I need to vent.
Everyone all the time asks me how can I afford traveling all the time. I work remotely and have a corporate 10 years long career, I don’t have kids and don’t have a car or an apartment. I speak 2 languages and used to be the most hardworking person ever to make my career. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still from a poor country and I don’t make big money, I travel on budget, but in my country I would be consider above average in terms of money. I’m great in managing money, I provide for myself and am independent for 10 years and I used to live for only $275 a month.
Also as a digital nomad I travel to live in a country, I’m not a tourist that spends much money every day.
How do you deal with it? People tell me all the time that I’ll get broke or that I should work more or that I have a sugar daddy. They ask me if this lifestyle isn’t expensive. Obviously it is, but having kids also is super expensive.
The most funny thing is that I meet people that makes literally 10 TIMES MORE than me and they are jealous and ask me of I could advise them to make more and how much they should make to afford being a digital nomad.
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It sounds like you’ve really mastered the art of budget travel and making the most of your remote work situation. It can be frustrating when people don’t understand the lifestyle choices and sacrifices that come with being a digital nomad. My advice? Just keep doing what works for you. And hey, speaking of budget travel, you might find Rebookify useful for hotel deals. It’s a neat way to save a bit extra, especially when you’re constantly on the move. Keep living your dream and let the results speak for themselves
bruh,
you tell people you work online.
period. end of discussion.
next.
It’s the jealousy …
- They are stuck in 9-5 while you are not
- They have 10,20 year loans which you don’t
- They have to compromise their partner’s lifestyle which you don’t
- They want what you have but they can’t have it even though they followed all the “rules” in life ---- married, job, kids,mortgage — and it makes them mad, they can’t comprehend it — basically entitlement.
In the end, it’s your life, right? If you want to continue travelling, just do so. If you end up wanting to settle down, do so.
People are gonna talk and be jealous no matter what, the only difference being the degree to which they do that.
Simply try working on your mechanism to “swallow” what they say, you’re probably not going to change their opinion as we as humans have a tendency to tell others what they should do in life.
Live long and prosper!
You’re probably giving too much information. I always just say I have an agency and work with clients around the world online.
I have gotten zero negativity with this story.
You don’t get extra points for telling more than you need to. Less is definitely more.
Plus it has the added benefit of giving people zero information about how much you make.
Sounds smart! I need to prepare the shortest answers ever.
Just tell people you’re independently wealthy.
I did the digital nomad thing last year and now settling down to rent a place for a year I immediately regret how much more expensive it is compared to travel.
Tell them you’re a software engineer making a good living. That explains all the little questions
I identify myself as an entrepreneur first and nomad/traveler second. Nobody has ever asked me how I can afford any of it. They know I can afford it
Weirdly no one has ever asked me about it before. Not joking. I can see why people would be curious.
People don’t understand that travelling is often cheaper than living full time in a HCOL country.
Best solution… give them a short nice answer … If they start questioning your choices then ignore their question and change the topic or stop talking or interacting with them. If they still bother you then cut them off. That’s what I’ve been doing recently. I’ve lost my patience and tolerance for such people. It’s none if their business. I’m childfree and live in other country than my home country. This has made it worse. Started seeing true colours of people now, and how they try to push their opinions and choices on me.
I get your point. So, what country were you from, what country are you moving to, and why?
“they are so jealous”
I get that from everyone, but it’s just bullshit. Anybody can do it after me, but they don’t even try. They keep grinding 9to5 from home and live their life on insta scrolling.
I enjoy when people ask me how I’m able to do it because then I can explain to them that I spend less per month being a digital nomad in Latin America than I would ON RENT ALONE back home.