At the beginning of your digital nomad adventure did you find difficult to be on your own? If yes, how did you overcome it?

To be honest, not really...

Every time I travel actively - ride motorbikes, hike mountains, go diving, island-hopping, etc., I'm so occupied with all of my daily activities that I don't even have the time to think about loneliness - there's just too much happening!

However, every time I do a 'retreat' (spend 1-2 months in one place and focus on work), I do get a little lonely at times since I get a lot of 'free time' and even though I usually have a lot of local friends, those connections are not as strong as the ones I've formed back home.

So the reason I never felt lonely at the beginning of my travels was simply because I was traveling so actively I hardly found the time to sleep haha!

Other answers by Jacob Laukaitis:

• Which place is better for digital nomads - Ubud, Bali or Chiang Mai, Thailand? in category Remote work
• What are some tips on growing a YouTube channel? in category YouTube
• What's the most emotionally and/or psychologically tiring part of the digital nomad lifestyle? in category Travel
• What is your definition of success? in category General
• How do you know if your business is successful? in category Remote work

Other answers in the category Travel:

• What are the best travel reward programs that you make use of frequently in order to cut down your travel costs?
• As a digital nomad, have you ever been in a dangerous situation while traveling?
• Do you use some kind of light tripod that you carry everywhere? This is how you take those awesome Instagram photos, right?
• What are some interesting discoveries you had while traveling as a digital nomad?
• What are the factors that motivated you to become nomadic and start travelling?

Some random answers on our wiki :

• How did you create your first startup? by Lukas Paskauskas in category Startups
• Which political views does 'freedom' translate into for you? by Natalie Sisson in category Philosophy & politics of digital nomadism
• Aside from blockchain technology, what other industries are in demand in the digital nomad community? by Jacob Laukaitis in category Remote work
• When starting out as a freelance marketer, what do you deem to be the best lead acquisition platforms/channels apart from freelance websites? by Kevin Lew in category Freelancing
• As a digital nomad since 2003, how did you first start calling yourself one? by Dan Lawrence in category Philosophy & politics of digital nomadism
• How do you manage your time between work and trips as a digital nomad? by Jacob Laukaitis in category Travel
• What is the hardest part about YouTube? by Jacob Laukaitis in category YouTube
• Do Instagram hashtags still work? by Lukas Paskauskas in category Instagram
• Any recommendations to get all the work to be done as efficient as possible? by Jacob Laukaitis in category Productivity
• How do you spend your day as a digital nomad? What does your typical day look like? by Adrian Ingram in category General