It’s a strange thing to put everything in storage and make yourself voluntarily homeless during a pandemic; to go from paying a mortgage and having roots to being of no fixed abode. But, when work I took on in early December 2021 dictated that I would be travelling nonstop, often switching accommodation after just 24 hours, I decided to bite the bullet and embrace the digital nomad lifestyle. I’ve now spent almost six months on the road.
It’s an undeniably strange existence – opening my laptop wherever I am in the world, whether that be an airport, cafe or hotel balcony, and settling in for my new, offbeat version of the 9-5. You’d think that catching endless trains, planes and automobiles and staying in a new hotel almost every night would make you exhausted and too distracted to work. Unexpectedly, I’ve found the opposite to be true; the adrenaline rush of continually travelling, embracing a new location with staggering frequency, has meant I’ve worked better than ever.
