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The Ultimate “How to Become a Digital Nomad” Test with Chris Backe- TRP: 024

Take the test to see if you are ready to become a digital nomad!

If you’re starting out, there are steps you can take to reveal whether becoming a digital nomad can work for you!
Book a flight to a different town within your country.

Get an Airbnb or hotel, pack your life into one carry-on and one luggage, and try living out of it for 2 weeks or a month.

Assess the pros and cons for yourself. Is the remote lifestyle truly for you?

Chris Backe offers step by step instructions to help you transition into a fully paid digital nomad in his book, “Becoming a Digital Nomad.”

You’ll learn:

How to make a name for yourself through consistency
Hack the 90 day visa by “ping ponging” back and forth western and Eastern Europe (Schengen Area)
8 Steps to Going Remote:
- 1. Focus on knowing what you want, understanding the person you are
- 2. Knowing your limitation
- 3. Making money
- 4. Get affairs in order
- 5. Gear up and slim down
- 6. Move and settle in
- 7. Enjoying your new life
- 8. Coming home
Emotional Baggage follows you no matter where you move to
You can’t change the system, but you also don’t have to be apart of it
Which do you prefer…?:
- Living a life where you know exactly what to do, day in and day out. Everything you do builds up other people’s business?
- Or go take up the challenges and build your own business? (I know which one I’d rather have)

Chris Backe:

Graduated in 2004, spend the next 3 years doing BORING and UNFULFILLING jobs until he found an opportunity to teach English in Korea! While teaching in Korea, he taught himself new skills like photography and writing. Within a year, he moved to Chiang Mai with his new wife leaving English teaching behind. He began writing books to empower digital nomads to make the smoothest transition possible. He is also a web developer, board game designer, and a coach! He has been successfully working remotely for 6 years.

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