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#11 | Chris Dodd | Of Chris the Freelancer | The Nomad on FIRE Podcast Show Notes
If you are interested in the digital nomad lifestyle you have to listen to this episode of The Nomad on FIRE Podcast!
Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer has been creating amazing content about the digital nomad lifestyle since 2016!
Guest Bio:
Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer is one of the biggest names in the digital nomad community.
Chris is a top teacher on Skillshare, where he teaches people Web Development to be able to work remotely.
He is also the author of the following books:
The Digital Nomad’s Guide To The World 2018: 14 Destinations. In-Depth Profiles
Last year he took a year off of traveling to focus on his career and getting into a productive and healthy routine. We discuss last year, how his views on the lifestyle have changed over time, his advice for aspiring nomads, his thoughts on FIRE Financial Independence Retire Early and so much more in this information-packed episode that you don’t want to miss!
Links Mentioned:
- Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer
- Chris on Youtube
- Chris on Instagram
- Chris is a top teacher on Skillshare
- Pieter Levels founder of Nomadlist.com
- Mitko Karshovski-THE 12 LESSONS OF DIGITAL NOMAD CHRISTMAS
- Michael Constable of Michael Wings It
- “I‘ve always felt that the FIRE movement has identified the correct problem, but provided a lousy solution” By Zach of Four Pillar Freedom
- Dreamlining Tim Ferriss
- The 4-Hour Workweek
- Sharon Tseung Youtube
- MY YEAR AS A DIGITAL NOMAD (2017)
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
- Riley from Livin That Life
Show Notes:
- Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer welcome to The Nomad on FIRE Podcast 01:20
- Chris’s background and how he started living the digital nomad lifestyle 03:35
- Chris’s background making videos and starting Chris the Freelancer 06:50
- Chris discusses taking time off from traveling in 2019 12:15
- What Chris learned during his year off of traveling 15:15
- Chris and I discuss that living a digital nomad lifestyle can be however you personally choose to design it and the benefit of having a routine that you have created and enjoyed 20:30
- Chris’s 2020 travel plans, and his wanting to spend more time in Europe 22:55
- Future for Chris the Freelancer 27:30
- Chris and I discuss some of the issues that come with working on your passion full-time 29:00
- Chris’s various businesses, passive income streams and how he’s streamlined over the years 31:35
- Chris’s budget as a digital nomad and how he takes advantage of geoarbitrage 36:00
- Chris and I discuss the cost of living in Chiang Mai, Thailand 37:50
- Financial Independence Retire Early or the FIRE Community 39:00
- Dreamlining, designing your ideal lifestyle and The 4-Hour Workweek 43:20
- Chris’s perspective on being a generalist and having a wide range of skills. 50:20
- Chris and I discuss finding friends and building community as a digital nomad and why Chris is passionate about the Digital Nomad Lifestyle 55:35
- What Chris has learned about himself living the digital nomad lifestyle 1:00:50
- Chris’s advice for any aspiring digital nomads 1:07:00
- Chris and I discuss our current digital nomad routines 1:11:10
- #1 Takeaway from today 1:17:30
- Where to find Chris online 1:21:00
- And much more…
Significant quotes:
- I just can’t work from home 10:40
- I don’t live this lifestyle to avoid an office, I do it for other reasons like being in different cities and geoarbitrage 11:20
- Stuff like career and getting into a healthy routine with fitness, often is easier when you’re in the one place and you’re settled 14:55
- Self-awareness is the biggest lesson 15:50
- Its a certain type of person who gravitates towards this digital nomad lifestyle 16:25
- It doesn’t have to be one or the other 18:00
- As a creative, I don’t want to put too much financial pressure on making videos, cause it is my creative outlet 27:50
- I never want to feel pressured to make a video that I don’t want to make 28:50
- I got my work and I got my passion and I’m cool with it 31:00
- Right now the main thing that’s working for me is being a teacher on Skillshare.com 33:05
- Skillshare and Youtube are pretty much the main ones 34:50
- Skillshare you make about 100 times more per minute than Youtube 35:00
- Its crazy to a lot of people but I track absolutely everything I spend 36:10
- It’s not the freedom, its the passion 48:00
- You just need to see how other people live in the world 1:02:20
- Being a digital nomad is not a career 1:07:00
- I’m so open-minded to anything 1:18:50
- And much much more…
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