It almost sounds like the title of a song (or a cloying chorus), but the truth is that many people want to live traveling . Especially after a long vacation, or after leaving a job, let’s say tedious.
Getting it is not that simple. Why? Well, because work and pleasure rarely marry well. If to this we add the economic imperatives and the lack of stability in all senses that one suffers while on the road, the result is a curtailed dream. Now, it is not impossible, as you can see below. You just have to want it enough to sacrifice everything else.
Can you live traveling?
Logically, it can, as long as we are able to reconcile our nomadic lifestyle with some productive activity .
Now, there are two main well differentiated cases of professionals who live traveling. Some take advantage of the trip itself, that is, they make the experience profitable . For example, a travel blogger , or a freelance photographer not affiliated with any news outlet. On the other hand, we have the second case, that is, people who can afford to work wherever they want online , but who do not get any money from activities related to their lifestyle.
Then we have people who work sporadically in their places of destination and are linking one territory with another, working when necessary.
Finally, we find the people who must travel for work, but who in no case have the freedom to decide the stages of their trip or the duration of the trip. Such decisions are in the hands of the company that has hired them.
How can you live being a nomad?
Not everyone who lives traveling is a writer or photographer. Contrary to popular belief, more and more salaried or self-employed workers do not have a physical office. So with a little planning it is possible to cover large routes that include multiple countries while taking care of the responsibilities of the position.
For example, weekends can be used to make the most complex journeys and settle during the week in some intermediate exotic paradise that allows us to work steadily and enjoy its charms at the end of the day. It is the avant-garde alternative, and there are already some portals on the Internet that offer specific accommodation for freelancers in idyllic places around the world.
Of course, we warned before, pleasure and work do not get along (we know from experience). It is a great cultural change to get out of a gray work environment, which can be your own home, and move into a more flexible framework.
Another very common inconvenience is the working hours . Living on the Chinese time, for example, and working on the Spanish time may require changes in lifestyle to be on time with meetings and delivery times.
Tips to get it
Leaving aside the cons, and other common alternatives, such as becoming a travel blogger or selling travel photos in stocks , we are going to break down some viable options that can allow us to generate income while we travel.
1. Promote an online business
An online business , like an eCommerce, can be the starting point of a life without ties. If you have one and make it compatible with another professional activity, there is always the possibility of diverting efforts to the digital business until you can cut your losses with the other job and dedicate yourself to traveling (managing the store along the way).
2. Apply for a remote job
Changing to a nomadic lifestyle does not have because it involves a schism with the current vocation or job. Many companies are changing their hiring model and there are more and more false freelancers They do not work in any corporate office, but are part of a large organization.
3. Create a monetizable blog
That it can be travel, yes, but any other topic that we master and that allows us to include contextual advertising in its different formats can be worth it. After all, web traffic today is synonymous with money.
4. Become an influencer
Influencing is in fashion. And as to influence, first you have to generate interest , nothing better than surprising our followers with new snapshots in the most curious places on the globe. After a certain number of interactions, it is possible to monetize popularity (and a lot).
Finally, if we really want to fulfill our dream of living traveling, it is best not to deviate from the goal set and take small steps that gradually bring us closer to work independence. Otherwise, without a stable source of income, and disconnected from a certain place, it will be difficult to prolong the route too long. But hey, while the money lasts …
