How Creatives Can Build Multiple Online Income Streams With Bri

“One thing I preach all the time is to have multiple income streams and diversify your work.”

Meet digital nomad Bri

Some people see the digital nomad lifestyle on Instagram and choose to live this way, but for digital nomad Bri, her journey didn’t start like this at all. Her partner is a professional hockey player and she was already living abroad in Europe. She is originally from the USA and living in Europe comes with a lot of travel and exploring and she has been a digital nomad for about 4 years now.

Bri is an entrepreneur by heart and wanted to create projects that she could take with her. Freelancing was therefore almost necessary but she soon felt the freedom and flexibility and continued to grow her career around the two values of freedom and flexibility.

Do you need to travel full-time to be a digital nomad?

Whether you are full-time nomadding or enjoy the lifestyle just a few months a year, Bri considers herself a digital nomad even though she loves having a home base. It’s important that we talk about this on the podcast since many digital nomads enjoy the lifestyle but not full-time. She isn’t the only nomad who approaches the lifestyle this way, we talk about it in Episode #57 with Kasia 5 Tips To Live A More Intentional And Balanced Life.

So if you want to work online and travel from time to time, never shy away from joining the digital nomad community. We all have our own way of living the digital nomad lifestyle and we all must respect that.

Making money online and building multiple income streams

One of the things we love about this episode is Bri’s enthusiasm for doing multiple things. Bri shares that she has a lot of different income streams all bringing her joy and of course, the freedom and flexibility she desires. Of course, it took time to build this and she is still building new income streams. She also shares that it can be stressful as an entrepreneur or freelancer, especially without a stable income. Having multiple income streams is such a game changer for her, and the important thing is that she loves doing it all. Some income streams are larger than others and her main focus is currently.

💰 Digital nomad coaching where she helps people transition to this new way of living.
💰 Freelance social media manager for other brands. She learned this by growing and managing her own account and now helps others achieve the same.
💰 Content creator with brands, companies, hotels and tourism boards. Aside from these 3 income streams she also builds other ways to make money, some of which are passive income.

She also has her own brand called the Travel Munchers offering various products and she loves writing ebooks. If you want to learn more about this, check out the episodes with digital nomads, Micaela, Dain and Dean about creating passive income. Doing many things is a blessing for Bri and she shares that the diversification of work keeps her from burning out.

How to balance your life as a multi-passionate digital nomad entrepreneur?

Even though Bri loves her work finding the right balance stays a priority. She works with guidelines for when she works and organizes her work. So she plans her months, weeks and days so all her projects and their tasks fit into a 40-hour week schedule. Like many digital nomads, she used online tools to plan and organize her work.

Bri is a solopreneur and is currently doing all of her work alone, which is very different from digital nomad Isabel works with a small team of creators and VA’s. It shows once again that everyone has their own unique journey and it’s important that you figure out what works for you. Inserted in Isabel’s journey? Click here to listen to episode 32: How To Become A Travel Blogger And Make Money Online With Isabel.

Aside from her organizational skills, Bri also is a firm believer in connecting with the things she is grateful for. She knows the travel lifestyle is a privilege so she tries to remind herself daily that she is very lucky to have what she has. At the same time, and we couldn’t agree more, she shared that she worked really hard for where she is right now. She practices her gratefulness during her daily routines and repeats her mantra focused on gratitude. We love that she does this and inspires you to do the same.

Connect with our Nienke Nina and our guests

Your host Nienke Nina

More digital nomad tips and life advice via instagram @digitalnomadsdaily

Connect with Nienke Nina on LinkedIn @Nienke Nina Keizer

Find Nienke Nina on Instagram @nienkeninatravels

Meet digital nomad Bri

Find her on Instagram @travel_munchers

Check out her website: www.travelmunchers.com

See her Youtube channel: Travelmunchers 

Other episodes you might like:

🎧  Episode 35: Building A Successful Creative Freelance Career With Suzanne

🎧 Episode 42: The Entrepreneur Story Of The Nomad Soulmates Community With Aline

🎧  Episode 58: Generating Passive Income To Create Your Travel Lifestyle with Dain

The Benefits Of A Remote Job In A Remote-First Company With Vincent

“You have to think what is the worst that can happen and what is the chance of that happening? If that’s an acceptable risk to take, just do it!”

