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44. Overcoming Family Objections to Becoming a Digital Nomad

• Austin and Monica Mangelson • Episode 44

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Want to become a digital nomad, but worried about what your family and friends might say?

Overcoming this obstacle as a digital nomad can be challenging, but we've got strategies to help you succeed.

In this week's episode, we discuss the challenges of becoming a nomad when dealing with objections from friends and family. We break the discussion down into three parts, covering how to handle objections, managing travel with kids, and dealing with partners who may not want the same lifestyle.

We emphasize the importance of cultivating good family relationships while traveling and offer advice on how to set yourself up for success in navigating relationships as a digital nomad.

You'll learn how to:

  • Communicate openly with your family
  • Deal with objections from family and friends
  • Emphasize personal choices in a conversation


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Hello and welcome to the Profitable Nomad Couple podcast. This is a show where we share all of our secrets about building a sustainable location-independent lifestyle. We're Austin and Monica. We're a digital nomad couple here to help you develop an entrepreneurial mindset, ignite your passions, and develop a purpose-driven online business. Get ready for weekly insights and inspiring stories to empower you to live life on your own terms. So are you ready to unlock the nomad mindset and embrace a life of limitless possibilities? Let's dive in. What's up everybody? Today we're going to be talking about one of the main obstacles that people have when it comes to becoming an digital nomad and that is friends and family objections or different dynamics in your family. So today we're going to kind of break it down into three parts. The first part is going to be how you handle objections from really important people, your friends and your family who maybe don't want you to live this lifestyle. Oftentimes it's your parents. Part two, you've got kids but you still want to travel. How can you kind of handle that? And then part three, your partner isn't on board or maybe doesn't have the same aspirations to be a digital nomad that you do and how do you handle that? So I'm really excited about this episode. It's really near and dear to our heart. For Austin and I, family is very important to us. Family and friends, it's a really big part. It's a foundational part of who we are. But you can have good family relationships. You can cultivate good family relationships and be traveling and only see them a couple times a year. And a lot of people don't understand how that's possible. So we're excited to really dive in and help you set yourself up for success when it comes to navigating relationships as a digital nomad. And a lot of times when you make the decision to be a digital nomad, your family doesn't always understand. Oftentimes, it's your parents. Sometimes it's siblings, maybe just really close friends. They don't always understand your decision to go. Maybe they understand it but they just don't like it. They don't agree with it. They want, understandably so, they want you in their life and they want to be close to you. Luckily, Monica and I have been very fortunate to have a really supportive family. But as we've been traveling, we've talked to a lot of people who, I mean, there's all sorts of different situations where maybe I think it ranges from your family is supportive, even though they don't agree or understand, all the way to maybe they're actively sabotaging your travels or actively trying to find ways to get you to stay at home. So we just wanted to talk about how you can approach that. And I think it all starts with preparing for having a conversation with them before you actually jump into that conversation. And my first suggestion would be to get a clear understanding on your own motivations and your own goals. Make sure you're assessing why you want to be living as a digital nomad and why you want to be traveling in the first place. We have an exercise that we like to talk to people about or suggest to them called Seven Layers Deep. And basically, you've repeatedly asked yourself the question, why is this important to me? And you dig really deep into what is your ultimate purpose, wanting to live this lifestyle. And once you find that, we encourage you to share it with them. It's important that they understand what's motivating you to live this way. Yeah. Once you get really clear on your why, the next step would be to understand and anticipate maybe what your family might be feeling during this conversation. So really common reasons that families object to you becoming a digital nomad might be the fear of losing touch, especially if your family is used to kind of living really, really close together and they're not maybe super technologically savvy. They don't really understand the ins and outs of being able to keep in touch and the way that technology actually makes that super easy to do. They might be afraid for your safety. And I think this is a really big one, especially among family members that we've had that haven't traveled that much. They get really nervous about they think the world's a lot scarier than it is. And so they get really nervous about our safety as we travel to unfamiliar places. Maybe an issue that your family has with you traveling is stability, especially if you're jumping into it and starting an online business or starting to make money online. They might be worrying about you not having a stable or secure enough income or finding consistent work or having that financial stability. Basically, they're just worrying that you are going to struggle to make ends meet and to be able to save for the future. And this is an understandable concern, although I mean, that's partly that's a huge part of what Monica and I do is helping people avoid