https://piped.video/watch?v=V-yO1DcdUFQ
I’m one of those who work 5 days a week to earn a living. We have our vacation days to enjoy whatever we want to do in life, but we still need to go back to work because people like me will struggle in life if we lose our job.
So I’m curious how some people like the guy in the video can travel around the world for almost a year without working. There are also other vloggers out there who left home to go on a travel and they are still young. Do they already have savings enough to support until they retire?
Adding to the other obvious answers, I’m actually one of those constantly on the road, digital nomad types. I’m a freelance/self employed software developer, so as you may imagine, my clients don’t particularly care where I am, and I’m good as long as I have an internet connection. That kind of flexibility enables it.
Now granted, there is actual work along the way, but the freelance bit is key. I can spin my hours up and down (subject to client availability and need, but usually pretty flexible), so I aim for 15-25 hours a week of work.
That wouldn’t be enough money to pay rent in many parts of the US, but you better believe that money is a damn good time in Argentina or Chile, Poland or Lithuania, Greece or Turkey… you get the idea. And of course not paying rent for a “main home” changes things a lot; if Airbnbs are your sole place of living then you effectively have that 1/3 of your income otherwise earmarked for rent, just for travel accommodation.