The secrets about being a digital nomad that no one wants to talk about

Don’t be fooled by the ¨insta¨ or TikTok videos and that working at the beach lifestyle.

My office today

This upcoming August will mark my 5-year career as an official digital nomad. I don’t call myself one, but for the article’s point, today I will.

The first two years I was working remotely, legally, all of my employers knew I was traveling, which is why I took the jobs, and then when I lost my online job to covid, I had to restrategize.

Hello, writing!

So yes, five years, full-time-ish. I have never worked at the beach or anywhere near a beach. First, I do not like the beach, unless it is a beach on a lake or river, the ocean, no way, no how.

I only go when someone else wants to go. Now I have worked overlooking mountains as I write this. Yet I am inside, away from the elements of the weather, because that is real life.

I do not fly first class, stay in five-star hotels, or have a company telling you how to be a digital nomad. Since most digital nomads market to the younger crowd, they sell a lifestyle.

In reality, it is not anything like social media.