Chris Dodd | Of Chris the Freelancer | The Nomad on FIRE Podcast Show Notes

Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer has been creating amazing content about the digital nomad lifestyle since 2016!

Chris is also a top teacher on Skillshare. Last year he took a year off of traveling to focus on his career and getting into a productive and healthy routine.

We discuss last year, how his views on the lifestyle have changed over time, his advice for aspiring nomads, his thoughts on FIRE Financial Independence Retire Early and so much more in this information-packed episode that you don’t want to miss!

See more show notes at nomadonfire.com

Links Mentioned:

• Pieter Levels founder of Nomadlist.com
• Mitko Karshovski-THE 12 LESSONS OF DIGITAL NOMAD CHRISTMAS
• Michael Constable of Michael Wings It
• "I’ve always felt that the FIRE movement has identified the correct problem, but provided a lousy solution" By Zach of Four Pillar Freedom
• Dreamlining Tim Ferriss
• The 4-Hour Workweek
• Sharon Tseung Youtube

Show Notes:

• Chris Dodd of Chris the Freelancer welcome to The Nomad on FIRE Podcast 01:20
• Chris’s background and how he started living the digital nomad lifestyle 03:35
• Chris’s background making videos and starting Chris the Freelancer 06:50
• Chris discusses taking time off from traveling in 2019 12:15
• Future for Chris the Freelancer 27:30
• Chris and I discuss some of the issues that come with working on “your passion” full-time 29:00
• Chris’s various businesses, passive income streams and how he’s streamlined over the years 31:35
• Chris’s budget as a digital nomad and how he takes advantage of geoarbitrage 36:00
• Chris and I discuss the cost of living in Chiang Mai, Thailand 37:50
• Financial Independence Retire Early or the FIRE Community 39:00

Significant quotes: 

• “I just can’t work from home” 10:40
• “I don’t live this lifestyle to avoid an office, I do it for other reasons like being in different cities and geoarbitrage” 11:20
• “Self-awareness is the biggest lesson” 15:50
• “It's a certain type of person who gravitates towards this digital nomad lifestyle” 16:25
• “It doesn’t have to be one or the other” 18:00
• “As a creative, I don’t want to put too much financial pressure on making videos, cause it is my creative outlet” 27:50
• “I never want to feel pressured to make a video that I don’t want to make” 28:50
• “I got my work and I got my passion and I’m cool with it” 31:00
• “Right now the main thing that’s working for me is being a teacher on Skillshare.com” 33:05