Originally posted on January 26, 2018 @ 8:32 pm
It can be fun thinking that you will be happy traveling around your state, country, or the world for various work and entertainment purposes. You have nothing holding you down. Your responsibilities are covered by the fact that you are connected to the Internet. Everything is awesome. Everything is flexible, fluid, and exciting.
But at some point, there may be a desire to slow down. Even if you have the best mobile job in the world, or you love seeing new places, eventually the trials of the road may catch up to you. And that’s when it’s not a bad time to sit back and take stock of what it means to be in one place for a minute. You can think about topics like home mortgages, remote but geographically stable work, the benefits of a strong virtual network, and how physical stability can help once you decide it’s time to start archiving and backing up all of your experiences on the road.
Understanding Home Mortgages
When you’re done traveling the circuit, one of your first thoughts might be to purchase a home. And to do that, you have to understand home mortgages. Unless you save up a lot of cash while you are out gallivanting, you won’t be able to pay hands down for a new residence. That’s why you have to get into home loans, mortgage rates, and all of the other details regarding ownership.
Keeping the Benefits of Remote Work
And just because you slow down, that doesn’t mean you need to give up your remote work. It just means that you will be working remotely from somewhere that you stay consistently. In fact, a lot of jobs that not that long ago were considered office jobs that required you to be at a building, now have a lot of flexibility concerning remote work. It just makes more economic sense for businesses and employees.
Maintaining a Strong Virtual Network
A big part of traveling around for work and entertainment is the excitement of face-to-face networking. But just because you’re not jet-setting, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep a strong network. Now, you’ll have to rely more on social media and things like video calls to get the kind of interactions that you’re looking for though. Keeping your network strong is vital even if you’re not meeting people for coffee and a sandwich anymore.
Archives and Backups for Data
The chances are that you’ve been collecting emails, photos, messages, videos, and all sorts of other things from your travels, and keeping them in various types of storage. They might be on your cell phone hard drive. They could be on some external hard drives that you have. You might use Dropbox or iCloud. But once you start slowing down, it’s time to really take stock of all of those things and create a robust archival system for yourself. It might take some time to organize it, but after you’re done, all of the interesting things you’ve done your adventures will be searchable, safe, and in the same place.