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Could You Live A Nomadic Lifestyle?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">If you could spend your life experiencing a variety of different cultures&comma; eating all the best foods from around the globe&comma; and meeting new&comma; interesting people every day&comma; would you&quest; Some people would recoil at the idea&semi; they take refuge in repeated comforts&period; The same coffee shop on the corner&comma; the same route to work every day&comma; the same bed at night … You get the idea&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Others would jump at the chance of constant excitement and newness&comma; and the digital revolution has now made it possible to turn that dream into a reality&period; When many of us can work online&comma; the whole world is out potential office&period; However&comma; if it is your dream to travel long-term&comma; do you have what it takes to realize it&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">You’ve Got to Be Self-Motivated<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">There are two kinds of motivation&colon; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">extrinsic and intrinsic<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&period; Extrinsic motivation focuses on external rewards&comma; whether that’s a trophy or praise from a boss&period; If you’re completing a task in order to get these sorts of rewards&comma; you’re being motivated by outside factors&period; Intrinsic motivation&comma; however&comma; is centered around your own internal drive to accomplish a task&period; This might be because you want to feel competent&comma; to distract yourself&comma; or simply because you are interested in the subject matter&period; These are internal rewards&comma; and you need to be motivated by them in you’re going to travel long-term&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">You’ll never be able to find work or stick to a schedule abroad if you need constant extrinsic motivation&period; While external motivators can be valuable&comma; intrinsic motivation is vital if you’re in an environment with constant distractions&period; The desire to see a task accomplished has to outweigh the desire to go sightseeing&comma; spending all your money pub crawling&comma; or talking to hostel friends &lpar;at least some of the time&rpar;&period; Extrinsic motivation will say that you need money in your bank account to finance your travels&comma; but&comma; more often than not&comma; it’s intrinsic motivation that will make that happen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">You’ve Got to Constantly Plan<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">If you are always on the move&comma; that means you’ve got a plan that needs a constant updating&period; While most people have some sort of schedule regarding errands &lpar;go grocery shopping weekly&comma; take out the trash every other day&comma; fill up the tank monthly&rpar;&comma; they also have the luxury of waiting for the reminder&period; This means that they can wait to run out of groceries&comma; the trash to overflow&comma; or for the gas light to come one&period; When you’re traveling&comma; this sort of behavior moves from careless to reckless&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">No matter if you’re traveling nationally or internationally&comma; you’ve got to take constant care to remain prepared&period; You have to take care to stay stocked on necessities&comma; though those travel lists will be different if you’re <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">on the road<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; hopping <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">between hostels<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; or even <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">backpacking<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> if you’re really hardcore&period; You’ve got to be continually checking these lists&comma; because while running out for a necessity in your hometown might be easy enough&comma; finding a place that sells sunscreen when you don’t know the area or the language can waste hours&period; In some cases&comma; like with medication or first aid&comma; it can be the difference between life and death&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Furthermore&comma; traveling itself necessitates a lot of planning&period; Most people don’t plan out how they’ll get to work the next day&semi; they just use the same means of transportation to travel the same route they did the day before&period; If you’re constantly traveling&comma; though&comma; a good portion of your day will be double-checking bus tickets&comma; confirming Airbnb reservations&comma; or researching your next destination&period; If this sounds torturous to you&comma; traveling long-term might not be for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">You’ve Got to Be Okay Being Alone<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Even if you’re going with someone else&comma; there’s a good chance you’ll have to split up at some point&period; When you’re traveling&comma; you’ve got to be confident relying on yourself&period; Sometimes&comma; you won’t even have an understanding of the city layout or cultural norms to help guide you&excl; Instead&comma; you’ve got to be resourceful&comma; relying on your own skills to get around&period; This can be extremely challenging for those who’ve always followed other’s expectations of what they’re &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;supposed to do&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Additionally&comma; you’ve got to be okay being alone&period; Society often <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">overemphasizes the importance of socialization<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> and understates how valuable alone time can be&period; While video chatting and messaging have made it possible to keep up connections with people from a distance&comma; nothing can really replace being there for the minutia of a loved one’s day&period; You’ll meet plenty of interesting people&comma; but will probably only form a few meaningful relationships&period; In the gaps between them&comma; you’ll only have yourself — but that doesn’t have to be depressing&excl; Being alone can give you time for self-reflection and relaxation&period; However&comma; if you shudder at the thought of being alone for an entire day&comma; then traveling might not be the best lifestyle choice&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Not everyone has what it takes to have a traveling lifestyle&comma; but it’s an invaluable choice for those who can handle it&period; Picking an <&sol;span><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;steps-on-how-to-build-an-ideal-lifestyle&sol;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">alternative lifestyle<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> can be overwhelming&comma; but before you decide whether or not to go for it&comma; consider if you could even handle it&period; This is a move you should consider very carefully before you set anything in stone&period; Take some time for some honest self-reflection to see if you have these qualities&period; Only then should you get serious about planning&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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