{"id":12160,"date":"2023-10-22T13:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.com\/?p=12160"},"modified":"2023-10-22T13:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:59:02","slug":"being-a-digital-nomad-left-me-with-panic-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.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 U.S digital nomads has more than doubled since 2019, data shows Five-year digital nomad Lauren Juliff raises awareness of the negative impacts READ MORE:\u00a0Spellbinding pictures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Being a &amp;apos;digital nomad&amp;apos; 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