St Marteen-From Monk To (Time) Millionaire
Roam Sweet Roam
A Digital Nomad's Journey Around the World
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The Joy in the Freedom of Losing Everything!
Every day you have to go out of your mind in order to come to your senses. Furthermore, a fool who persists in his folly becomes either wise or other wise.
It has never been about resources, but more about resourcefulness. We're never too poor to buy our freedom. In fact, we are all "time millionaires" and when we choose to "spend" this commodity, the less we put a cash value on travel, and the less we think that money is what we need to have an adventure and live, and the less we associate money with life in general.
Whoever put that thought virus or meme in my head—the idea that my personal freedom was for sale, something I had to purchase, and that travelling took a lot of money was wrong. There is nothing more satisfying than saying—I TOLD YOU SO.
I'm living my dream of PT-Permanent Travel, also known as "Mini Retirements". I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list. As I document this adventure, this round-the-world travelogue, I say to myself "Roam Sweet Roam".
Home is Not Where My Heart Is, But Where My Computer Is
I remain a digital nomad, where Anywhere becomes @nyware, location neutral, as there is no such thing as a bad piece of real estate when you use technology and social media. Sailing in The Caribbean Ocean—I am in the middle of nowhere, but the center of everything, thanks to a reliable high-speed Internet connection.
I am doing pretty much everything I would do in the USA, only with economies of scale, at a less greater cost. Consequently, I call home a feeling not a place—I've never confused a street address for where I actually lived. My destinations have never been places, but new ways of seeing things: the journeys themselves have been the destinations.
Life is a journey of discovery, where every destination teaches us something new about ourselves. When you embrace the unknown, you find that home isn't a place—it's a state of mind, a feeling of freedom that travels with you wherever you go.
Failure IS the option, a necessary ingredient for success. The culture of perfectionism, however, won't make room for the uncomfortable subject. The failure factory begins in that ponzi scheme called higher education—a means to prey on the poor, instead of pulling people up by their boot straps.
Ready to start your own adventure?
The world is waiting—pack light, dream big, and roam free!