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A glimpse of the digital nomad lifestyle | Saurav Arya | TEDxRVCE


as a little kid I always imagined that

as a little kid I always imagined that one day I would run up this is a picture

one day I would run up this is a picture

one day I would run up this is a picture of beautified elder brother and as you

of beautified elder brother and as you

of beautified elder brother and as you can see I’m all geared up to run towards

can see I’m all geared up to run towards

can see I’m all geared up to run towards the distant horizon that caught my

the distant horizon that caught my

the distant horizon that caught my attention I never got a real chance to

attention I never got a real chance to

attention I never got a real chance to run away as a kid you know how

run away as a kid you know how

run away as a kid you know how protective parents are but when I grew

protective parents are but when I grew

protective parents are but when I grew up I pursued my engineering and then I

up I pursued my engineering and then I

up I pursued my engineering and then I started working as a sufficient

started working as a sufficient

started working as a sufficient professional it was a regular

professional it was a regular

professional it was a regular nine-to-five jobs and very soon I

nine-to-five jobs and very soon I

nine-to-five jobs and very soon I started getting bored of the monotony of

started getting bored of the monotony of

started getting bored of the monotony of Magpies and then one day I stumbled upon

Magpies and then one day I stumbled upon

Magpies and then one day I stumbled upon this coat the real betrayal is

this coat the real betrayal is

this coat the real betrayal is forgetting yourself and this reminded me

forgetting yourself and this reminded me

forgetting yourself and this reminded me of my childhood dream that is to break

of my childhood dream that is to break

of my childhood dream that is to break free and explode the world so I feel

free and explode the world so I feel

free and explode the world so I feel that probably this is the right time to

that probably this is the right time to

that probably this is the right time to break free from the 9 to 5 and do what I

break free from the 9 to 5 and do what I

break free from the 9 to 5 and do what I really wanted that is to store the world

really wanted that is to store the world

really wanted that is to store the world so I break up with 9 to 5 and I decided

so I break up with 9 to 5 and I decided

so I break up with 9 to 5 and I decided to travel for a year in search of

to travel for a year in search of

to travel for a year in search of fulfillment creative freedom and

fulfillment creative freedom and

fulfillment creative freedom and spiritual growth I call that here a year

spiritual growth I call that here a year

spiritual growth I call that here a year full of Sundays because the idea was

full of Sundays because the idea was

full of Sundays because the idea was live every day of that year like a leave

live every day of that year like a leave

live every day of that year like a leave my country no work no boss no

my country no work no boss no

my country no work no boss no subordinate just go with the flow and

subordinate just go with the flow and

subordinate just go with the flow and explore so I started that here with

explore so I started that here with

explore so I started that here with first circumnavigating India then I went

first circumnavigating India then I went

first circumnavigating India then I went to Southeast Asia East Africa and China

to Southeast Asia East Africa and China

to Southeast Asia East Africa and China and I need all of this travel on

and I need all of this travel on

and I need all of this travel on extremely shoestring budget on a

extremely shoestring budget on a

extremely shoestring budget on a youthful day I used to spend close to

youthful day I used to spend close to

youthful day I used to spend close to just $5 I’m sure you you would be

just $5 I’m sure you you would be

just $5 I’m sure you you would be surprised how is that possible son I

surprised how is that possible son I

surprised how is that possible son I just explained you have a lot of places

just explained you have a lot of places

just explained you have a lot of places I hitchhiked which i think is a great

I hitchhiked which i think is a great

I hitchhiked which i think is a great way to get from point A to B and it’s

way to get from point A to B and it’s

way to get from point A to B and it’s boring you see at many of the places

boring you see at many of the places

boring you see at many of the places that’s me hitchhiking in emotions I use

that’s me hitchhiking in emotions I use

that’s me hitchhiking in emotions I use couchsurfing to stay wherever I went I

couchsurfing to stay wherever I went I

couchsurfing to stay wherever I went I would have to knock out surfing can you

would have to knock out surfing can you

would have to knock out surfing can you raise your hand how many of you don’t

raise your hand how many of you don’t

raise your hand how many of you don’t know

know

know okay so those who don’t know of it it’s

okay so those who don’t know of it it’s

okay so those who don’t know of it it’s a hospitality network where you can meet

a hospitality network where you can meet

a hospitality network where you can meet other travelers and you can send that

other travelers and you can send that

other travelers and you can send that request to stay with them so it’s a

request to stay with them so it’s a

request to stay with them so it’s a great way to meet travelers and a great

great way to meet travelers and a great

great way to meet travelers and a great way to to cultural exchange so that’s me

way to to cultural exchange so that’s me

way to to cultural exchange so that’s me with my host Kapoor in Budapest I send

with my host Kapoor in Budapest I send

with my host Kapoor in Budapest I send him a couch requesting that I want to

him a couch requesting that I want to

him a couch requesting that I want to stay at your place and I noticed that he

stay at your place and I noticed that he

stay at your place and I noticed that he loves Indian curry so I offered him that

