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Serious question, does anyone else's "home base" actually slow them down more than it helps?
I keep seeing people in nomad groups say you have to pick a home base city to save money and stay sane, but my experience in Medellin last spring was the total opposite. I had a 6 month lease in Laureles for $650 a month, which sounds great until you add up what it cost me in lost work. I passed on a $4,000 project because I felt like I had to "settle in" and be a local instead of hopping to where the client was. Meanwhile my friend who never signs anything longer than 30 days took the same gig and billed it out from 4 different cities. The weird part is I did not even enjoy the apartment that much, I just felt guilty leaving after committing to it. I think the whole home base thing is really about fear of being tired, not about money. Has anyone here actually cut their income by staying put too long, or am I the only one who fell for it?
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uma_nguyen2423d ago
Did you see that thread on Reddit a while back where a guy tracked his lease vs no-lease months in a spreadsheet? He found his income dropped almost 30 percent in the months he had a place because he kept turning down short trips. I remember one comment saying a lease is basically a bet that nothing better shows up. That stuck with me because your Medellin story is the same thing, just with a nicer view. The guilt part is real too.
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