what is it all about?
dreaming to live where other people do vacation?
and not only there, but having the freedom to live anywhere at any time -
when work only needs a laptop and internet access?
or are they just running away?
i have been observing this trend for a couple of years now... and it seems the number of digital nomads are growing!
there are people like sebastian kühn who did not fit into the "normal world", being employed and working in the office just made him unhappy. he started by taking online jobs, after that he built a marketing agency and finally he is working with his own projects, which he calls: wireless life. he sounds pretty happy with what he is doing.
another similar fellow is ben paulo, who started a blogging university and is likewise successful.
in germany there are even conferences by now: where you meet and connect to like-minded people.
however, there are also critical voices like patrick. he says, all this traveling around, is just about running away from yourself. you are happy as long as you are on the road. however, as soon as you return to your home country, you can not stay. Why? because you are faced with the boring everyday life or you are missing real social contacts, as in the meantime your friends moved on or you moved on and the base of a real friendship is just gone.
it is a tricky question. where do we cross the line from living an authentic life to just running away from everyday life?
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