loves Indian curry so I offered him that

loves Indian curry so I offered him that I’ll cook Indian curry for you and that

I’ll cook Indian curry for you and that

I’ll cook Indian curry for you and that worked a lot of places during my travels

worked a lot of places during my travels

worked a lot of places during my travels I my partner so that’s me in a remote

I my partner so that’s me in a remote

I my partner so that’s me in a remote village in Rajasthan and I need that get

village in Rajasthan and I need that get

village in Rajasthan and I need that get a balloon in return of the meat that it

a balloon in return of the meat that it

a balloon in return of the meat that it costs so the entire year present world

costs so the entire year present world

costs so the entire year present world was full of such incredible experience

was full of such incredible experience

was full of such incredible experience and moments and that by the end of the

and moments and that by the end of the

and moments and that by the end of the year I felt that my life is crap with so

year I felt that my life is crap with so

year I felt that my life is crap with so many interesting experiences that I said

many interesting experiences that I said

many interesting experiences that I said that I don’t want to go back to

that I don’t want to go back to

that I don’t want to go back to nine-to-five ever again I started

nine-to-five ever again I started

nine-to-five ever again I started looking for options that how I can

looking for options that how I can

looking for options that how I can sustain my life of nomadic life of being

sustain my life of nomadic life of being

sustain my life of nomadic life of being on the move and keep traveling the way I

