[Interview #012] Being Nomadic Through Financial Investments | Experiencing Time Scarcity

FI Guy and FI Girl, a husband and wife team sharing their journey to financial freedom and beyond through their blog ​FIHeroes.com​. They were both IT / Finance managers in fortune 500 companies with the shared goals of becoming financially independent and retiring early so they could travel the world. Last year (2019), before their 38th birthdays, they reached both of these goals and not only did they leave their corporate jobs but they also sold their home and just about everything in it, sold one of their two cars and traveled across the country to their new home base in Florida, USA.

Cost of Nomad Living in Taipei during the coronavirus

In this post, we will take a look at our past month of expenses and share what our cost of living in Taipei has been during this pandemic so far. We will also check to see how we are doing towards our new yearly budget goal for 2020 that we recently decreased from $30K to $20K. Are you ready to escape the day to day and take an early look at the cost of living in Taipei, Taiwan?

Pivoting as nomads & living on $20K a year in a time of crisis

No one saw this coming for 2020 and like many others, we had to throw our plans for the year out the window. Everyone is going through their unique challenges during this time. For us, as nomads, it’s dealing with the challenge of where to live and keeping our expenses low. Although it feels uneasy to not have a proper place to call home during this time, we do have flexibility working in our favor so we can explore a few options. We will review both our nomadic and financial plans and share how our nomadic lifestyle still gives us options even in such unprecedented times.