Traveling with Kristin Interview on Travel, Life, and Becoming a Digital Nomad (100th Episode Special)
100th episode of Badass Digital Nomads! A podcast listener interviews Kristin from Traveling with Kristin on who the heck she is, how she started traveling, how she affords her lifestyle, and how she became a digital nomad. Plus, her advice for how you can achieve your goals of location independence.
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In this episode, a fellow Badass Digital Nomads listener (Jeremiah Bradshaw) puts Kristin in the hot seat to answer all of his questions about becoming a digital nomad, her entrepreneurial background, and her personal life!
Accompany Jeremiah as he explores his skepticism of how achievable a digitally nomadic lifestyle really is and diagnoses Kristin's true motivation behind becoming a full-time digital nomad.
Jeremiah asks questions that dig deep into Kristin's background, both in entrepreneurship and in her personal life, to uncover many things that you might also be wondering about her.
Enjoy this candid discussion on the reality of living and working abroad, the challenges and misconceptions that come with this lifestyle, and how you can start working towards a lucrative life of location independence.
Dying to know more about Kristin and why she chose to live this lifestyle for the long run?
Tune in to hear Kristin riff on things like:
- Is the digital nomad lifestyle in Southeast Asia a mental and financial trap?
- Should you be skeptical about the reality of attaining a digital nomad lifestyle?
- Why did Kristin start making content about being a digital nomad?
- How does she afford to travel so much?
- How has she been traveling and living abroad full-time since she was 17?
- How did she learn Spanish?
- What's the best way to learn a foreign language?
- Does becoming a digital nomad mean you have to make less money?
MORE QUESTIONS KRISTIN ANSWERED:
- What were your first memories of traveling?
- How did you afford to travel?
- How many countries have you been to?
- Was there anything else in your early life that evoked a response in you the way travel did?
- When you became an adult and started taking trips on your own, did your desire to travel more happen organically?
- How many years have you lived outside of the United States?
- Is it uncommon to spend as long in the US as you are right now?
- When did you start traveling and living internationally?
- What is it like to learn a new language in a foreign country?
- How many countries have you been to?
- What’s the biggest appeal of Southeast Asia?
- Do you have any negative thought patterns that you’ve had to overcome?
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Open an international account with Wise and get your first transfer up to £500 free (Kristin's affiliate link)
- Apply to join Kristin's Digital Nomad Academy
- Give feedback or recommend a guest on Badass Digital Nomads (Survey)
- Contact Kristin at: Hello@TravelingwithKristin.com
- Join Patreon and support the podcast
- Like the podcast? Buy Kristin a Coffee
More Resources:
Podcasts:
- Listen to the second half of this conversation next week: Episode 101 (stay tuned for the link)
- Johnny FD Travel Like a Boss Episode with Charles Ngo
- The Tim Ferriss Show with Steven Pressfield
- Loneliness While Traveling
- Remote Work Burnout
- US Taxes for Digital Nomads
Videos:
- What it’s like living in Japan
- My Story: How I Became a Digital Nomad
- Costa Rica for Digital Nomads
- Day in the Life of a Travel Vlogger in Costa Rica
- What it’s like living in the US after living abroad
- What I Love About Living Abroad
- What I Hate About Living Abroad
Other Resources Mentioned:
- Where Kristin Learned Spanish: Conversa Institute Costa Rica
- The Best Costa Rican Coffee: Britt
- Foreign-earned Income Exclusion (US Taxes)
- Walt Disney World Orlando, FL
- Epcot Center, Orlando
- Griswold Family Vacation Movie
- University of Central Florida Business Administration
- Studying Abroad: Griffith University Australia
- Rotary Foundation International Ambassadorial Scholarship
- Kristin as a surfer: Queen of the Waves and Poker Refugees (NSSA National Champion)
- PanAm Airlines (where Kristin’s grandparents’ worked)
- Kristin Wilson Surfline
- A Day In My Life as a Digital Nomad
- Entrepreneur House San Diego
Destinations:
- Italy Trip:
- Rome, Tuscany, Venice, Amalfi
- Rosarito, Mexico
- Bansko, Bulgaria
- Norway
- Japan
- Australia
- Thailand
Movie: Office Space https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/
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