lifestyle

Traveling with Purpose

Whether it is for a short 2 weeks vacation, a 3-6 months sabbatical from the office or even if travel has become your lifestyle, there is no shortage of beautiful places in the world to visit. Most of the time people will pick a destination because it is “trendy” or because one of their friends recommended it to them. Very few people will actually ask themselves what they want out of a travel experience before picking the destination after some introspection.

In other words, we rarely start with “our why” we want to travel but rather focus merely on the “what” or the “how” expecting the magic to happen once on site (check out this great book from Simon Sinek to get more insights on this topic).

This lack of self examination can lead to dissatisfaction in many areas of life. Like going to college, getting married, buying a house or even having kids without asking ourselves first and foremost if these are things we really need to live a truly fulfilled life. 

In this article, we will explore why it is important to travel with purpose and provide some ideas to get you started. If you’re seeking some inspiration and want to go beyond checking off a travel itinerary, this post is for you!

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By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago
Reflections

Pros and cons of a nomadic lifestyle

About a year ago, we decided to quit our regular jobs, give up our lovely apartment in San Francisco and sell all of our possessions to become nomadic and enjoy travel as part of our lifestyle. We have been embracing slow travel, minimalism and a nomadic lifestyle for a year so we thought that it was a good time to reflect on the past year. In this blog post, we will discuss the pros and cons of a nomadic lifestyle and hope this will give you a full perspective if you are interested in pursuing this lifestyle. 

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By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago

Finding a GPS to help you navigate towards your ultimate journey

This is a pretty dense lifestyle article, which is a follow up on our origin story. If you aren’t into lifestyle design, feel free to skip and check out one of our destination report instead!

One of the benefit of slow travel for me can be quantified by the number books I’ve been able to read since we embarked on our nomadic journey. I recently discovered Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, a thought-provoking odyssey through human history. While I won’t go too much into the book in this post, the author go in length to explains how humans see the world is mostly defined by the stories we create for ourselves. This reminded me about the Hero’s Journey that Vicki Robin (author of New York Times Bestseller Your Money or Your Life) introduced to us when we met her at the Chautauqua Retreat in Ecuador (back in 2017). It is a wonderful self transformation template that can be used by anyone looking to design their best life so I felt like it was worth sharing. Are you ready to follow your bliss?

(author of New York Times Bestseller Your Money or Your Life) introduced to us when we met her at the Chautauqua Retreat in Ecuador (back in 2017). It is a wonderful self transformation template that can be used by anyone looking to design their best life so I felt like it was worth sharing. Are you ready to follow your bliss?

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By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago

Minimalism (or how to live a more fulfilled life with less)

Mrs Nomad Numbers and I are both avid explorers who decided to embrace our passion for travel by making the world our home. By deciding to become nomads, we had to figure out what to do with our apartment in San Francisco and all the “stuff” we had accumulated over the years that were slowly (but surely) cluttering our place! This articles discusses the options we considered, the one we picked. We also discuss what was the transition like and how this lifestyle change affected our lives. So let’s dig into the art of decluttering and how becoming aspiring minimalists changed us for the better!

By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago