[2023-11-17] Day in the Life of a Digital Nomad [kkQIuEj8ThA]

Ever since I was a teenager, becoming a

digital nomad has always been a really big

dream of mine. The ability to make money

online and go wherever you want to,

whenever you want to, has always seemed

like the ultimate freedom in life. I tried

doing many things over the last 15 years

to be able to find the best way to make

money online. And, you know, so far for

the past 6 or 7 years, it's been working

out pretty well. I finally managed to

achieve my childhood dreams of becoming a

digital nomad. And I wanted to share with

you a day in my life as a digital nomad.

So usually I would wake up around 8 a.m.

in the morning. I don't like to wake up

too late, but I don't wake up super early

either. I like to begin my day by staring

out into the mountains. Surrounding

yourself with nature, trees, and the sound

of birds chirping really helps soothe my

soul. I don't really like to stare at

phones or computer screens straight away

from the beginning of the day, and I just

like to have my coffee and absorb in the

sounds of nature. It's nice to just enjoy

being in the moment without having any

distractions like phones and computers. I

like to remind myself how far I've come in

life, how much progress I've made, and

just be thankful and grateful that I'm

able to live this life that I always

wanted to. My parents were always kind of

unsupportive of my goals and dreams to

become a digital nomad. They always said

stuff like No, you can't live like that.

You've got to get a job. You've got to go

to school. And I'm really thankful that I

ignored everything they said. You know,

sometimes when you have a goal that seems

kind of crazy or not possible, the people

around you tend to be kind of negative.

They'll laugh at you. They'll try and

discourage you. And that's because they're

scared that you might succeed. They're

scared because if you succeed, then it

means they're going to be jealous because

they couldn't do what you're doing. Never

let people bring you down. Look at this

balcony, it's so nice. And then

the view— wow,

mountains, swimming pool.

You can hear the birds singing.

And then you have this sofa. Oh my God,

I want to live in a place with a balcony

like this. My balcony in my actual condo

apartment is like— I think it's like half

the size of this. Can't put any furniture

on it. So nice.

After I've had my coffee and I've finished

relaxing and getting mentally prepared for

the day, I like to do some exercise. I

usually do about 25 to 30 push-ups every

morning, and I've been doing this for

about 2 years now, and And I have noticed

quite a difference it makes in the

appearance of your upper body. It's also a

good way to mentally discipline your mind

because I really hate doing the push-ups.

It's not something I look forward to

because it hurts, but I force myself to do

it. And after I finish doing them, I feel

great. I feel like, okay, I've done the

most annoying part of the day. Now I have

the rest of the day to look forward to.

Something I'm very scared of is getting

really lazy, so lazy to the point that I

start neglecting basic things like my

personal hygiene or the tidiness or

cleanliness of my living environment. I

have to make sure that I keep on top of

things and I don't let myself become a

disgusting slob. You know, even if I stay

inside every day and don't really go out

much, that doesn't mean I can get lazy

about things like bathing and keeping

myself clean. I also like to do any

cleaning or tidying up that I have to do

in the apartment. I like to get all of

that done before lunchtime. I think it's

better to get these tiny chores out of the

way before you begin any kind of work or

any kind of project that's going to take a

lot of mental energy. When I declutter my

living environment, I feel like I'm also

decluttering my mind. After I finished my

coffee, my exercise, and my chores, I like

to go outside and have a walk. Being

surrounded by nature and doing some

physical activity such as walking really

helps get my blood flowing and gets my

creative juices flowing as well. It's easy

to forget about all of the ugliness and

the horrible stuff that's going on around

the world and the terrible lives that

millions of people have to lead. And you

become too obsessed over your own tiny

personal life problems to the point that

you forget how good your life actually is.

With the unstable nature of being a

digital nomad, you never really know when

this lifestyle is going to come to an end.

