{"id":180989,"date":"2023-10-22T13:13:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180989"},"modified":"2023-10-22T13:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:13:38","slug":"being-a-digital-nomad-left-me-with-panic-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/travel\/being-a-digital-nomad-left-me-with-panic-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a &apos;digital nomad&apos; left me with PANIC ATTACKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Being a &#8216;digital nomad&#8217; gave me PANIC ATTACKS: Early adopter of the lifestyle reveals the tough reality of combining work with travel (which TikTokers rarely talk about)<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The number of U.S digital nomads has more than doubled since 2019, data shows<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Five-year digital nomad Lauren Juliff raises awareness of the negative impacts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/span><span>Spellbinding pictures capture abandoned America<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The digital nomad conjures an image of a white-collar professional in an exotic haven &#8211; lounging by the beach while clicking away on a laptop.<\/p>\n<p>But some followers of the trend that combines work with travel have blamed it for sapping satisfaction from their lives.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the comforts of their hometown, family and friends for endless travel some report feeling isolated and lonely.<\/p>\n<p>One of the early adopters of the lifestyle was Lauren Juliff. She graduated from university and quit her part-time job at a supermarket in the UK in 2011 to follow her dream of travelling the world.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, it was a success and she used her travel website\u00a0&#8211; Never Ending Footsteps -to document and fund her adventures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619547-12636455-image-a-156_1697469193184.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Juliff, pictured at the Twelve Apostles in Victoria, Australia, said she began to suffer &#8216;severe and repetitive panic attacks&#8217; five years into living as a digital nomad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619541-12636455-While_travelling_Lauren_met_her_partner_who_was_a_fellow_digital-a-165_1697469435077.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Exploring new countries made me feel alive and I learned so much \u2013 about new cultures and myself \u2013 on a near-daily basis,&#8217; said Lauren, pictured hiking the Kepler Track in New Zealand\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/14\/76619523-12636455-Lauren_graduated_from_university_and_quit_her_part_time_supermar-m-40_1697808531791.jpg\" height=\"523\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren graduated from university and quit her part-time supermarket job to travel the world in 2011. Here, she is seen working from a hammock in San Ignacio, Belize<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018Exploring new countries made me feel alive and I learned so much \u2013 about new cultures and myself \u2013 on a near-daily basis.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While travelling Lauren met her partner, who was a fellow digital nomad, and they began travelling the world together.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018This continued for five years. We travelled to 75 countries over this time, interspersing fast-paced movement with basing ourselves for several months in a single city.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But after five years Lauren began to suffer severe and repetitive panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite changing her diet and meditating, Lauren found the only way to stop the panic attacks was to think of home.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018I\u2019d start to have a panic attack, would immediately fixate on finding a home, and find the anxiety evaporate as quickly as it had formed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I suspect the panic attacks stemmed from the lack of stability or predictability in my life. Every few weeks, I was changing country, changing friends, changing cuisine, and changing language with no real levels of consistency.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The changing apartments with varying levels of kitchen equipment also meant Lauren found herself constantly eating out, which made her sick and unhealthy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619535-12636455-Initially_Lauren_s_digital_nomad_lifestyle_was_a_success_and_she-a-192_1697469972399.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Initially, Lauren&#8217;s digital nomad lifestyle was a success and she used her travel website to document and fund her adventures to places such as\u00a0Angkor Wat, above, in Cambodia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619549-12636455-image-a-174_1697469730772.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>While travelling Lauren met her partner, who was a fellow digital nomad, and they began travelling the world together. Here, she is seen crossing the dunes of\u00a0Sossusvlei, Namibia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619533-12636455-Eventually_she_began_suffering_panic_attacks_and_found_the_only_-a-193_1697470022125.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren began suffering panic attacks and found the only way to stop them was to think of home. Pictured: Lauren after walking El Camino de Santiago in Spain<\/p>\n<p>She decided to settle down. She moved to Lisbon, Portugal, and found her mental and physical health drastically improved.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren was able to make good friends, learn to cook, and get into hobbies that didn\u2019t revolve around travel.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to have a desk, stable internet connection, and more time to dedicate to her job allowed her to triple her income.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren is now warning others about the realities of life on the road as a digital nomad.<\/p>\n<p>The movement has seen explosive growth over the past few years with people becoming seemingly drawn to the picturesque Instagram posts and exciting travel blogs.<\/p>\n<p>With improving internet access around the world and Covid leading to a surge in remote working, more people than ever have been giving it a go.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, 17.3million American workers described themselves as digital nomads, more than double the number in 2019, according to self-employment specialists MBO.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619519-12636455-image-a-194_1697470293374.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren, above sailing in Greece, is now warning others about the realities of life as a digital nomad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619553-12636455-fds-a-195_1697470298767.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619505-12636455-sd-a-196_1697470303538.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, 17.3million American workers described themselves as digital nomads, which is more than double the number in 2019, according to self-employment specialists MBO.\u00a0The movement has seen explosive growth over the past few years with people becoming seemingly drawn to the picturesque Instagram posts and exciting travel blogs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619531-12636455-image-a-197_1697470308784.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Lauren outside the Taj Mahal in India. She said: &#8216;Almost every single digital nomad I\u2019ve ever met has stopped doing it full-time within five years of starting&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And more than seven in 10 workers (72 per cent) plan to become digital nomads, suggests research from the Post Office.<\/p>\n<p>The term digital nomad was first coined in 1997 by authors Makimoto and Manners in their manifesto on how life would change due to the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Beverly Thompson, a sociologist from Siena College in New York who researches digital nomadism, writes that digital nomads often struggle to connect with people outside of the lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>She argues family and friends back home often express \u2018shock and bewilderment\u2019 at the lifestyle choice.<\/p>\n<p>And since digital nomads often do not know their current country\u2019s culture or language they are left seeking out other digital nomads for friendships online.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619529-12636455-image-a-198_1697470523695.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The term digital nomad was first coined in 1997 by authors Makimoto and Manners in their manifesto on how life would change due to the internet. Pictured: Lauren hiking the four-day Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk in New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619511-12636455-Lauren_seen_here_in_Guanajuato_Mexico_said_I_was_the_opposite_of-a-200_1697470781677.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"633\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren, seen here in Guanajuato, Mexico, said: &#8216;I had friends spread out all over the world. However, I realised how shallow the bulk of these relationships were&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/16\/16\/76619543-12636455-image-a-162_1697469386262.jpg\" height=\"312\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Lauren, above pictured in\u00a0Rarotonga, Cook Islands, now lives in Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n<p>Lauren said: \u2018I had friends spread out all over the world and would regularly meet up with them whenever we found ourselves in the same places.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After several years of this, however, I realised how shallow the bulk of these relationships were.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Almost every single digital nomad I\u2019ve ever met has stopped doing it full-time within five years of starting, citing an urge to settle down and build some more consistency into their lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018I don\u2019t see a lot of digital nomads sharing the downsides and realities of this lifestyle to their followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Part of this is because your followers are there because they love what you\u2019re doing. When I announced I was ending my full-time travels, I encountered an extremely vocal subset of my audience who were furious that I\u2019d made this decision.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lauren now lives in Melbourne, Australia, where her partner has family but she still looks to travel three months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12636455\/Being-digital-nomad-gave-PANIC-ATTACKS-Early-adopter-lifestyle-reveals-tough-reality-combining-work-travel-TikTokers-rarely-talk-about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a &#8216;digital nomad&#8217; gave me PANIC ATTACKS: Early adopter of the lifestyle reveals the tough reality of combining work with travel (which TikTokers rarely talk about) The number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Being a &amp;apos;digital nomad&amp;apos; 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