That's a great question. I think my productivity definitely took a hit in the traditional sense (sitting in one place and working for hours at a time) because an important part of traveling is to engage with the culture you've moved to.
For example, if my task was to write a bug fix for an endpoint, it would be easier to stay "productive" in a familiar environment. This is because I didn't have to think about what I was going to eat for lunch, what clothes I was going to wear, etc. I could simply focus on the task at hand.
In exchange, you get a ton of new creative insights because of the unfamiliar environment :)
Thank you very much for your answer! It'll help me a lot in the next months as I'm planning to try a period as "Digital Nomad".
Would you mind telling about how was the loneliness part? I'm asking about this because I'm 20 now and I worry that this could be the worst part for me, although I'm quite used to "loneliness", it's been a couple months since I moved out from my parents' now, but being in the same city allows me to check on my family whenever I want or hangout with my friends so it's hardly been a problem.
I may have to respond with a non satisfying answer here: "it depends". :p Basically, if your personality rewards you by being outgoing, you'll have no trouble making friends. There is a ramp up time of being in a new culture/learning the customs, but if you do more listening than talking, people are very friendly and willing to teach, I've found. If you're not a member already, I highly recommend nomadlist.com/. Their Slack channel is dope and very active for many cities across the world.
I was definitely lonely a lot, though. Relationships with people you know and trust (family + close friends) generally outweigh brand new relationships, because trust is already established!
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Hi, Bram, what an awesome article!
How was your productivity along of your experience?
Hi Daniel, thank you so much! :)
That's a great question. I think my productivity definitely took a hit in the traditional sense (sitting in one place and working for hours at a time) because an important part of traveling is to engage with the culture you've moved to.
For example, if my task was to write a bug fix for an endpoint, it would be easier to stay "productive" in a familiar environment. This is because I didn't have to think about what I was going to eat for lunch, what clothes I was going to wear, etc. I could simply focus on the task at hand.
In exchange, you get a ton of new creative insights because of the unfamiliar environment :)
Thank you very much for your answer! It'll help me a lot in the next months as I'm planning to try a period as "Digital Nomad".
Would you mind telling about how was the loneliness part? I'm asking about this because I'm 20 now and I worry that this could be the worst part for me, although I'm quite used to "loneliness", it's been a couple months since I moved out from my parents' now, but being in the same city allows me to check on my family whenever I want or hangout with my friends so it's hardly been a problem.
Thanks in advance, Bram!!!
I may have to respond with a non satisfying answer here: "it depends". :p Basically, if your personality rewards you by being outgoing, you'll have no trouble making friends. There is a ramp up time of being in a new culture/learning the customs, but if you do more listening than talking, people are very friendly and willing to teach, I've found. If you're not a member already, I highly recommend nomadlist.com/. Their Slack channel is dope and very active for many cities across the world.
I was definitely lonely a lot, though. Relationships with people you know and trust (family + close friends) generally outweigh brand new relationships, because trust is already established!