""It's hard," Elyse said. "It's really, really, hard, ridiculously hard. You have to love it. For me, it's much easier than for some. I'm much happier doing those hard things, trying to find somewhere to live every month, figuring out travel arrangements and dealing with things like getting robbed at gunpoint. That's much easier and fulfilling than having a 9-to-5 job where I'm in one place all the time. Being in one place makes me feel like I am going to go insane.""
"She got her wish. With it came a different bed every week, the loss of a cellphone for three months, and $350 in excess baggage fees for overpacking her carry-on. Some might think that old 9-to-5 job was looking pretty good. But not Elyse. Not even after she faced a pair of assailants, one with a gun, the other with a knife."
Nicole Elyse left a communications job at Stanford and a comfortable marriage to pursue life as a digital nomad and remote freelance writer. She travels frequently, finding a new place to live almost every month and managing travel arrangements while working remotely. The lifestyle brought unexpected hardships: losing a cellphone for three months, paying $350 in excess baggage fees, and facing violent crime including being confronted by assailants in Colombia, one armed with a gun. Elyse finds the constant change and challenges more fulfilling than a 9-to-5 and prefers that difficulty to feeling trapped.
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