Cinematic Life of a Digital Nomad
“A Tribute to The Mother Who Gave Life, A Tribute to The Soldier Who Saved Life”
Gone those days when 9 to 5 job was the only way towards success but not now. People are considering to work from home or the concept of remote work is evolving rapidly. Rise of online businesses, freelancing and remote work have created plenty of new opportunities. Travelling while working is new normal now hence remote work brings exciting opportunity with freedom to travel. These days people are giving more attention to explore new places, seeking adventures, and travel the world. Travelling is the most fulfilling experience a person can have and due to the globalization, it has become important to know how the world is.
Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty
What is Digital Nomadism?
Digital Nomadism is the way out to fill the pocket as well as the soul and it has become a trend in 21st century. A digital nomad is a person who works remotely while travelling the world using digital tools and technology and digital nomads work from anywhere, they want instead of staying and working at a same single location. Working from a beach or a café, just a laptop and stable internet connection needed to be a digital nomad. Rise of Digital Nomadism is occurring because of people who choose remote work. After the advent of technology, it has become very easy to blend your career with the freedom to travel the world and globalization is the need of the world these days for economic and individual growth.
Difference Between a Traditional Job Holder and a Digital Nomad:
Both serve the same purpose of making money for living but the digital nomadism is an emerging alternative for an office-based job. Both are different in the term of location, working hours, and lifestyle.
- Work Location: In traditional jobs, working location is set by the employer and the employee needs to adhere to the location of the work with less flexibility to move. In Digital Nomadism, the employee is allowed to work from anywhere instead of a defined location.
- Working Hours: working hours of traditional jobs are defined generally as from 9 to 5 with little flexibility. A digital nomad can work whenever they want but before the deadline. Here digital nomad gets the working hours flexibility.
- Job Security and Income Stability: Job security and Income stability are the benefits of a traditional job as income and job is secured plus the employee can get enjoy health insurance or retirement benefits. Job security is low in digital nomadism and income is fluctuating as it is based on contracts.
- Work-life Balance: In the traditional jobs, work life balance is defined by the company policies and company environment. The employee is not allowed to work from anywhere or they don’t have flexible hours so work-life balance is little low and if company policies are not better employees can feel dissatisfied.
- Social Network: In traditional job, employee can interact with colleagues or teammates face to face or can attend office functions or events. Digital nomads are connected to team members virtually there is no actual interaction between them but as digital nomads travel places to places, they meet new people very often and can broaden their network.
- Travelling: Employees in traditional jobs don’t get to travel more and their traveling is limited to business trips or vacations. Digital Nomads can travel wherever they want whenever they want and the exploration opportunities are endless.
- Type of Work: Traditional occupations are frequently found in sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, construction, and retail that demand a physical presence. These positions typically need in-person contacts with coworkers or clients. With precise job descriptions, well-defined responsibilities, and less daily variety, the function is frequently more rigidly structured. Digital nomad tasks can be performed remotely using digital tools and are usually dependent on technology. Software development, graphic design, content creation, digital marketing, web development, customer service, instruction, and consultancy are typical positions.
The scope of labor might vary greatly depending on the customer and the type of the job, as digital nomad positions are typically more task-oriented or project-based.
Career Options to Become a Digital Nomad:
- Freelance Writing
- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- Graphic Designing
- Education
- Language Services
- Photography
- Online Business
- Human Resource Management
- Music Techer
Benefits of Being a Digital Nomad:
- Flexible working hours and freedom to work from anywhere
- Travelling opportunities with the exposure to new cultures
- Can enjoy globalization
- Exposure to new communities and networking by meeting new people
- Less restrictions
- Work-life balance
Challenges:
- Continuous internet connection is needed
- Laptop is needed
- Sometimes need to go through visa issues
- Isolation sometimes
- Healthcare expenses
Final Thoughts:
Digital Nomadism is not for everyone…
There are benefits and drawbacks to both traditional and digital nomad jobs. Traditional jobs are as well important and best suited for those who desires a stable and secure job and digital nomadism is for those who respect their freedom, adventures, exploration more.
By: Shweta Manohar Lohar
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