As a digital nomad, travelers like us get to see and explore some wonderful sights and settings all around the world. The feeling of new places and adventures is really refreshing, as I’m sure you’re aware. We have all traveled at some point in our lives, perhaps for a holiday. Some of us have simply made life a permanent holiday adventure.
We like the idea of travel and exploration so much that we made it into a permanent lifestyle. Nowadays, with the internet and working online, we can take our work with us and generate an income from our current travel destination, wherever that may be.
And the rise of #blockchain technology and #cryptocurrency – as we see here on this #Travelfeed blog site on the #Hive platform for example – have really made it so much easier for digital nomads like myself to continue our ideal lifestyle. This Hive blockchain was really made for people like me and has allowed me to be the person I always wanted to be.
Of course, as a roving reporter and explorer, I have to be flexible and adaptable since conditions are constantly shifting from one pace to the next. For example at present I am in a place with very sporadic cell phone reception and no wifi. I can access data on the mobile, but that is obviously more expensive, so my access to wifi is limited.
Add to that the now daily regular power cuts of two hours at a time, twice daily, and I have only rare windows of opportunity in which to publish my blog posts. My country of sunny South Africa is leading the world trend towards daily blackouts, which apparently may be coming to a first world country like yours in coming months, if the global conditions and trends continue as they are.
It’s nice to be ahead of the curve or to be a trend setter, though I’m not sure if this is the trend that the world wants to see. Venezuela certainly knows what I’m talking about. We south-south cousins are together in solidarity as we brave the wave of the new norm, where less is more. Less power, less money. Less food and water.
Therefore I’m not able to publish too often. Today I have made it into the nearby town and can access wifi for a while in order to upload this blog post. The absence of unlimited wifi does feel like a bit of a loss, since I love researching and studying the current news and trends in world affairs, blockchain developments and cryptocurrency price action.
And publishing and curating online blog posts here on the Hive blockchain is also a source of income and a daily pastime if there is wifi available. Nevertheless, without wifi I am obliged to spend more time and attention offline and on my immediate surroundings, which is also healthy. I does limit my capacity to generate income online while simultaneously allowing for more introspection and meditation. The balance is important and actually quite a healthy one, so it’s win-win.
These are the changing circumstances that come with the life of a digital nomad. It’s not for everyone since not everyone is as adaptable, independent and flexible. Most of us need regular daily wifi to do a job, run a business or pursue a career. So my lifestyle has its freedoms as well as its limits.
The freedom to travel and see new places is inspiring and adventurous. It keeps life fresh and stimulating. It prevents boredom and stagnation. And it also reduces attachment or falling into comfort zones where growth is stifled.
However, it also obliges me to make sacrifices sometimes. Not everyone can live without a home that they can call their own. Most folks need a home base to feel secure or to place their accumulated possessions, what to speak of raising a family. I have forsaken home or family as a wondering digital nomad because it suits my nature.
I am happier without the duty of being a householder or breadwinner. Each to their own. I find inspiration in a life free from these obligations and am happiest traveling light with time and space for myself.
That’s the secret of success I presume. Get to know yourself and find out what kind of lifestyle suits you as an individual. Don’t feel obliged to conform to the mainstream or the expectations of others. You do you and be yourself. “Follow your bliss”, as the great anthropologist and researcher of world mythology Joseph Campbell said.
So I hope you enjoy today’s photos of the mediation caves and natural sights that I’ve encountered on this stretch of my hiking trail along the southernmost coastline of Africa. My life as a digital nomad and wondering mendicant or hermit is one that brings me bliss, and sharing my photos with you allows me to share that bliss with you as you live your own totally different lifestyle on perhaps a totally opposite side of the planet.
(photos my own)