that and making sure that they have that financial stability that they need. But it's a big concern for family members. Yeah, especially because a lot of people who don't travel are thinking that you're going to be spending money like you're on a vacation. And there's a really big difference between vacation spending and travel spending. And so in their mind, when they say, hey, I'm going to go travel the world, all they see is dollar signs flying out the window. Right. And they get really nervous that you're going to be overspending what you're making. But that's really not the case. In fact, Austin, I have saved a ton of money by traveling. We are back in California for a little family reunion on Austin's side. And we have a lot like spent so much more money just being here for a couple of weeks on, you know, quote, unquote, vacation mode versus traveling the world and living abroad in different places. So that's something that a lot of people just don't understand. They don't have experience with it. The next one would be career concerns, especially people who don't really understand how easy it is to make money online. People worry that you might be throwing away career prospects or that you are going to miss out on really important opportunities by not being physically present in an office not being able to network in, you know, more of the traditional way where you're shaking hands and showing up to events and things like that. And they might just be worried that you are, you know, throwing all of that out the window to go chase this far-fetched dream in their mind. It might be something just as simple as lacking understanding. Maybe they just understand why you would want to be a digital nomad, why you would want to live that lifestyle. And that's going to show up in different questions, different ways that they ask you about it. Maybe they just simply lack understanding or maybe it's an issue of personal attachment. Maybe they just are really, really close to you and they just don't want to see you leave or be far away for an extended period of time. Another one that we've seen is jealousy. I think often this shows up in family members who maybe didn't live. Maybe they had goals or ambitions of their own or dreams of their own to be traveling the world or to start up a business that they're passionate about and they just never ended up doing that with their life. Now that they see you living that way, maybe they're a little bit jealous. And that's how it comes out is they try and get you to stay because they don't want you to go off and live that life that they could have but never did. I mean, there's a lot of really deep big emotions there, but we've seen that personally in our life and so maybe you're experiencing something similar. Yeah, that is a really tricky one. All of these are really tricky, but it is important to know ahead of time to kind of anticipate maybe what some of these fears they might have for you are so that you can go into the conversation prepared, understanding and loving and so that ends up being a good experience for everybody. So now that you've done that, it's time to actually go have that conversation. And it's really important in this conversation to really clearly communicate your motivations and goals. Don't assume that they understand the benefits that you'd be getting from being a digital nomad or like what your goals are. I think a lot of times I felt victim of this, right? Where like I think there's something so much in my head that it just makes so much sense to me that I don't I forget that it doesn't make sense to everyone else. So make sure you really understand the benefits that you're going to be getting and that you're able to communicate these to your family members as you're having this this conversation and then emphasize again that it's it is a personal choice that you are making that aligns with their goals and values. So I think it's really important while you're having this conversation to approach it in a way of saying, hey, I'm having this conversation with you because I love and respect you. But ultimately, this is my personal choice. This is what I've decided to do. I think sometimes these conversations can go south when we kind of approach it as more of a I want your permission to make these life choices for myself instead of this is a life choice I have made. And I am I love and respect and value your opinion, which is why I'm including you in this conversation. But ultimately, this is my decision to make. Yeah, it could also be really helpful to communicate your plan. This goes with a lot of different concerns if they're concerned about your safety and security. Like explain your plan to like when you get to the airport, how are you going to get from there to your hostel or Airbnb or hotel or wherever you're staying? What's your plan for ground transportation? And this just might help ease their worries if you explain what your plan is. If they're worried about your financial stability and your career opportunities, maybe sit down with them and explain your business plan. You don't have to lay out the entire business plan, but talk about how you plan on making money. What are your different income sources that you're you're planning on or what's your plan for getting clients? Maybe you've already built up quite a business and you have several clients and you can share with them how that's been going. So basically just help calm their worries down by explaining and communicating what your plan is and then actively listen to their concerns and their perspectives that you know how to address them. Yeah, just really quick. I wanted to put a little shameless plug in here. If listening to this, you're like, oh my gosh, I haven't even thought any of these things through. Please reach out to us because we love helping people walk through these plans. We have a whole course for you that self paced. You get lifetime access to it where it literally breaks down every single one of these things for you. It