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We’re a Digital Nomad Family & You Can Be One, Too!

July 17, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

Eiffel Tower digital nomad family — Dreams coming true at the Eiffel Tower.

Do you dream of living in another part of the world?

Ever thought about what it would be like to live a digital nomad life or be a digital nomad family?

Well, listen up!

Because… you can do this.

It’s time for a change.

I’m living all over the world with my family. This is no family vacation though. No! We sold it all to live around the world and be a digital nomad family. (And, you can be one, too.)

We are happily homeless. :)

As I write this, we’re in gorgeous Wales, UK. We’ll be living in Southampton, England in August. In September, we will be living in France for a few weeks.

We’re loving our new life.

A famous travel writer, Ibn Battuta, said the following:

“Traveling, first it leaves you speechless and then turns you into a storyteller.”

And, that’s the future of my blog.

I’m bursting with stories to share about our travels so that you can do this, too! I’ve learned so much and continue to learn every day. You will discover how in the hell we ended up doing this, because it’s an amazing life that you can live, too.

digital nomad family — Pub life in England – cultural immersion!

Our love of travel, change, exploring, learning, and our desire to give our daughter the best possible future ever(!) drove our decision. We took a huge leap, and we wake up every day bursting with happiness and excitement because we’re living the dream.

Traveling Just Got Easier

June 21, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

Digital nomad couple — Enjoying a pub in England as a digital nomad couple.

I had an exciting moment last week while traveling.

We were on our second trip coming from England to France on the Eurostar train. From the moment we entered St. Pancras train station in London, I felt a tiny bit of familiarity.

I’d been there before. I knew where I was going, and I knew what to do. However, I hadn’t appreciated it in the moment, because it didn’t really dawn on me. That would be later.

I remembered the first time we went there we didn’t give ourselves extra time, and getting through security was a tad stressful with so many unknowns. After finally getting through to the waiting area, we found it was already crowded with not much room to unload our heavy bags and relax.

But, this second time was different.

My Digital Nomad Life (So Far)

May 31, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

We’re living the dream we had. We sold it all and moved abroad to live a digital nomad life. It’s working, more specifically, we’re working. We’re making it happen.

We originally decided to live a digital nomad life, as a family, because we could. We both essentially work from laptops and there was no reason to stay tied to Arizona.

We homeschool our daughter so that wasn’t a factor either. In the following picture we’re investigating a dead bat that was brought to us as a gift from the cat of the house.

We wanted to run and explore the world. We wanted to move around and change it up on a regular basis. And. We wanted to save money. Living abroad, in many places, makes it easier to save money if you’re living the digital nomad life.

So, here we are moving around Europe at a pretty quick clip, living a digital nomad lifestyle. Taking trains and planes (I can’t decide which I like better, though probably trains). We’re trying different areas and seeing if we fancy anyplace in particular to stay longer.

I think we’re traveling too fast though.

I heard someone describe it: speed dating countries.

How to Eat Healthy While Traveling Anywhere

May 4, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

Eat healthy while traveling… yes, this is easy… no matter where you travel in the world.

We’re a digital nomad family who, so far, has traveled and eaten healthy in 5 countries.

True, we’re newbies at the digital nomad lifestyle, but we’re not new at eating healthy while traveling in general. I took what I learned from eating healthy while traveling for vacations, and applied it to traveling the world eternally.

And? It works.

My family eats healthy while traveling anywhere with a few food staples and routines.

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3 Must-Haves for Family Travel

April 24, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

Thermometer Activated Charcoal iPad

I saw the question on Twitter,”What are your travel must-haves?”

It got me thinking.

I have three.

There are three that I won’t go without, because we’re a family (that’s the key for two of them), especially for world travel. Must must pack.

4 Tips for Staying Fit While Traveling the World (Digital Nomad)

April 22, 2018 By Kristen Helmstetter

As a digital nomad, traveling and staying fit doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, for me, fitness is a priority now. I have finally, in my 40s, figured out one of the things that makes me feel the best.

Being lean, fit, and strong.

Sound silly? Like, who doesn’t feel great when they’re fit?

It’s more than that for me thought.

I’ve had many periods in my life where I relaxed my exercise, and I cut loose with my food choices. In these times my body composition changed. I put on a few pounds. I had some softness around the midsection. No big deal, right?

In fact, that’s what I kept saying, “No big deal, I’m still in good shape.”

I see women of all shapes and think the ones with curves are very pretty and just as attractive as those without them. In those times I encourage myself that it’s ok I have gained a few pounds. It never gets higher than about five pounds anyway.

Then, I figured something out. I realized that I regularly go back and forth with the same five pounds. Get too relaxed with food and exercise, gain a few pounds, feel kind of “off” and not comfortable in my clothes (I’ve always disliked anything tight on my waist – even back in high school I always opted for a baggier waisted option, something that hung a bit more lose.)

Then, I’d lose the few pounds, which required exercise and good food, feel AWESOME.

Back and forth. Again and again.

After leaving to travel the world, my soft waist came back from lack of exercise and my eating changed to omnivore with mostly good choices, but not good enough to maintain my treasured leanness.

When I eat well AND EXERCISE… I feel EMPOWERED!

I feel STRONG!

To be clear, it’s not about being skinny for me. I don’t want to be skinny. It’s not a body image disorder, at least I don’t think so.

I’m into a strong and lean body for me. Tight.

It’s very much about how I feel physically inside my body and outside. I have this total bad-ass feeling when I’m in really good shape. I feel like I’m in control of my life. I don’t feel lazy. And, I think there’s something to that.

So, I finally said to my self, “SELF! I figured out something that positively benefits my life experience, and that is to be lean and strong.”

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We’re a Digital Nomad Family & You Can Be One, Too!

Do you dream of living in another part of the world?

It’s time for a change.

We are happily homeless. :)

We’re loving our new life.

And, that’s the future of my blog.

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