digital nomads: how to not become a digital hermit

How to milk your digital nomad

experience for all it’s worth

Digital Nomading

Café Numérique NYC

Lauren Mobertz

@moMobertz

GenerationLimbo.com

Digital nomading can

sometimes look like this

…But sometimes, it can look

like this

The freedoms we associate

with digital nomads…

The freedoms we associate

with digital nomads…

• Work for an existing company from wherever the

sun is shining.

The freedoms we associate

with digital nomads…

• Work for an existing company from wherever the

sun is shining.

• Found a company wherever you want, and take it

where you find funding.

The freedoms we associate

with digital nomads…

• Work for an existing company from wherever the

sun is shining.

• Found a company wherever you want, and take it

where you find funding.

• Work for yourself, on your own terms and your

own schedule.

…Are not without

growing pains.

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

• You work…

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

• You work… And stare at your computer thinking

you should work…

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

• You work… And stare at your computer thinking

you should work… And nothing else.

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

• You work… And stare at your computer thinking

you should work… And nothing else.

• You don’t know where to meet new people.

…Are not without

growing pains.

• Your internet speeds might suck.

• You work… And stare at your computer thinking

you should work… And nothing else.

• You don’t know where to meet new people.

• Basically, you start to feel like a hermit.

Side note: about those

internet speeds…

As nice as it is to work digitally

Digital nomads need real-life

connections, too.

Don’t become a Kermit.

Donate your skills.

Find events.

• Co-working spaces

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Eventbrite

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Eventbrite

• Local event sites/venues

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Eventbrite

• Local event sites/venues

• Sports

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Eventbrite

• Local event sites/venues

• Sports

• Tinder

• Co-working spaces

• Couchsurfing.com

• Meetup.com

• Eventbrite

• Local event sites/venues

• Sports

• Tinder. You read that right.

Host your own events.

Additional resources

• nomaddestination.com

• nomadlist.com

• digitialnomadcommunity.net

• nomadspirit.net

• nomadicnotes.com

Art Jonak / Flickr

What does “milking it”

mean to you?

Thanks for listening!

GenerationLimbo.com

linkedin.com/in/laurenmobertz

@moMobertz