Online business owner facing the same problems of a lack of community & connection? I want to hear from you - let's chat. DM me on insta to connect: mylesdunphy
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@MylesDunphy4 ай бұрын
So that's why I stopped being a digital nomad. Agree/disagree? Leave me a comment & let me know your thoughts 👇
@sophiadives4 ай бұрын
As an introverted business owner but also a HSP, I identify with every single thing you said here. That’s the reason I eventually picked a home base to stay. Engaging in local communities of music and craft was how I built most of my connections now. Being able to meet folks regularly really made a difference for me to keep me sane and not depressed. For some reason, I always felt like I wasn’t going anywhere with the usual DN/entrepreneur meetups except being exhausted after hanging out with a big crowd. There’s no lack of amazing and interesting people yet I wouldn’t classify them as friends, or even acquaintances. Glad that you find a way to build a community too. Cheers🥂.
@LoveByDesign4 ай бұрын
Really insightful video Myles, thank you. I traveled for years trying to "find myself" only to discover that you only ever travel as far as the inside of your own head, really. I've been back in my hometown for 6 years addressing all my "stuff" and have turned into a new person from the inside out by staying put, surrounding myself with a great therapist, a few close friends, and my beautiful dog. And now as a business owner I really resonate with keeping a home base and travelling a few times a year for that dopamine and excitement 😌
@vovaeven4 ай бұрын
Interesting insights man, thx.. I've been on the roads since summer of 22.. I usually stay around 2-3 months in a place.. Slowmad? I liked the idea you've mentioned of having a base, just in case, and to recharge etc.. I need to build something like that. Backpacking a year in Asia between 2014/2015, initially made me want to become a proper digital nomad, and i feel really blessed to have achieved that a few years ago.. There are some challenges, but if you are ok with yourself, it can be a fun way to live.. Like any other way to live, if that's how you feel..
@ramdan85124 ай бұрын
Think mental health is the most underestimated part of personal development. Most things that are a necessity to feel safe or make life feel meaningful are usually a related to a past trauma, it is worth feeling good and content before you go out on your journey so your not doing it to fill a void and of course have a good financial strategy to support it.
@Somepeoplecallmemorris4 ай бұрын
Bro I just came home from a 1 month trip from Asia as an online business owner (planned to stay as long as I want with open end). And you perfectly summarized all of my realization with those nomads and travelers in this video.
@pkim072 ай бұрын
If I were a digital nomad, I'd stay in Southeast Asia. South America has a much lower cost of living than the West, but it's far more dangerous.
@nathanbaldwinUK4 ай бұрын
The grass is always greener as they say. Really great well thought out analysis. The first year in this lifestyle I learnt balance was key. The second I learnt community is key. Always learning 😂
@paryak46944 ай бұрын
Thank you, I love it.
@WayneHan4 ай бұрын
thats a good one "you can't out travel your problem"
@mercurysmith5634 ай бұрын
I can agree with just about all of it. Luckily, I was able to see a lot of that very early. Growing up on military bases was great to travel to the places you were studying in school but, later on, you pile on a few decades of traveling for work you find that it is difficult to get excited about all these "exotic" places and, if you are there for work, you work and that throws a cold pail of distraction on that adventure. As you point out, no matter where you go, there you are. If I travel now, it is not often and, with a reason (not work), something I want to learn, an event that is interesting, most importantly it is some reason that feeds my soul. When you get down to it, you can step onto the Champ de Mars, turn your gaze to the Eiffel Tower and think you'll be amazed but, then a gust of wind will make a McDonald's wrapper dance by you...everywhere is here. So, you can march off on your crusade to find friends and happiness and come up empty like every other crusader or, you can learn from the story of The Fisher King. "Digital Nomad"? Not for me, been there done that, I know you always end up the "Jaded Nomad".
@abbreviateTome4 ай бұрын
Agree. I feel it all the time. Being from Two ethnic backgrounds Arab & English, Two faiths, Muslim & Atheist, i feel i never settle into any group. To top it off im also introverted. The nomad lifestyle would only make things worse. And true, you have to fix the internal before being able to enjoy the external. Great video!
@MylesDunphy4 ай бұрын
Interesting. I would say the same - always feeling slightly out of place
@jamies65344 ай бұрын
Having geo-arbitraged for 3 months in SE Asia, that results are that it doesn't really work out as cheap as you expect. Yes it's less expensive in many ways & Numbeo is a shows you good data, but once you add back misc travel costs, incl flights here and there, Airbs that don't turn out to be as cheap as you planned for etc, it adds up. Over the course of say 12-18mths, cost would start to decline I think as your plans for constant travel would even out and you stay for 3-6 months or more in once place. That's when the geo-arb' really shows benefits.
@xooq_3 ай бұрын
you need chapter markets in your videos fam... why did you pick Panama for your base?
@dan-k794 ай бұрын
🙌Other fire video. Quick question 👉currently work FIFO, looking for a 5 year exit plan… would you get a skill and freelance, or jump into FBA? 🙏thanks in advance..
@joshspilewski80914 ай бұрын
Great video! Where have you decided to have your home base?
@MylesDunphy4 ай бұрын
For now, in Panama
@SportsIncorporated3 ай бұрын
Would nomad travel be much easier if you could carry the minimum of stuff. Like your favorite clothes and a few NVMe sticks? Would digital nomads pay for that privilege? Or are they so cost conscious that they would continue to carry stuff? (Edit: you really don't need the NVMe sticks. You store things online and download what you need wherever you go.)
@wedomusic.4 ай бұрын
nice
@pentrubarbati4 ай бұрын
those that have money say it doesnt matter ..
@MylesDunphy4 ай бұрын
money matters
@pentrubarbati4 ай бұрын
@@MylesDunphy those that travel all the time say it is not worth it i was making a point
@ScorpionSuerte4 ай бұрын
Having freedom and independance isn't that important.
@noorlu52094 ай бұрын
You need to have post-death goals. Otherwise the life is meaningless. But most people don’t have faith.
@MylesDunphy4 ай бұрын
Interesting concept, thanks.
@noorlu52094 ай бұрын
@@MylesDunphy More info in the Quran. Reading it may be useful.
@Sssthpok4 ай бұрын
I know your father - met you when you were teenager.... glad to see that you realised the hollow lifestyle of millennialism. Shallow, narcissistic and insecure are the trademarks of all the Damned I meet as I do business in Asia. Good luck, mate.