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I Ditched Digital Nomad Life, Bought a House, and Next Month, Will Have a Baby
What Millennials Think About Giving Up Their Freedom to “Settle Down”
We just bought our first house.
As a travel nurse and digital entrepreneur, my wife and I traveled to a new city in the United States every three months for two years.
We’re having our first daughter next month.
We used to roam the mountains and valleys of California and Utah, cannon-ball from cliffs into the clear waters of remote oases in the dry Summer heat of Arizona. We picnicked on Half Moon beach, hugged the Redwoods, and played beach volleyball with strangers in San Diego.
It was amazing for our marriage. We camped in Yosemite, mountain biked the Wasatch Mountains, and road-tripped for 55 hours straight in our Honda CRV. We rode everywhere with our two cats from San Francisco to Albany, including through a blinding snowstorm. Let me tell you, love burns truest in the darkest hours.
It might sound like a money pit, but we managed to save an average of 25–35% of our income every month on the road. And we both earned more than ever before working full-time jobs in Washington DC.