really helps you, you know, think about the safety concern, think about your lodging, your budget. It really breaks down all of that for you. It's super, super good. We've poured our heart and soul into it. So just shameless plug right there. If you need some help coming up with a plan, please, please, please reach out to us. We can make this super painful painless. We can please come to us and make this hurt. We can make this super painless for you. Yeah, that's a great point. You don't have to have it all figured out right away either. Like sometimes these plans take time. And I think you need to be like, make sure that you are acknowledging some of the challenges. And like, I'll be honest, living as a digital nomad isn't always super easy. I think there's some challenging parts to it, both to the travel part and to the business part and making money and things like that. So there's going to be challenges and it's not always rainbows and unicorns and super fun and dandy all the time. So I think if you make the conscious choice to share with your family who's concerned for you, let them know, like, actually, you know what? Like, yeah, there are some of these challenges I'm worried about. This is what they are. Be open and be vulnerable with them. But then also share with them maybe how you plan to overcome them and what your what your strategy is going to be to mitigate those challenges. Yeah. And then it's important to find some common ground with them. So discuss with them how you plan on staying connected with friends and family despite the distance and reassure them that you are committed to maintaining your relationships. It's important to you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here having this conversation. Right. So so really show them that you plan on supporting them and being there for them as much as possible while you are going out and pursuing your dream. While you're going out and living this lifestyle that you have been dreaming of. And I just want to reassure you as well, like Austin and I, while we travel, we have I think our relationships have gotten better with friends and family. Right. So it's totally possible to have fantastic relationships with friends and family. And then you get the added benefit of of accumulating more friends and family as you travel the world and really opening your heart and your mind to different people and ways of life. And it's such an incredible experience. And lastly, it's super important that you make your family members, whoever you're having this conversation with, make sure that they feel seen and understood. You don't want to just go into this conversation trying to convince them or trying to only only express your side. Like, make sure you're giving them room and space to explain why they're concerned about it. And I guarantee like almost all the time it's going to be because they love you, because they want the best for you. So just let them express that. Let them let them tell you what you mean to them. And it's OK that they're concerned. But ultimately, like, again, emphasize that you respect and understand that they might have a different priority, a different goal or a different perspective than you. And that's OK. If you go back and listen to our last podcast episode, we talk about having an and mentality. And this is a great example. Your family can be concerned for you and want the best for you and let you go on this trip. Your family can simultaneously not understand why you want to live this lifestyle or why you want to be traveling and let you go. And both those things can coexist and they don't have to understand it before you take this trip. But we definitely encourage you to have this conversation and do your best to just be open with them. Yeah. In our experience, just being open and upfront with people before taking the leap or as you are taking the leap as you're starting to travel has really helped mend some relationships. There have been as much as our family members and friends have have been super supportive, there have been some really hurt feelings because people feel like we are leaving them and not that we are traveling for ourselves. And so it's important to to take the time to recognize that this decision doesn't just affect you. It really does affect the people around you as well. But show them the kindness and courtesy to include them a little bit in your thought process. And it's really like just a tiny bit of effort to do this is going to go such a long way as far as those relationships go. OK, jumping into part two of this episode, let's say that you want to travel, you want to live as a digital nomad, but you have kids and you feel like once you have kids, it's all over because that's actually a message that we receive a lot is, oh, you better go travel and explore the world and have fun while you can, because once you get kids, it all changes. And yes, it all changes, but that does not mean that you have to change those life priorities of yours. You can have kids and travel and become a digital nomad. We actually had a recent interview with a traveling mom who travels with two of her kids, and she absolutely loves it. There's so many ways to do it. And yes, it is challenging, but so is not traveling with kids. Just kids are challenging whether you're staying at home or whether you're traveling abroad. But it's still possible to make it work out with some careful planning and prioritization. Disclaimer, Monica and I do not have kids, so we have never personally traveled with kids. So if that's all you need to say, OK, you know what? I'm going to go find someone who knows how to travel with kids. We understand. Yeah. And we'll actually link in the comments a really great resource for you. First of all, the episode with Lulu and then also her blog, because she has fantastic resources for parents who are traveling. And then we're going to go through several things that we have learned from other parents who are traveling. Again, we don't have personal experience