Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Travel with Your Family with Nomadic Sabbatical Lifestyle
Take your whole family to a different level of vacation by going nomadic sabbatical; a lifestyle that could educate your children about the world.
With the rising popularity of travelling, there are tons of new ways to enjoy your vacation. The latest trend currently is a nomadic sabbatical, where you travel for an extended period of time, ranging from three weeks to a whole year. The goal is to maximize the travelling experience by engaging with the locals, exploring hidden gems and experiencing unique activities that you might miss if you travel the normal way.
On top of that, you can take your whole family to join the nomadic sabbatical lifestyle. Family travel is a rare occasion, but if you can get your partner to work remotely and your children to homeschool, this is totally do-able. Exploring the world can be even more educational to your child, isn’t it?
How to Plan Nomadic Sabbatical Adventure
Organizing your own adventure is one thing, but having to organize it for your whole family might be tricky. You can always seek for travel information in websites like WorldRoamers Singapore, where there are tons of travel-related posts that could inspire you. Starting a new way of travelling can be harder, but with extensive research and preparation, you’ll surely be able to make it.
Make a list of things you need to prepare, especially with the addition of kids in the journey. Seek for hotels that are family-friendly and find out places that will be great for your kids as well. Think about how you can make long flights and road trips more enjoyable for the whole family. Don’t forget to spare some time for you to work and your kids to study.
Financing Your Trip
The number one concern for people who are doing this kind of lifestyle is finance. Travelling itself requires quite a lot of money, let alone taking your spouse and children with you as well. So, this is the first thing you need to prepare. If you already have a full-time job, consider asking your boss to let you work remotely. This way, you will still have a source of income rather than quitting your job for a short time.
The other option is to actually quit and start freelancing. There are tons of nomads out there who could survive living a nomadic lifestyle this way. But, freelance usually comes as project-based work, and it might not be as stable as a full-time job. So, make sure that you have an emergency fund so that if anything happens, you still have a backup.
Nomadic sabbatical lifestyle has been known as a way to show your kids on an educational journey of exploring the world, or often called an “edventure”. This will require tons of preparation, from your finance to the places you are about to visit. If you do decide on working remotely instead of taking extended leave, remember to search for destinations that have fast Wi-Fi connection in WorldRoamers. In the end, all the shared experience with your family are worth the hassle!
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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