on the move and keep traveling the way I

on the move and keep traveling the way I hope in fact so then I feel that they

hope in fact so then I feel that they

hope in fact so then I feel that they must give it just working and taking

must give it just working and taking

must give it just working and taking vacations is not a bully way to live and

vacations is not a bully way to live and

vacations is not a bully way to live and I figured that usually for the first

I figured that usually for the first

I figured that usually for the first twenty five of years of our life we

twenty five of years of our life we

twenty five of years of our life we spend learning then forty years of our

spend learning then forty years of our

spend learning then forty years of our life we spend working and then at the

life we spend working and then at the

life we spend working and then at the end of end of it we retire and most of

end of end of it we retire and most of

end of end of it we retire and most of us will push our dreams to the

us will push our dreams to the

us will push our dreams to the retirement age believe a life of

retirement age believe a life of

retirement age believe a life of drudgery making ourselves believe that

drudgery making ourselves believe that

drudgery making ourselves believe that maybe we will enjoy a retirement but it

maybe we will enjoy a retirement but it

maybe we will enjoy a retirement but it doesn’t happen that a lot of us we we

doesn’t happen that a lot of us we we

doesn’t happen that a lot of us we we did for the entire default riding we

did for the entire default riding we

did for the entire default riding we read for the entire year for summer and

read for the entire year for summer and

read for the entire year for summer and we fit for the entire land line for

we fit for the entire land line for

we fit for the entire land line for happiness but I’m sure that’s not the

happiness but I’m sure that’s not the

happiness but I’m sure that’s not the only way making a living and making a

only way making a living and making a

only way making a living and making a life doesn’t have to point towards

life doesn’t have to point towards

life doesn’t have to point towards opposite directions

opposite directions

opposite directions don’t you think it will be better to

don’t you think it will be better to

don’t you think it will be better to combine work and life together

combine work and life together

combine work and life together so I

so I

so I that one way to combine work and life

that one way to combine work and life

that one way to combine work and life together is to be a digital nomad this

together is to be a digital nomad this

together is to be a digital nomad this Shulamite is a term used for all those

Shulamite is a term used for all those

Shulamite is a term used for all those people who leverage technology to work

people who leverage technology to work

people who leverage technology to work remotely

remotely

remotely while living a nomadic lifestyle so

while living a nomadic lifestyle so

while living a nomadic lifestyle so these are individuals with all different

these are individuals with all different

these are individuals with all different skill sets a lot of them are developers

skill sets a lot of them are developers

skill sets a lot of them are developers designers they’re doctors a lot of

designers they’re doctors a lot of

designers they’re doctors a lot of they’ll have made traveling they pretend

they’ll have made traveling they pretend

they’ll have made traveling they pretend job by being a youtuber or social-media

job by being a youtuber or social-media

job by being a youtuber or social-media influencer or a blogger and they come

influencer or a blogger and they come

influencer or a blogger and they come from all different parts of the world so

from all different parts of the world so

from all different parts of the world so there are a claps of fish nomads who

there are a claps of fish nomads who

there are a claps of fish nomads who work from places like Bali Chiang Mai

work from places like Bali Chiang Mai

work from places like Bali Chiang Mai Bangkok and and they’re working and

Bangkok and and they’re working and

Bangkok and and they’re working and traveling at same time a lot of them

traveling at same time a lot of them

traveling at same time a lot of them they have they have a full-time job when

they have they have a full-time job when

they have they have a full-time job when they have convinced their boss to allow

they have convinced their boss to allow

they have convinced their boss to allow them to work remotely a lot of them have

them to work remotely a lot of them have

them to work remotely a lot of them have been told by little business to to work

been told by little business to to work

been told by little business to to work remotely because a lot of businesses

remotely because a lot of businesses

remotely because a lot of businesses feel that it’s better to allow their

feel that it’s better to allow their

feel that it’s better to allow their employees to be on the move they can

employees to be on the move they can

employees to be on the move they can also save a lot of costs in like office

also save a lot of costs in like office

also save a lot of costs in like office rent and also they make sure that

rent and also they make sure that

rent and also they make sure that employees are

employees are

employees are enjoying their life so I feel that

enjoying their life so I feel that

enjoying their life so I feel that that’s what I need to do if I want to

that’s what I need to do if I want to

that’s what I need to do if I want to sustain by nomadic life I have always

sustain by nomadic life I have always

sustain by nomadic life I have always been interested into design so excited

been interested into design so excited

been interested into design so excited visual content design agency impressive

visual content design agency impressive

visual content design agency impressive infographics and then the work was no

infographics and then the work was no

infographics and then the work was no longer a place for me so this dish

longer a place for me so this dish

longer a place for me so this dish automatic life in Apple mean to travel

automatic life in Apple mean to travel

automatic life in Apple mean to travel to almost 50% we in the next five years

to almost 50% we in the next five years

to almost 50% we in the next five years and I had some of the most mind-bending

and I had some of the most mind-bending

and I had some of the most mind-bending trips during these years only when I’ve

trips during these years only when I’ve

trips during these years only when I’ve been to Iran I realize that it’s it’s

been to Iran I realize that it’s it’s

been to Iran I realize that it’s it’s just amazing controller things that we

just amazing controller things that we

just amazing controller things that we read about this country online is

read about this country online is

read about this country online is completely wrong if you read on the

completely wrong if you read on the

completely wrong if you read on the mainstream media audience is Quran in

mainstream media audience is Quran in

mainstream media audience is Quran in the unsafe and a lot of countries don’t

the unsafe and a lot of countries don’t

the unsafe and a lot of countries don’t advise you to go there but when I went

advise you to go there but when I went

advise you to go there but when I went there it some of the most hospitable

there it some of the most hospitable

there it some of the most hospitable people and I thought gee PC

people and I thought gee PC

people and I thought gee PC I thought the best sunset of my life in

I thought the best sunset of my life in