Meet digital nomad Vincent

The benefits of a remote job

Flexible schedule

Freedom to work from anywhere

Although it depends on the company policy, Vincent can work from anywhere so he has geographical freedom. Of course, he needs to get work done but his location is free of choice. It’s an ideal work-life balance for him where he can work remotely, travel and discover the world.

Other benefits we can point out are having a steady income and being part of a team. If you want to learn more about career opportunities and to make money online as a digital nomad, check out our book Digital Nomads With Confidence. In chapter 2, we answer questions about skills, remote-part time jobs, full-time jobs, freelancing and side hustles and so much more.

Challenges of the digital nomad lifestyle

Remote work is a new way of working and, therefore, still being developed. So while companies are figuring out how it works for them, digital nomads also have their own process of making it work. Vincent shares some of the first challenges he encountered as a digital nomad while experiencing the benefits of a remote job.

Productivity

Work is an important pillar in his life. His company is fully remote but to develop remote work skills, he is always open to learning. He shares 3 things that help him become more productive:

😎 Wake up early and take a moment before jumping into meetings.

😎 Frequently take breaks after long meetings. For example, going for a walk, working out or having a coffee outside the house.

😎 Take the time to keep up with family and friends daily.

Balancing social life

We all need community and this is something he finds hard to balance. Making new connections is especially hard at the beginning but with some practice and visiting digital nomad hubs, Vincent knows he will get the hang of it.

A healthy travel pace

He loves traveling but finding the right pace is something all digital nomads struggle with. The more you travel, the less time you have to get work done, so finding a good balance is challenging. When he was in Europe, he traveled a lot and got exhausted. This could impact your performance at work so Vincent realized that it wasn’t sustainable and needed to slow down the travels a little bit so he could still thrive at work while living abroad.

Why companies should consider hiring digital nomads

Connect with our Nienke Nina and our guests

Your host Nienke Nina

More digital nomad tips and life advice via instagram @digitalnomadsdaily

Connect with Nienke Nina on LinkedIn @Nienke Nina Keizer

Find Nienke Nina on Instagram @nienkeninatravels

Meet digital nomad Vincent

Find him on LinkedIn via @Vincent Somsen

Other episodes you might like:

🎧 Episode #54: What Makes a Remote-First Company Culture with Chase

🎧 Episode #26: Digital Nomad Introverts Never Need To Be Lonely With Marcel

🎧 Episode #51: How To Live A Balanced And Joyful Remote Life With Ali

🎧 Episode #53 Must-Know Resume Tips To Land A Remote Job with Michelle

How To Feel At Home In Your Next Digital Nomad House With Julie

“Test the waters. I didn’t think I would ever feel at home in an Airbnb but now I make myself at home immediately. ”

How digital nomad Julie started her location-independent lifestyle

Meet digital nomad Julie who started her first digital nomad experience about 2 years ago. She absolutely loved the lifestyle and after a couple of months, decided to ditch her house and fully become location-independent.

During the weekdays, Julie works remotely for an American organization. She builds software and it’s easy to do her job remotely. At first, she was required to go to the office but after proving herself and slowly becoming more remote, she convinced her employer to let her work from anywhere.

‘‘Asking employers to start doing remote a little bit so it allows them to see that it’s possible. Propose to start with working from home every Friday to avoid the commute so you show them that it’s really not an issue.’’

A well-paying remote job with flexible hours sounds like the dream for many digital nomads, especially those new to the workforce or people who simply don’t want to deal with the hustle of the freelancer lifestyle.

Julie loves her job and shares that she keeps normal office hours and always ensures the company and her co-workers aren’t suffering from her lifestyle. She shares that this is important for her and she is always available during office hours. Julie also slowly transformed her office job into a remote job and this helped her to gain confidence with her boss. When she finally pushed to be fully remote, it wasn’t hard to convince her employer because Julie had already proved she could do it.

Digital nomad tips to make you feel at home?

Everyone has their own needs and ways how they feel at home. Julie shares in this episode what makes her feel comfortable and how she chooses her accommodation:

Doing your laundry at any time.

Like we said, everyone has their own little things that make them happy and for Julie it means having a laundry machine. She hates going to laundry mats so she always chooses a place where she can do her own laundry.

Enough space to workout

Working out is an important part of her day and she prefers to work out at home instead of going to the gym. She likes gyms, but she finds it annoying to search and switch gyms and figured out home workouts fit her digital nomad lifestyle better.

A handy tip she shares are the water weights shown in the image below. Of course, traveling with real weight is impractical for digital nomads and these weights are a great option. Click here to order them too!