So I think it's important to really

appreciate it and enjoy it whilst you're

in the moment. So after I've done some

exercise and I've come back from my walk,

I like to make something for lunch. Now

you might think, you live in Thailand,

why don't you eat Thai food? They've got

so much amazing food there. Well, the

problem is I don't really like the food

here. I don't like spicy food, I don't

like very sweet food, and I just prefer my

own cooking. So I do like to cook. I do

enjoy the process of making food and

preparing the food. I like the concept of

Starting off with raw ingredients and then

turning that into something delicious and

beautiful. You can also save a lot of

money if you just cook your own food. You

can buy a lot more groceries and

ingredients and make a lot more food than

if you were just going to go to a

restaurant and spend money at restaurants.

Because when you go to a restaurant,

you're not only paying for the food,

you're also paying for the staff and the

rent and the upkeep of the restaurants and

the bills and electricity in the kitchen

and also the experience of the chefs and

the cooks. So when you cook for yourself,

you're removing all of that excess cost in

your meal. I find cooking to be a relaxing

and soothing process, and although it

takes a couple hours or maybe an hour to

create a meal, I never feel like I'm

wasting my time making food. I think it's

a great skill set to learn. Recently, I'm

quite into baking my own pies— apple pie,

chicken pie. A bad day spent baking is

better than a good day doing anything

else. Nothing quite says home like the

smell of baking. The smell of cinnamon,

sugar, apples cooking away slowly in the

air fryer. When you successfully weave

that beautiful lattice pattern into the

lid of the pie, there's just nothing

better.

So you might be wondering, when do I

actually do any work? When do I create

stuff? Well, after I finished all my

chores and my eating and my cleaning and

cooking, I'm finally ready to sit down and

do some work, which usually takes place at

around maybe 1 or 2 PM when I sit down and

do some editing for a video, or I do a

livestream, or maybe I go out and I film

some B-roll, such as the B-roll you saw in

this video today. I have to go out with my

camera or my phone camera and film some

B-roll and take some footage. And I also

have to spend some time writing out ideas

for videos, scripting videos, trying to

think of something to make a video about.

Isn't that easy. Some people think that

YouTube is not a proper job and it's just

like a hobby, not really work, but it

actually takes quite a lot of time to make

a good video. Even a simple video like

this one today took me about maybe 4 hours

to edit and film all the little segments

and add the voiceover and choose the

music. It is quite a time-consuming

process to make a good video for YouTube.

So I'll spend maybe 3 to 5 hours trying to

make a video, editing it, and then doing

all the other stuff like picking a title,

writing a description, making a thumbnail.

All of this takes quite a lot of time,

and if I'm seriously focusing on making a

good video for the day, it will take me

maybe all of the afternoon to finish it.

So when I finally finish editing my video

and I've done all my YouTube jobs, it's

usually around 5 PM or 6 PM, and that's

around the time when I like to relax and

play a bit of Rainbow Six, my favorite

video game ever. I don't know why, but

this game just never gets boring. I've got

over 7,000 playtime hours on this game,

and I've been playing it since around 2017

or 2016 maybe. And I just, I really love

this game. It's my favorite game. It makes

me feel really comfy and cozy inside, and

it just brings back great memories,

especially memories from 2018 or '19 when

I was living in Japan and I was having the

time of my life on YouTube and just living

in Japan in general. And I used to play

this game all the time back then as well.

And it's nice to see that even though

several years has passed, I still really

enjoy this game. Gaming can be very

addictive, and I try not to play games in

the morning because I'm worried I might

end up spending all day playing games. So

I try to only play games for a few hours

in the evening after I finished all my

jobs as a little treat, a reward. And then

it's back into the kitchen to make dinner.

I usually like to make my own food, like I

said earlier. This time I'm having fish

and chips. I usually watch Netflix whilst

having dinner, and then afterwards I'll

play a little bit more Rainbow Six before

getting ready to go to bed. And that is

pretty much everything that happens in a

usual day for me. I've been doing this for

quite a while now, and I like to have a

routine. I like to stick to the same kind

of routine and structure of my day because

it's just nice to go on to like autopilot

mode. You know what to do, you know how to

do it. You just have to get out of bed and

get the job done.