Technomads: Technology Enabled Nomads
Chris Dunphy & Cherie Ve Ard are exploring the confluence of full-time travel, technology, career and community; all while embracing nomadic serendipity.
Current adventure: Full time RVing in the USA in a 1961 Vintage Bus Conversion.
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<— Read Chapter 2: Affording Full Time Travel
We’re conditioned in our society to acquire stuff. Our culture and economy often seems to revolve around this quest. And no matter how large a space we have, we can easily fill that space with stuff. It seems to be a universal law – the amount of [...]
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I love the look on people’s faces when I tell them I’ve been no-poo for over 4 years now.
Once I get past the ‘ouch’ or ‘you should see a doctor about that’ or ‘add some fiber to your diet!’ comments – then I explain.
I haven’t used shampoo in over four years.
I think [...]
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<—- Read Chapter 1: Jobs, Careers and Income Sources for Travelers
Read Chapter 3: Purge your Stuff, Shed the Anchors —>
When you think of pursuing your dreams to ‘travel’ do you immediately imagine that the costs will be similar to what you might spend for a typical vacation or business trip?
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Many people have dreams of long term travel, something that is more than the typical 1-2 week vacation a couple times a year (or every couple of years!).
They crave a slower pace to more fully immerse themselves in different cultures and experiences. More opportunity to enjoy quality time with far flung friends and family. [...]
Continue Reading →Oftentimes when folks hear that we’ve been traveling full-time for so many years – we get the response of ‘You’re living my dream!’.
To which we of course reply ‘Then why aren’t you doing it too?’.
Over the years, we’ve compiled our responses to the common excuses that folks give us to that question, some [...]
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One of the most common things we get asked about is for advice on staying connected to the net while on the road. For us, staying connected to the internet is essential to our mobile livelyhood. Our business depends on it and we heavily utilize social networking online to keep connected with friends, family and [...]
Continue Reading →“It’s probably a question you’ve gotten a 1000 times…”
And what is that question? Usually it’s something along the lines of:
What career can I pursue to become location independent? What classes should I take to get skills to become a nomad? Should I sell my house at a loss, or rent it out? What [...]
Continue Reading →I test out consistently as a pretty extreme introvert, and I’ve actively worked my entire life to not allow that introversion to rule me by manifesting as shyness. These days, I generally consider myself an extroverted introvert when I’m in my comfort zone of being around a small group of like minded people. And I [...]
Continue Reading →I was at a loss for a blog topic this week, so I put out a call on Twitter & Facebook to see what folks where curious about asking us. We got lots of great questions!
One that surprised us was a follower who thought our monthly expenses that we log were shockingly high.
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Continue Reading →A week or so ago we were attending a small musical performance not far from our seasonal rental cottage on St. John. As entertainers often do to generate repoire and energy with their audience, the main singer asks where people are from.
He goes around the courtyard asking the short term tourists where they’re visiting [...]
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