I thought the best sunset of my life in Baraka Philippines met Masai people in

Baraka Philippines met Masai people in

Baraka Philippines met Masai people in Kenya and I pretended to be a Masai

Kenya and I pretended to be a Masai

Kenya and I pretended to be a Masai myself I saw the best landscape of my

myself I saw the best landscape of my

myself I saw the best landscape of my life in Kyrgyzstan by the way you can’t

life in Kyrgyzstan by the way you can’t

life in Kyrgyzstan by the way you can’t take a bad picture and get response just

take a bad picture and get response just

take a bad picture and get response just click anywhere that’s me at the world’s

click anywhere that’s me at the world’s

click anywhere that’s me at the world’s lowest point on earth any gets very bad

lowest point on earth any gets very bad

lowest point on earth any gets very bad right and that’s me crossing one of the

right and that’s me crossing one of the

right and that’s me crossing one of the world’s most remotest fast that is

world’s most remotest fast that is

world’s most remotest fast that is between Korea and China that’s dedicated

between Korea and China that’s dedicated

between Korea and China that’s dedicated on bus

on bus

on bus so it’s this puzzle so we put that on

so it’s this puzzle so we put that on

so it’s this puzzle so we put that on any single day I need to know how people

any single day I need to know how people

any single day I need to know how people go through this path and when I was

go through this path and when I was

go through this path and when I was going through with with my fellow

going through with with my fellow

going through with with my fellow intimate friends the occasion of the

intimate friends the occasion of the

intimate friends the occasion of the Pakistani side he he asked us to wait

Pakistani side he he asked us to wait

Pakistani side he he asked us to wait wait there and he had so many questions

wait there and he had so many questions

wait there and he had so many questions for us like we spent hours telling our

for us like we spent hours telling our

for us like we spent hours telling our stories he told me that probably or the

stories he told me that probably or the

stories he told me that probably or the first Indian I am seeing who is crossing

first Indian I am seeing who is crossing

first Indian I am seeing who is crossing this this border and I told him that it

this this border and I told him that it

this this border and I told him that it used to operate many are coming that’s

used to operate many are coming that’s

used to operate many are coming that’s he was fired this city from the sea

he was fired this city from the sea

he was fired this city from the sea so after living the dishes of Maddock

so after living the dishes of Maddock

so after living the dishes of Maddock life I felt that a lot of drink that we

life I felt that a lot of drink that we

life I felt that a lot of drink that we have of going to exotic locations are

have of going to exotic locations are

have of going to exotic locations are giving time for hobbies is not limited

giving time for hobbies is not limited

giving time for hobbies is not limited only for the super-rich people if you

only for the super-rich people if you

only for the super-rich people if you make your top people you’ll have access

make your top people you’ll have access

make your top people you’ll have access to all these places evening at the same

to all these places evening at the same

to all these places evening at the same time I would like to say that this

time I would like to say that this

time I would like to say that this lifestyle is not at all perfect there

lifestyle is not at all perfect there

lifestyle is not at all perfect there are some challenges as well for example

are some challenges as well for example

are some challenges as well for example if you live in addition imagine life at

if you live in addition imagine life at

if you live in addition imagine life at times it can be extremely distracting to

times it can be extremely distracting to

times it can be extremely distracting to work from a very scenic place like a

work from a very scenic place like a

work from a very scenic place like a beautiful landscape you want to happen

beautiful landscape you want to happen

beautiful landscape you want to happen to be productive all the time a lot of

to be productive all the time a lot of

to be productive all the time a lot of times it’s extremely intuitive because

times it’s extremely intuitive because

times it’s extremely intuitive because maybe you’ll be meeting a lot of friends

maybe you’ll be meeting a lot of friends

maybe you’ll be meeting a lot of friends making friends but

making friends but

making friends but end of it you’ll be alone and will have

end of it you’ll be alone and will have

end of it you’ll be alone and will have to be self-motivated in order to keep

to be self-motivated in order to keep

to be self-motivated in order to keep keep going a lot of times you’ll have

keep going a lot of times you’ll have

keep going a lot of times you’ll have difficulty explaining your life choices

difficulty explaining your life choices

difficulty explaining your life choices to dear ones because they are so used to

to dear ones because they are so used to

to dear ones because they are so used to complete life and they would expect you

complete life and they would expect you

complete life and they would expect you to do the same you remember this

to do the same you remember this

to do the same you remember this this child code whenever we used to do

this child code whenever we used to do

this child code whenever we used to do things that our parents don’t like you a

things that our parents don’t like you a

things that our parents don’t like you a question is that would you jump off the

question is that would you jump off the

question is that would you jump off the bridge if your friends but also the idea

bridge if your friends but also the idea

bridge if your friends but also the idea was don’t do stupid things just because

was don’t do stupid things just because

was don’t do stupid things just because others are weak but as you grow up it’s

others are weak but as you grow up it’s

others are weak but as you grow up it’s like a table is turned when you do

like a table is turned when you do

like a table is turned when you do things that you want to they would say

things that you want to they would say

things that you want to they would say hey everyone is jumping off the bridge

hey everyone is jumping off the bridge

hey everyone is jumping off the bridge wire and you but remember the real

wire and you but remember the real

wire and you but remember the real betrayal is forgetting yourself so don’t

betrayal is forgetting yourself so don’t

betrayal is forgetting yourself so don’t jump off the bridge if you don’t feel

jump off the bridge if you don’t feel

jump off the bridge if you don’t feel like I’m not sure by now if you have

like I’m not sure by now if you have

like I’m not sure by now if you have already made your mind to be rich – no

already made your mind to be rich – no

already made your mind to be rich – no matter or not I don’t know if this

matter or not I don’t know if this

matter or not I don’t know if this lesson is suitable for you but I feel

lesson is suitable for you but I feel

lesson is suitable for you but I feel that one way to figure it out is to walk

that one way to figure it out is to walk

that one way to figure it out is to walk to the horizon jump off the cliff and

to the horizon jump off the cliff and

to the horizon jump off the cliff and spread your wings on the video

spread your wings on the video

spread your wings on the video [Applause]

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