Working Remotely 101
Working remotely 101: Have you ever wondered how to be one of those glamorous travel bloggers who gets paid to lay on the beach? Same here, but I’ve found a way to get pretty close to that…
I love adventure. Traveling funnily enough gives me anxiety, but maybe I’m just addicted to the adrenaline rush because I can’t stop googling flights. Just this morning I thought I found $800 flights to New Zealand (my dream destination), but lo and behold… it was just for a one way. Still considering though 😉
Being able to work remotely has been such a blessing and has allowed me the flexibility to travel. Working around time zones isn’t so bad when you’re in a beautiful place.
How to travel while working remotely 101:
- Find a job where you can work remotely.
- A no brainer here. You’ll need to be able to travel light, so make sure any work you’ll need to do can be done on a laptop only. Unless you can splurge on some checked luggage. Although I wouldn’t recommend checking in laptops or important/expensive equipment.
- Understand the time difference.
- Make sure to move any meetings that might fall in the middle of the night. Unless you’re a night owl! But considering how much travel takes out of you, I recommend getting used to your new timezone and making the meeting a more realistic time of day for you if you can’t make the meeting an email.
- Know that you’ll probably not be working as much as usual.
- You’re in a new, wonderful place. You don’t want to be stuck inside all day and you’ll probably want to go explore. Finish some projects ahead of time and choose a few things that won’t take you the regular 8 hours to complete.
- If you have clients, give them a heads up.
- Things will slip through the cracks, wifi might not work, and flights will get delayed. Let your clients know by setting an away message and giving them a heads up that you’re on the go and will be checking your inbox less frequently.
- Take time off.
- Take a few full days off to just be in your new destination and not have any hard stops.
- Schedule out to-dos a month in advance.
- Shorten those project timelines where you can, schedule in time for a haircut/nails/etc., and remember that packing takes time. There’s always extra things to do before a trip and to be well rested, make sure you have enough daytime hours to do it all.
- Make a packing list and check it thrice!
- Make a separate packing list for your business things. Leave yourself a little note to grab chargers and adapters so you don’t forget anything you need to get work done!
- Schedule out time to work.
- Be diligent by scheduling time to be at your desk. Check the forecast and work on rainy days!
- Be realistic with what you can do.
- Again, and I can’t stress enough, things happen. You’re in a different “best you” mindset while traveling. At least I am. For my first trip out of the country since Crohn’s and COVID, I’m not planning to do any work unless it’s urgent or for my own business. That way I can allow a ton of room for that creativity to flow!
- Check your destinations’ wifi.
- You can’t work without wifi! 😉
I hope you enjoy! Let me know below if you have any questions.
