The Digital Nomad Life

Naomi Tepper and Tre’ Grisby are the co-hosts and co-creators of the podcast Hop to It: Our Digital Nomad Journey. They are married empty-nesters who are slow-traveling through the Southwestern United States in search of home. Tre’ is a software developer and tech support dude; he is also a Shaman, light energy worker, and yoga hobbyist. Naomi, who also goes by Na (nay), is a creative solopreneur, author, and alchemist. 

In the wake of a pandemic-related layoff, instead of the status quo, they decided to alchemize this challenge into a positive change. In November 2021, they broke their Bay Area lease, bought a car, sold or put all of their stuff into storage, and hit the road in search of home. 

Episode highlights:

• Why you shouldn’t let fear hold you back
• Making an investment to move forward
• How to plan for living a nomadic life
• Being flexible in your lodging choices
• Learning to live with less
• How to meet people as a nomad
• Identifying what you care about in deciding where to call home
• Best advice: Breathwork meditation practice (Soulful Breathwork). Get past analysis paralysis, if it’s not an immediate yes then it’s a no.
• Habit that contributes to success: Meditation. Having a schedule and morning tasks.
• Recommended tool: Loudness.fm, WorldCoinIndex.com
• Recommended book: Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Links:

• Website: https://hoptoit.fm/
• Quiz: https://hoptoit.fm/what-type-of-digital-nomad-are-you-quiz

Quotes:

• “If we didn’t go in that moment, I’m not sure if we would ever have made this leap. There’s a good chance I would have just found another job in the Bay Area, kept doing what we do, and basically renewed our subscription to living there, even though we both knew for quite a few years that it wasn’t exactly the perfect place for us.”
• “It’s a search to find home. We wanted to stay long enough to really feel the city because a lot of people probably travel but the idea is that after about a month you start to really feel it and get uncomfortable and I think that’s part of knowing where you want to go.”
• “We’re doing a little bit of prescreening before we even pick where we’re going.”

Takeaways:

• Don’t let fear hold you back from chasing your dreams
• What feels like home is different for everyone
• Instead of thinking of the cost, think of the investment

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