying to get a single email out for 30 minutes on sketchy wifi, and my phone constantly running out of battery at the worst time. Don’t even get me started on what happens in the bathroom when you try new foods your body disagrees with…
I’ve done a lot of travelling already, so I should have seen this coming — but I didn’t. Hell, I was still a student for much of it. I remember doing my university courses online every summer while drinking espresso in Italy or eating a donair in Turkey.
At that time, however, I was only accountable to a couple professors and there were few projects due at all. Usually, I would just have to make sure I had wifi for an online exam once a month and complete a couple of…
