When we started planning our launch for Nomad Life, there were few resources. Some classics like Vagabounding and Tales of a Female Nomad existed, but the genre had few, good, how-to guides for the Nomad Life.
Blogs, youtube channels, and articles were also scarce. Substack barely existed.
Since then, a plethora of content about Nomad Life floods feeds. This post wades through the choices and offers up the the three best pieces of content by platform for people considering or living a Nomad Life.
Nomad Life Books
Two Carry-ons and a Plan tops the charts (literally) in providing a road map for people (particulary over 50) who want to launch their Nomad Life. Now out in a second edition. (yup, it’s a self-plug.)
Call It Wonder helps people navigate the wandering feelings they can’t quite organize.
American Dirt reminds us of the privledge of choosing Nomad Life as a lifestyle.
By they way, I maintain a list of over 150 travel writing books I love. See it here.
Nomad Life Youtube Channels
WattsTraveling’s Valerie has enthusiasm jumping off the screen as she shares locations around the world you might not be thinking about.
Taste Life with Us’s travel couple of Kathi and Tim giggle their way through their struggles as full-time travelers.
Finding Gina Marie’s travel couple of Judy and Kevin share life on the road, mistakes, and costs of full-time travel.
EatWalkLearn’s travel couple of Chris and Steve share weekly behind-the-scene travel tips of Nomad Life. (also another self-plug).
Nomad Life Blogs
Ott’s World is for solo female travels wanting biking and hiking experiences around the world, but it’s also good for great travel tips from off-the-beaten tracks.
How Bill Rolls gives up funny mishaps and great suggestions for how to spend time as Nomads, including round ups of great full-time travelers’ content.
Sauntering Steev (notice spelling) is a true-life story of a recovering gambler who tries to navigate the world as a solo traveler, but not well. He’s only human, after all.
I’ll throw EatWalkLearn in here for those who want to research over 250 places to go.
Nomad Life Substacks
I’ll tread lightly here because there are so many great writers on Substack who talk about Nomad Life, including Jo Barnes, chris kalaboukis, Linda Jackson 🌏 Laura McVeigh, Matt McMann, Erin, Nomad Life, Kimberly Anne, Globe-Trotting Addicts, GlobeFoxing, With Gusto, JJ Rose, Benthall Adventures — A Slow Travel Journal, Borderless Living, and Nothing to Declare.
But I’ll limit this to my top three whom need love or that I love, or both.
Brent and Michael Are Going Places: a fun look into living one month at a time in places with a bit of occasional political rantings thrown in. I also follow many people they recommend.
Practical Globetrotters: somehow these two always manage to research the exact issue I’m thinking about and publish it right before I have a chance to research it, saving me loads of time.
Conscientious Emigrant: a look into the ethical side of Nomad Life and why we need to tread much more lightly.
While I’ve only listed a few in each category, I’ve tried my best to help the Nomad Curious and current Nomads find a way forward through the encylopedic amount of Nomad Life content out there. These authors all walk the talk.
What would you add?
See you next week.
Chris
P.S. I just release my brand new Nomad Life Launch Kit. Grab it here.
I’d add a link to my newsletter — just kidding! This is an incredible resource, Chris. I wish I’d had it when we left the U.S. in 2023. At times, it felt lonely, not knowing a single other family doing the same thing. Now, of course, we know many. Cheers!
Great resources Chris, nice one. And thankyou for the mention - an honour to be in that company...