How You Can Travel The World For a Living With The Best Remote-Living Careers
Another Monday rolls around and you’re sitting at work wondering how the hell you’re going to leave this cubicle. You’re scrolling through Instagram wondering what the hell these “beach bums” do for a living, while working from tiki huts with coconut in hand from Bali…
Vacation days only get you so far each year, and it’s hard to decide which getaways make the cut.
What if you could work, pursue your passion and travel the world simultaneously?
It’s estimated that 17 million aspire to be Digital Nomads, with the current true standing at 4.6 million.
Technology has allowed us to not only pack up our laptop and work from home, but also, anywhere in the world - within the limits of wifi.
Let your creative side run wild with these flexible, remote careers, where you can work a range anywhere from 5-40 hours/week.
Enjoy every single second of what you do and where you do it.
Content Creation
Are you a graphic designing, copy writer, or social media strategist?
I know all the above sounds VERY broad, but there are so many website that help support these contract positions that many companies are looking to fulfil roles in.
There are so many roles in this category from email marketing, social media strategy, blog writing, sales page creation, website design, and video/graphic design, and brand visionary.
Here’s a few sites that help creators get their services out:
Copy Writing
Do you work well with deadlines? Can you multi-task? Do you like having several projects on the go?
Freelance work is often contracted out piece-by-piece, meaning you can sell your work individually or set up a contract supplying one blog/week, several newsletters/month, etc..
This can literally be done from anywhere in the world, so choose your climate and book your flights now, girl.
Photography & Videography
Building a community through a blog, Instagram page or even YouTube channel is one of the easiest ways to make revenue by simply discussing topics that you’re already interested in - as long as you’re good at it.
Find a niche focus that makes you stand out and voila, you have started a business; doing so has created full-time (successful) careers for digital nomads across the globe. Not sure what your topic should be?
Hone in on what lights your fire: is it beauty, travel, fitness, lifestyle, food, fashion, dogs?
Fitness Instructor
Are you trained in yoga, dance or fitness?
Do you like showing others how to move their bodies in a healthy way?
There are so many options when it comes to teaching fitness no matter what country you visit; you could work on a cruise ship, with a hotel chain, guest appear at retreats, be an influencer for brands, or maybe even open your very own studio.
Perhaps you don’t have the training you need just yet - there are countless yoga retreats and fitness studios with training sessions across the world so that you can still make the big move and learn abroad.
Travel Excursions
Do you like adventure?
Are you always game to try something new?
Work on a private yacht teaching scuba lessons in the South Pacific, or perhaps you’ll open up a surf shop in Costa Rica.
Maybe you’re more of a cold-weather gal, there are plenty of ski instructors needed across the globe. Find your passion and use it to explore the great outdoors, one country at a time.
If there’s something you care deeply about, I promise there’s a way you can make money doing it.
Tour Guide
Would you consider yourself an expert on somewhere in the world?
If your answer is yes, consider making a living showing other tourists WHY you love that destination so much.
Perhaps you start your own tour company, guiding visitors to experience new places. If the answer is no, consider moving somewhere you care deeply about, learning the culture and then applying for a tour guide position.
You could always start by running a small Airbnb to see how you like hosting and sharing information with newcomers.
Social Media Management
Imagine working from a beach bar, and making money by creating social media copy, imagery, and engaging on your clients behalf.
Yes, this is a real thing, and often one of the roles a company is looking to outsource to a professional ASAP.
Finding clients is as simple as joining a few FB groups use the search term “Social Media Management” for this purpose and, reach out to your potential client when a listings go live.
So, are you ready to give up a comfortable full-time job to pursue a remote career and live out your passion?
Comment below, I’d love to hear!