Avoid getting annoyed about power outlets.

Find a house in the right neighborhood.

Be conscious of the Wi-Fi.

How does digital nomad Julie find community and friends?

Connect with our Nienke Nina and our guests

Your host Nienke Nina

More digital nomad tips and life advice via instagram @digitalnomadsdaily

Connect with Nienke Nina on LinkedIn @Nienke Nina Keizer

Find Nienke Nina on Instagram @nienkeninatravels

Meet digital nomad Julie

Find her on Instagram @juliebetrippin

Other episodes you might like:

🎧  Episode #01: How to Thrive in your Digital Nomad Relationship with Anat & Orr

🎧  Episode #05: Dealing with High Anxiety While Building a Successful Online Business with The Remote Yogi

🎧  Episode #07: Overcoming Fears and Building Community with Digital Nomad Magali

🎧 Episode #21: 10 Years Of Traveling The World With Daisy

Generating Passive Income To Create Your Travel Lifestyle with Dain

“Travel isn’t always rainbows and sunshine.”

Meet part-time digital nomad Dain

He recently moved to Australia and lives there while traveling in Southeast Asia and working online. Dain is from the UK and is passionate about traveling. So he is designing and building his dream lifestyle, including digital nomadism and travel. He shares in this episode why he chooses to live the digital nomad lifestyle part-time and how he is working on multiple income streams.

Slowmadding and part-time nomadding

Many digital nomads these days, including the host Nienke Nina, enjoy the slower-paced lifestyle. Dain shares that travel can be exhausting, but this is not what you always see online but and he also learned this during his own travels. So constantly keeping his own well-being a priority means for Dain to take it easier and slow down his travels. He also enjoys staying longer in a place so he can fully enjoy it without rushing things.

Dain is a solo traveler and doesn’t shy away from going on trips on his own. He loves it and the biggest perk of solo travel is that you’re on your own time and schedule. So you can plan easier when you work and when you have fun.

How to travel and earn money at the same time

While it looks easy these days to just pack your bag and start working Dain is very conscious about how he designs his life.

He fell in love with the travel lifestyle and doing more of that is his goal. To reach his goals, the first year was to learn how to make money online. Currently, Dain makes money via:

💰 Ads in his Youtube videos

💰 Branded deals in his videos

💰 Freelancing video editing and photo editing via Fiver

💰 E-commerce via Etsy shop with prints

💰 Affiliate marketing

The second year is about doing that while working online. So after getting some ideas and is now focused on building passive income streams. Like creative freelancer digital nomad Micaela shares on the podcast, this takes a lot of work and time, so he is currently finetuning his processes so his passive income streams are actually passive and it can run on their own. While these income streams are relatively small, he remains focused on his end goal, so while building it, he keeps in mind to make all streams easily scaleable.

Typical travel misconceptions digital nomads experience

Many people think and say that traveling and living the digital nomad lifestyle, full-time and part-time like Dain, is stress-free but Dain disagrees. He shares some personal experiences definitely worth tuning in for and some typical travel misconceptions. We listed a couple below but make sure to listen to the full episode.

😵 Bad accommodation

😵 Long airport lines

😵 Visa and immigration issues

😵 You could get scammed

😵 Bad internet, so how Nina likes to call it Wi-Fi anxiety

😵 Not meeting like-minded people

Community is essential and Dain shares that he finds friends by doing activities he likes doing. So he is into yoga and working out, so he will join the yoga class and usually finds like-minded people immediately.

Digital nomad marcel also shared this advice and more community-building tips in episode #26: Digital Nomad Introverts Never Need To Be Lonely With Marcel

Connect with our Nienke Nina and our guests

Your host Nienke Nina

More digital nomad tips and life advice via instagram @digitalnomadsdaily

Connect with Nienke Nina on LinkedIn @Nienke Nina Keizer

Find Nienke Nina on Instagram @nienkeninatravels

Meet the digital nomad Dain

Find him on Instagram @dainluka

Check out his videos on YouTube via @Chasing Dain

Other episodes you might like:

🎧  50: Creating Your Career Around The Lifestyle You Want To Live With Natasha

🎧  18: Selling Sheep To Start A Travel Lifestyle with Micaela

🎧  49: 8 Freelancer Mindset Challenges to Overcome For Success With Steve

🎧  35: Building A Successful Creative Freelance Career With Suzanne

🎧  32: How To Become A Travel Blogger And Make Money Online With Isabel

🎧  09: How To Achieve Financial Freedom With Digital Nomad Dean

5 Tips To Live A More Intentional And Balanced Life with Digital Nomad Kasia

“You can travel the whole world and travel to the most beautiful places but your struggles and unsolved things will follow you.”

