Quote: (07-07-2016 10:45 PM)skptc Wrote:
I did the nomad life for a bit over a year
Was enough for me. I felt highly uproductive and experienced increased anxiety throughout.
I would rather settle down somewhere and build an empire which is antithetical to the nomad life.
I guess different strokes for different folks. I dont know how you guys do it...
I can attest to this also. I did 10 months on tour after walking out on my soul sucking banking job. Had a great time and met some awesome lads from RVF and generally from nights out. Bounced around SE Asia and spent a month in Eastern Europe also.
Although it was a great time, I was about done with it 6-7 months in or so. Constant feelings of being unproductive and not having any real goal to work towards got me down. I would have numerous moments of panic waking up in the middle of the night thinking 'what the fuck am I doing with my life?'.
I was managing an airbnb rental remotely which took a little bit of time investment here and there and covered my costs insofar I could extent my tour a few months longer. But it emphasised to me the importance of having a project or two to keep you working on in the meantime to keep you feeling productive and have a purpose.
In addition I'm probably a much more social animal than most. I love to build large and diverse social circles wherever I base myself and having a solid crew of mates to hang and party with for me is infinitely more important than any skirt I'm chasing. Those who have met me know that I love a good night out, rocking a table with my best lads in a fancy club with some token fluff. Popping bottles, smoking cigars and a little bit of gear here and there, partying till the sun comes up. Often I'll knock back a sure fire shag if it's too early in the night as I don't want to miss the fun (unless she is really hot of course). And I'd take an afternoon of hanging out with the lads chilling and shooting the shit any day over phoning in a 6 from tinder just so I can text "+1" on a whatsapp group chat to try impress some guys I met off the internet.
My game as well is largely tailored around social circle and building up a lot of social capital within the nightscene of a city. Which involves investing time up front to get to know a lot of people and become regular in the main clubs. Which although gets me pretty solid results IMO it aint much good when you are only spending a week or two in any particular city before moving on.
Thus I'm not totally sold on nor ideally suited to the nomadic lifestyle. However having spent some time travelling and hanging out with other RVF vagabonds, Linux and Papi Rico in particular amongst others, it's definitely given me more of a flavour for travel and getting out there to seeing more of what the world has to offer. In addition I have been able to build up a decent network of RVF guys who are based around the globe, thus giving me additional solid contacts in a lot of cities. So when I go there I am with someone who knows the scene already, has a solid social circle and I can hit the ground running.
Hence I am working towards trying to become a hybrid of sorts between the travelling vagabond and 'building up an empire'. I plan to focus on having a few 'home bases', currently Singapore, Jakarta and Bali (as well as family home back in Ireland). Which I will ideally triangulate between over a period of time, while having weekend breaks in other destinations.
Given my penchant for high end partying (and partying hard) it unfortunately requires a fairly decent bankroll. However through my banking experience I am focusing on picking up well paying contract work for between 3-12 months where ideally I am able to do a lot of working remotely as well. While having my (almost) passive income from my airbnb properties (of which I'm looking to add more properties) build up to finance 2-3 months off at the end of each contract to take off and travel to brand new destinations such as Latin America, Russia and the Stans.
My current contract ends in October where I will be free again to do a few months travelling (pending another year long contract potentially coming through, which would fast track my plan). Of which I have South America in my sights (as well as more snowboarding in Japan come the new year).
I will naturally be reaching out to various members on RVF to meet up wherever I choose to go as well as looking to hook up again with some of my closer RVF partners in crime