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How I Found My Farm in the Colombian Countryside
One of the most asked questions is when I mentioned buying a farm in Colombia.
Since I started my home search over three years ago, I have always approached it the same way: talking, aka word of mouth. I have approached most things in my life this way.
When I decided to quit my job to travel, I started talking to people. I mentioned my plan and that I would find a remote job. I had no idea, but I just told others my plans and what I wanted.
It worked. I landed two remote jobs as a nurse before remote work became popular, and all of my jobs were found via word of mouth. I have not updated my resume since 2016 or somewhere around then, and I was fully employed until I decided to leave the ¨rat race¨.
I started my home search the same way. Since the invention of the internet, most people have thought that everything they want or need is online. Well, most things are, but that is not always the best way to find things.
However, putting my faith in myself and others always works out much better than relying on a piece of technology. I know the lost art of peopling, which most people try to avoid.
Except I am my grandmother’s grandchild. Both of them were social butterflies. Both of them…
