"Although these were some of the best days of my life, I quickly learned that a lot of the videos I saw on social media that glorified full-time travel didn't always showcase the downfalls of the lifestyle. More and more people are becoming digital nomads - countries like Italy have even implemented specific visas for remote workers. However, during my nine months abroad, I learned that the lifestyle isn't all it's cracked up to be."
"While traveling full time, I found myself constantly looking for places and experiences that felt like home. However, when I returned home and took shorter vacations, I started to value the places I was visiting for their differences rather than trying to find some semblance of home. Nowadays, I like having a home base. Shorter trips help me to break up the monotony of life without sacrificing the comfort of home."
"When I was traveling full-time, I was on a strict budget. I either drained my wallet or ate cheap food to maintain some sort of financial security while on the road. I talked myself out of going to every museum I wanted to and purchased cheap meals for dinner instead of indulging in local cuisine that might have been out of my budget."
A nine-month journey across 22 countries in Europe and Latin America combined remote work with continuous travel in 2021. Social-media portrayals of full-time travel often omitted practical downsides and daily constraints. Constant movement prompted searching for places and experiences that felt like home, but staying longer at a base later revealed greater appreciation for differences during short vacations. A strict budget forced many trade-offs, including skipping museums and favoring cheap meals over local cuisine. Forming genuine friendships proved difficult and communal accommodations reduced personal privacy. The cumulative effect made the nomadic lifestyle unsustainable and less appealing than shorter trips from a home base.
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