BN 106: Global Changes, Personal Battles, & Other 2023 Musings
Become Nomad - Digital Nomad Lifestyle and Long Term Travel
Release Date: 03/11/2023
BN 131: Week of Disconnection: A Nomad’s Guide to Digital Detox
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Join the conversation and connect with fellow listeners in our new ! In this episode, Eli shares his personal journey of creating a “Week of Disconnection,” a practice he has maintained since 2016. From his recent travels in Singapore and Vietnam, he reflects on the hidden costs of constant connectivity and how structured digital detox weeks have transformed his work, lifestyle, and wellbeing.
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BN 130: The Rise of Danang: Southeast Asia’s New Digital Nomad Capital
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In this episode Eli talks with James Clark, the legendary digital nomad behind Nomadic Notes. With over 20 years of experience, James shares his insights on how the digital nomad lifestyle has evolved since the pandemic, including the rise of digital nomad visas and the shift to career-driven travel. They also dive into the growing appeal of Southeast Asia, with Danang, Vietnam, now crowned as the new digital nomad capital of the region!
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BN 129: The Grounded Nomad: Staying Disciplined On The Road
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Nikita is back to teach us everything he knows about staying disciplined while constantly on the move. Eli is mostly just hoping some of it can rub off on him so he can finally wake up and make it to important appointments on time. The talk includes finding freedom through structure, building rituals on the road, and how discipline can come from joy rather than force. Along the way: ice cream at 2am, spiritual treks in Portugal, and why Eli sometimes locks his phone in a bag just to stay focused.
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BN 128: ChatGPT Interviews Eli: 15 Years of Nomad Life
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In this solo episode recorded in Hanoi, Eli reflects on 15 years of nomadic living, the highs, lows, and strange in-betweens. Prompted by questions generated by ChatGPT, he dives into how AI is reshaping his workflow, the evolution of Become Nomad, personal sacrifices, startup ecosystem insights from around the globe, and the odd $180 meal… that thankfully turned out to cost just $9.
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127: Tips of Working Remotely as a Digital Nomad
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Living as a nomad starts with a remote job, but it doesn’t end there. In this episode, Eli speaks with Anna Maria Kochanska about building a career on the move, turning remote work into real impact, and why Cape Verde might be your next favorite destination.
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BN 126: Rituals in New Places We Travel To
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Nikita and Eli catch up and talk about the rituals they follow when arriving in new places, such as gathering around campfires, along with a range of other related topics.
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BN 125: Building Your Career While Location Independent
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It's always on our minds as we seek to make this lifestyle sustainable -- the financial aspect of location independent work. Because let's not sugar-coat it: building a career that lets you enjoy such freedom requires work. It requires asking some tough questions and finding your particular answers. Here, Eli touches on how to approach tackling uncertainty, intention setting, becoming world class, accounting for technological change, and a whole lot more of those tough questions.
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BN 124: "Winning" Cities & Countries for Nomads in 2025
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What does it mean for a location to be "winning" for nomads? This is something Eli thinks a lot about -- as he plans his next flight and as he continues the work of his main project, StartupBlink. In this ep, we dive into what trends, factors, and overall values determine a location's nomadic potential. And, of course, we name a handful that fall into this category -- plus some predictions for locations that are on the rise. Check out StartupBlink for more detailed analysis: www.startupblink.com
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BN 123: Never Too Late To Start Digital Nomading, & Other Listener Q's (w/ Nikita Smelyanskiy)
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Our star listener Nikita Smelyanskiy is back! This time to ask Eli some deep questions about his nomadic journey. They chat about how Eli started moving around (at age 31!), his early approaches to making income, simplifying your lifestyle into "first-level principles," maintaining nomadic relationships, how this lifestyle impacts your larger perspective of life, and much more. Have some additional Q's you'd like us to tackle? Get in touch at [email protected]!
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BN 122: Nomadic Burnout, Lifestyle Breaks, & Long-Term Outlook
Become Nomad - Digital Nomad Lifestyle and Long Term Travel
We often talk about the values of nomadic freedom. But nomadic freedom also includes the freedom to stop being nomadic for a while. After all, there are many ways of living true to the nomadic spirit -- even when you're stationary. Here, Eli & Dan discuss Dan's recent less-nomadic exploits en route to bigger questions about the long-term nature of this lifestyle and transitioning in & out of various situations.
info_outlineLast episode we looked back at 2022. In this one, we glimpse into the crystal ball to discuss 2023.
Dan & Eli toss around some predictions, questions, and general ruminations on what 2023 might bring to the world of digital nomadism. And, of course, they also get personal -- wondering aloud what the year in store will have for each of them.
On the docket: The state of nomadic globalization, the challenge of balancing internal values, and a bunch of bullet points in between.
(Apologies for the belated ep -- we'll be back with another soon!)