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by Jxl180 1498 days ago
People often dream of being digital nomads. If Airbnb can convince the world to embrace remote work, how many millions (or hundreds of thousands) will work from Airbnb rentals? I agree with the CEO, but not having the world fixed to an office directly and positively affects Airbnb's business.

This carries as much weight for me as the Zoom CEO blogging about how everyone should WFH.

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On the idea of being a digital nomad, it's definitely not for everyone. I lived out of hostels and my car for 4 months, and for two months before that, did regular trips further and further from home. I traveled the US, did urban exploration in new and exciting places on a daily basis, and then got an apartment in my hometown. I'm happy to have the experience, and tell stories from my adventures often.

Having lived it, I now know how quickly the diminishing returns of new places can diminish.

I went through a couple of periods of my life where I did a lot of traveling and it does burn out on you - there’s something regenerating about having at least a home base to go back to. For me, usually it takes about 3-4 weeks of nonstop travel to need a break, and one year or so of what I’ll call “ongoing travel” (going someplace for 3-7 days at least once per month) before an extended break feels necessary.