Exactly, what YOU bring to the table is the real source of happiness. Everything external is just an added bonus.

Thanks for your feedback, Jim!

Being a digital nomad is some kind of living with no boundaries. Hence you can do want you want wherever you want without someone telling you to do what they want.

Yeah, hedonic adaptations and all that. I remember someone(a digital nomad or taking a year off) writing about running on the beach one Day 1 vs 3 months in, how the happiness of the act leveled down to baseline level.

Very interesting. I like how FT travel was just a “chapter” in your life. It seems like people tend to value travel more when it’s done intermittently.

I love using WhatsApp as well when I travel. I think for most people, their “extended” travel experiences are limited to 2-3 weeks, which isn’t the same thing as traveling for months or even years at a time. While it’s fun to travel for a few weeks, I imagine it can become quite ordinary after a while, which could make the whole “digital nomad” glorified lifestyle overrated.

Definitely the rooted type ?

We were winged for a while, and travelled FT for six months. Largely on savings, partly digital work. It was fab but it was a chapter of life, something I would happily do once in a while (I’d love to do another long term stint of travel eventually) but now is about nesting and settling into our own home.