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How do you enjoy your time while working abroad? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Uninhibited_lotus@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Weird question I know. Before I accepted this new job, I booked a 10 day trip to Rome, Italy and paid for the Airbnb, flight, reserved a budget for it. I wanted to go out and finally do something. But this new job has us on rotational shifts and it means I’ll have to work from 12pm-9pm on most days and will only have 2 free days. I’m starting to have regret.

How do you find time to enjoy things while having to actually work? It seems like people who are digital nomads are free. I wanted to be able to go out and try diff restaurants, explore, all of that but I won’t be able to

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[–] SmurfUp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There are some nomads that make really good money and don’t work more than a few hours a day, but the majority of nomads are working full time like any other job. There’s the lower budget version which is backpacking, but those people don’t typically have solid jobs or money so it’s more of just an adventure.

Part of the deal is you still have to get your job done, and you have to figure out how to balance that with fun and if it’s worth it to you. Personally, I’d rather spend my off days in Argentina or Paris than somewhere like Idaho even if I work close to full time.

[–] Uninhibited_lotus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for smacking me in the face with that solid fact lol that’s so true I’d rather be in Italy eating good ass pasta and working than be here in this small southern town where we have nothing but Walmart. Damn. Thank you seriously for putting that into perspective. I think I was comparing my situation to what I see others do and that’s where I went wrong. It’s a blessing I’m even taking this long of a trip by myself - first time in years I’ve been able to truly save money and actually enjoy it. I hope you have a great day :-)

[–] SmurfUp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I hope you have a great day too!

It’s easy to start comparing yourself to other people that travel and get a lot of FOMO from it, but the thing is that people only post the cool stuff. They’re not generally posting showing off how they worked 9-5 today before going to the beach or cathedral or whatever. Also, when you start doing this people are going to be looking up at the things you’re doing in the same way and get FOMO from the things you’re doing.