1. 2.11 How to Be a Digital Nomad with Kayla Ihrig WFHForever.com 32:13

Meet Kayla, a passionate digital nomad, discussing her life-changing journey and upcoming book, “How to Be a Digital Nomad.” Kayla shares her experiences, including meeting her husband on the road, embracing the challenges, and building a remote work lifestyle.

Key Points:

  1. Inspiration for Travel: Kayla’s desire to escape the mundane and avoid the trap of waiting for weekends and vacations fueled her journey into the digital nomad lifestyle.
  2. Fear of Complacency: A pivotal moment at work made Kayla realize the danger of wishing away life. Remote work offered a way to be mindful and intentional in designing her own life.
  3. Traveling Solo: Starting in Mexico, Kayla ventured through eight countries, learning, working, and immersing herself in diverse cultures.
  4. Meeting Her Husband: Spanish school in Guatemala led to unexpected connections, and Kayla found love on the road. They established a home base in the Netherlands before going fully nomadic again.
  5. Balancing Work and Travel: Kayla emphasizes the need to visualize working while traveling, dispelling the misconception of a perpetual vacation.
  6. Upcoming Book – “How to Be a Digital Nomad”: A practical guide with a memoir touch, featuring stories of digital nomads spanning five decades, offering valuable insights and tips for aspiring nomads.

Kayla’s new book, “How to Be a Digital Nomad,” is set to release on January 30th, 2024. Available on major platforms, including Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble.

🌐 Connect with Kayla on her website

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Don is a serial podcaster and currently the producer and host of Work From Home Forever, a podcast highlighting remote employees and their engaging stories of furthering their careers and maintaining work/life balance. Don discovered his love for audio content creation in the 80's, when he and his brother would pretend they were DJ's and record voiceovers on cassette tapes. This passion was later reignited when he and his son created The Middle School Mind, a podcast to discuss a middle schoolers' perspective on the adolescent years.