REVIEW . THE BOOK TO GET YOU STARTED Chris Backe’s book “ Becoming a Digital Nomad ” is the only starter kit you need to launch your new lifestyle. It’s full of practical advice, extensive resources and holistic information. You get to know the personal stories of dozens of creative people worldwide who gave up their 9–5 existence in order to move freely through the world. Chris covers every aspect you need to consider and includes a series of thoughtful hands-on worksheets that walk you through the process of preparing your own launch plan. When you read Chris’s book, it becomes clear that he’s been at digital nomading some time and he deeply understands the lifestyle. He starts the book covering the history of the term, which first emerged with Tim Ferriss’s 2007 bestseller, “The 4-Hour Workweek,” and has grown to the point that statisticians now predict that by 2035, 1 trillion people will be digital nomads . How do you know when’s the right time to heed adventure’s call? “There’s no such thing as the absolute ‘perfect time,’ but there may be signs it could be the right time. Who might be sending those signs? Your family, your job, your friends, or maybe even the universe itself.” For many nomads, an important life event or change sparks their nomadism. He cites the famous Anaïs Nin quote as a figurative litmus test for when the time is right: “And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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