with this, but we have done. I mean, we've had lots of interactions and know a lot of people personally who do travel with kids and we've gathered some information from them that we're going to share with you. So this is all from us. Like, these are things that we've learned from others who are are doing this and have made it work. And one of the first tips that we got from them was just special attention on the logistics planning. You're going to have to plan ahead and consider logistics such as your family friendly destinations. Make sure it's somewhere that your kids are going to be safe and OK. Make sure that there are available child care options and access to medical care, things like that. Just make sure that your family, whatever it is that your family needs, you're going to have to do a little bit of extra planning to make sure that your destinations that you're traveling to have those things. Yeah. And then make sure wherever you go, you are building a support network, right? You're connecting with other digital nomad parents through social media or attending events or different things, because other parents are going to be able to offer advice or support or different ideas. Or maybe you can, you know, you find a couple that you really trust and you can swap date night babysitting or, you know, whatever it ends up being. Having that network is really going to make a big difference for you. And again, we're going to link to those because having that support system is invaluable. You also are going to want to prioritize routine and stability, which might seem paradoxical at first, especially because the digital nomad lifestyle is often characterized by its freedom and its flexibility. But kids almost always need routine and stability. Kids really thrive on that. So make sure that you establish some sort of consistent routine. Oftentimes this will look like staying in one place longer than not having kids. Like Monica and I, for example, we love to travel and stay in one place for about three months. It's kind of our sweet spot. But maybe if you have kids, maybe you stay in one spot for one year, maybe two or three years even, which get it. I don't know. A lot of people have this debate about what it technically means to be a digital nomad. If you feel like. Which can I just say, I feel like that's such a silly debate. Like who really cares? Yeah, that's true. But I mean, you can still be a digital nomad and stay in one place for three, four years and then travel somewhere new. But I mean, it's going to be totally unique to your family, your kids needs. Maybe they're OK traveling to a new place every year. Maybe they need to be in one place longer. But routine and stability is going to be pivotal in your child's development. Yeah. And I just love the fact that being a digital nomad parent makes you question what's best for your family all the time, because I think it's so easy to just accept the status quo and not be questioning what you and your children need. And being a digital nomad really gives you the opportunity to constantly be deciding and choosing what the best circumstances for you and your family. The next thing, though, to think about is education for your children. So education is so crucial. And I love I mean, we love education. We just think like if there is one issue that we could 100 percent solve in the whole world that would fix all the other problems, it would be making sure everyone has a really good education background. And so making sure that everyone has access to high quality education, no matter where you are in the world, will be really important for the success of your children. So obviously, since we are not in the thick of it, I'm sure there's options out here that we're not super aware of. But things you might consider would be online schooling programs, finding local schools in the places that you're at. I know there's like international schools and things like that. And a lot of really major digital nomad hubs being schooled overseas will actually which would have the added benefit of them being schooled overseas, which will really help expand their worldview to be able to learn new languages, new cultures, new traditions and learn to make friends quickly. And again, Lulu talks about this a lot in our interview. So I'm really, really encourage you if this is something you're thinking about to go back and listen to that interview. It's super, super good. It could be homeschooling, too. That's another one a lot of parents choose to do. Home school and world schooling. I don't really know anything about world schooling, but I know that that is a really big trend, I guess, in the digital nomad space. And then our last tip, this isn't necessarily specific to traveling families, mostly just families, but be present and engaged. Make an effort to spend quality time with your kids and prioritize their needs and their well-being above everything else. And yes, I would include that to be above traveling. Your kids need you. Your kids need you as their mom, as their dad. And if that means that this lifestyle might not work out, your kids needs need to go before your own. But one of the great things about traveling with your kids, though, is that it's an incredible way to bond with them. It's a great way to create lifelong memories with your family. Some of my favorite family memories are when we were on road trips across the country and we were traveling for a couple weeks, and I love those memories with my family. And so it's a great way to just connect with them in a different way that you wouldn't be able to at home necessarily. Yeah, I love hearing stories that Austin's family always tells about. They take a really big cross-country road trip and they still all talk about that and come back to those moments and really share those memories together. And it is a really big bonding experience. So it's totally doable to travel with kids. And there are so many cool benefits to it as well. All right. Now, this one, our third