Meet digital nomad Kasia

She is a dutch digital nomad combining work and travel for over 3 years. During her last year of traveling, she decided to take it a notch down and become a part-time digital nomad. She is now enjoying a slower-paced lifestyle where she party lives in the Netherlands and travels some months of the year. Many digital nomads who have been traveling for years make similar decisions, and it shows once again that there are many different ways to live a digital nomad lifestyle.

What does she do for a living?

Mindfulness and meditation are important pillars in Kasia’s life and this is also how she makes a living. She also chooses retreats for digital nomads, entrepreneurs and freelancers, for example, the Borderless retreat. The focus of each experience is focused on helping people to live more consciously in their personal as well as professional life. Through meditations, workshops and an engaged community Borderless Retreat facilitates life-changing experiences. Digital nomad Dean who shared tips in episode 09: How To Achieve Financial Freedom With Digital Nomad Dean also joined on the beautiful experiences and at DND we also are keen to join.

Tips to feeling more grounded and live a balanced life

Finding the balance between the so many things we need to do, think about, or are responsible for is challenging. Even more so for digital nomads because while it looks easy, we hear on the podcast a different reality. People like Kasia are important in our community because they have many tips and practices to help feeling more grounded. In the episode, we asked Kasia what she does to feel more grounded and balanced.

#01 Creating routines for different moments or moods.

Generally, her routines include movements, meditation, journaling and sometimes an extra moment for herself with cacao. What is interesting here is that Kasia doesn’t have a routine set in stone because she simply doesn’t feel the same every day. So if she needs longer to feel better the rest of the day, then that is totally okay. Some days hr routines could take 15 minutes and even up to an hour.

#02 Setting an intention for the day.

A common conversation topic among digital nomad entrepreneurs and freelancers is burnout caused by overwhelm. While this could have many other reasons, one of Kasia’s tips is to set intentions before you start your day. You can focus on how you would like to feel throughout the day and even during the day check in with yourself if you are following your intention.

#03 Check in with yourself regularly.

As the day goes by, you might get tired, lose track of time or when you hit a roadblock, it’s hard to deal with it. This happens to the best of us and intentional self-reflection during the day can help you stick to your intention. Kasia shares that there are many ways and the key to success is to find your way by betraying different things. Think about a 5-minute meditation, breathing exercises, journaling or a walk in nature in between work or after work.

#04 Process emotions and thoughts through journaling

This technique isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but generally, when we write, it helps to process emotion. Some digital nomads journal every day, others everyone and some people more at times when they feel unbalanced and have too many feelings and thoughts to handle. There are also many different ways to journal, and the popular approach is to write down everyday things you are grateful for. Journaling can also be about the future digital nomads using this technique to set daily intentions.

#05 Positive self-talk

Have you ever thought about the things you subconsciously and consciously tell yourself? Just like everyone else, sometimes our heads are filled with negative thoughts that don’t support our well-being at all. Of course this can happen but paying attention to how we talk to ourselves is very important because words can be powerful and influence our belief system and confidence tremendously. Self-talk isn’t just about positive words with the purpose of feeling better but also about accepting that we simply don’t have to feel right all the time. Especially women in their early thirties deal with this as hormone cycles could change.

We learned in this episode that you can travel the world and see the most beautiful things, but it never removes your struggles and emotional barriers. Many digital nomads are focused on learning how to prioritize nurturing themselves. Luckily, we have beautiful people like Kasia who are there to help others.

Connect with our Nienke Nina and our guests

Your host Nienke Nina

More digital nomad tips and life advice via instagram @digitalnomadsdaily

Connect with Nienke Nina on LinkedIn @Nienke Nina Keizer

Find Nienke Nina on Instagram @nienkeninatravels

Meet the digital nomad Kasia

Find her on Instagram @kasia.peleszuk

Other episodes you might like:

🎧 Episode #07: Overcoming Fears and Building Community with Digital Nomad Magali

🎧 Episode #48 How To Set Boundaries and Why You Want to Go Slomad with Kristin

🎧 Episode #51: How To Live A Balanced And Joyful Remote Life With Ali