August 15, 2018
In Part 1 of the Going Nomad series, I explained why my partner Lauren and I are moving to Mexico at the end of the year. In Part 2, I’ll tell you what I see as our top five challenges in making the transition to remote work.
These challenges seem to be fairly common for anyone moving abroad. I don’t claim to have any universal answers, but by documenting our thought process I’m hoping to show one way they can be overcome.
1. Location-independent income
This is, of course, the obvious one. No matter how cheap a foreign country can be, you still need to live on something. Not to mention save and invest for the future.
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