section, if your partner isn't on board with the digital nomad lifestyle. And this one is really near and dear to my heart because this is the situation we were in not that long ago. I'll be honest. It wasn't that long ago that I actually did not like being called the digital nomad. He hated that term. I thought it was just like this annoying, trendy term. I didn't like being called it, even though that's what we were. For some reason, it had some negative connotation to me. I need more structure, more stability in my life than Monica tends to need. And so for a long time, our dynamic was she was trying to get us to travel. And I didn't necessarily want to. It's really sneaky about it, though. I kind of feel like looking back on our journey that we started becoming digital nomads before you even acknowledged or knew that that's what we were doing. Absolutely. I mean, if you go back and listen to our business story, it's very similar. I never wanted to start a business. I had never considered starting a business. I never aspired to being my own boss. That's never something I thought of. Whereas Monica had ever since she was 14, 15, had her first part time job. And our business journey kind of began when she, for lack of a better word, drug me into it. And it wasn't until actually a year, eight, nine months into the process that I actually learned to really love being my own boss and having my own business. And now I couldn't imagine not doing it. Yeah, you guys are going to learn if you haven't already that I can be very persuasive. She can. Yes. But our travel story was very similar. For a while, I was kind of reluctant and resistant to it until we tried it for a while. And I've learned to love it. And so if you're in a situation where maybe your partner is not on board and you have aspired and dreamed of living life as a digital nomad, but whether you're married or just dating and you have somebody that's not wanting to, that can be kind of a tricky situation to be on and you've got to find a way to approach that situation, which is what we have to share right now. Yeah. So the first thing that you can do and a really, really powerful tool that you should use would be to take the time to understand your partner's perspective. So make sure you're having an open, honest conversation with your partner about concerns and reasons for not wanting to travel and make sure you are actively listening and taking in all their concerns. I know it's really easy to think of rebuttals for everything they're saying, but if you can really just clear your mind and really listen to their concerns, I guarantee as you listen, you'll find kind of deeper, more hidden concerns and then always be respectful of their priorities and their goals. I remember having a really, I mean, several times having really deep conversations about this, but I remember one particular time when Austin came to me and he said, OK, look, I've been thinking about why you want to travel and why I don't want to travel, and I've realized that actually your reason for wanting to travel and my reason for not wanting to travel are the same. And it was really like it was a really eye-opening experience to realize that we actually were at the core of it, we were talking about the same issue. I guess maybe just to get a little bit more clear, Austin and I do eventually would like to start a family and we would we would like to have kids. But due to health reasons, we will be creating a family through adoption. And so I know Austin, when he came to me with this, he said, you know what? The reason I don't want to travel is because I want to get situated in a place and I just want to work really hard and get ready to provide for a family. And I want to get ready to have kids. And my reason for wanting to travel was wanting to go out and explore the world as much as possible and to make myself the best version of me so that when we do bring kids into our family, I have more experience, more cultural awareness so that our kids will be the best parents possible for our children. And so at the heart of both of our reasons for really wanting to travel, I mean, it's more complicated of an issue than that. But at the heart of both of our reasons for wanting to travel and not wanting to travel, we're the same. And we never ever would have realized that we would have been fighting about all the other little nuances of wanting to travel and not wanting to travel if we hadn't taken the time to really listen with an open heart and mind to the other person. OK, so let's say you have this conversation with your partner. You have both expressed and communicated your motivations, your priorities, what's important to you, why you do or don't want to travel or start an online business. And now there's a compromise that needs to be made. And the way we see it, there's a couple of different options, a couple of different avenues to take. I'm not saying these are exclusively the options that you have, but these are the ones that have come to mind. So first, let's say your partner is not interested in traveling at all, but your relationship to them is more important than you traveling. And you want to be there together with him or her. And so you choose to stay home and you prioritize your relationship over traveling. There's nothing wrong with this option. It's just a matter of what's most important to you. Another option we've actually we have a good friend who is choosing this option. You can take short trips so you can go on short trips and then you'd be going by yourself and then come back home to be back with your partner. This can be good because it gives you the opportunity to to live that life of traveling. Maybe you're gone for a month at a time. Maybe you're gone for a couple of weeks at a time, maybe a couple of months at a time, whatever looks best to you. But then you can come back home and you can share those experiences with your partner. You can share those stories. You can talk to them about how you've grown or what you've learned. And then they they get to do what feels right for them. Another third option. This is basically what happened with me and Monica. Persuasion. You can persuade your partner to try traveling with you. If they enjoy it, awesome. Then you can both continue traveling together. And if they don't enjoy it, then you can go back and look at the other option and kind of find another compromise that will work. And then the last. You should share before you go into the last one. You should share a little bit more about your experience, about what that was like for you. So for us, Monica persuaded me to live in Guatemala for about four months. That was the first time that we had lived for an extended period of time outside of the country rather than just like a week trip. And I was nervous about it at first. And we kind of used it as, I guess, a trial to see what went well, how we liked it. And I really, really loved it. I enjoyed having a space of our own that we could create. It was like our home overseas. I just I loved that our business grew so much and that we had so much acceleration in our online business when we were living in Guatemala. And I just learned to fall in love with it. And so now this year, so then a year after that, we actually ended up spending another three months out of the country in Thailand and Cambodia and Vietnam. And then we're actually now looking for a place to stay for about a year. We're going to expand our trip a little bit. But yeah, that that's what happens to me is Monica persuaded me and I learned to love it. Yeah. Can I just interject really quick? I feel like persuade is a really kind of icky word to use here. I think a better word might be to invite. So Austin and I, before we even lived in Guatemala, we were digital nomading all around the United States, right? But I wanted to start traveling overseas. So Guatemala was the place Austin and I had been to several times together already. We had already traveled internationally a lot. And so I just said, hey, like, what if we just like extend our trip for months and we'll just give it we'll just try it. Right. So I invited him to come on this trip with me and to stay longer. And it was a fantastic experience. But then there was kind of there was an end date to that trip so that we come back and reevaluate. And then we continued digital nomading around the United States. But it's important to like, I don't know, I guess persuade just seems like it's feels kind of icky, feels kind of icky. But that's not really what it was at all. Instead, it was just I know Austin loves to travel. And I just invited him to to travel longer, you know. And now we fully and now we love it. And we love being able to help other people discover the joys of being a digital nomad as well. And then a final option would be to just like the first option was you prioritize your relationship over travel and you stay home with your partner. Maybe the last option is you prioritize traveling and living as a digital nomad over your partner. Monica and I don't recommend this because I guess ultimately it depends on on your relationship, Monica and I have an incredible relationship and I would never imagine choosing anything over her, no matter how much I love it or want to do it. If there is something that I had to choose between her and something else, it'd be her every single time. And if you have that kind of a relationship with somebody, don't let that go like hold on to that. And so I wouldn't necessarily recommend this, but I guess technically it is an option if you are in a newer relationship that you are as committed to or maybe even if you are in an unhealthy relationship, this might be an option to walk away from that and choose living as a digital nomad instead. Yeah. And then finally, just seek support from other digital nomads. I mean, definitely, definitely reach out to us. We are so happy to talk to you about juggling this dynamic, trying to figure out what works for you as a couple. It is. I mean, there are some some really cool things that come with traveling as a couple, but there are some challenges that you have as well. So definitely reach out to us. We are super open to talking about this with you and kind of troubleshooting it with you. And then just connect with other digital nomads who are in similar boat. So we certainly haven't covered every potential situation here, but we really sincerely hope that this has given you a good foundation. If you are struggling with any of these obstacles, whether it's your family members not wanting you to go or you're trying to figure out how to travel with kids or your partner doesn't want to go, we really hope that this has given you a good foundation on how to approach those conversations and how to how to make this work for you. Yeah. And as part of our six week moneymaking roadmap offering, we have a whole section about overcoming obstacles from what to do if you have a house or if you have pets and and literally everything in between. And we really dive deep into different strategies you can use to overcome these obstacles when it comes to being a digital nomad. So we will link to that also in the show notes. Definitely make sure you're checking that out. It'll be it's a super great resource for you to really help you address and overcome any obstacles that are standing in the way to pure bliss to becoming a digital nomad. Thanks so much for joining us here on the Profitable Nomad Couple podcast. We appreciate you listening to us today. If you enjoyed this episode, share it on Instagram and be sure to tag us at Austin and Monica. Together, we can inspire others to embrace a location independent lifestyle. And while you're there, we'd love to connect with you. So make sure you follow us for more tips and inspiration on living your dream location independent lifestyle. Until next week, remember that you have the power to shape your own path. So stay curious, stay adventurous and stay connected. Hey.

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