The good nomad life is about living and working across places without turning mobility into a performance.
It is written for people who are already mobile, or becoming so, and who care less about optimisation and visibility than about comfort, continuity, and judgement over time.
This site focuses on what makes a mobile life sustainable: low-friction routines, reliable systems, and choices that hold up once novelty fades.
Living well across places
Mobility expands choice. Over time, it also exposes what actually matters.
These essays explore the difference between living well and living large, and how experienced mobile professionals quietly adapt their priorities as movement becomes normal rather than exceptional.
- Living well is not the same as living large
A reflection on restraint, comfort, and why fewer upgrades often lead to a better life. - What makes a place livable after the first month
Why friction, routine, and background conditions matter more than highlights. - Food routines as a way of grounding yourself abroad
How simple, repeatable eating habits help stabilise life across places.
Work and daily systems
When work has real consequences, aesthetics matter less than predictability.
These articles focus on building systems that function reliably across environments, without constant adjustment or optimisation.
- How I choose places to stay for one month or longer
Practical criteria for long-term accommodation that supports work, rest, and routine. - My work setup when reliability matters more than aesthetics
A grounded approach to tools, redundancy, and low-friction remote work. - The small set of things I carry because they keep working
Travel items chosen for familiarity and durability rather than novelty.
How to use this site
You do not need to read everything in order.
If you are deciding how to live and work across places, start with the first section.
If you are deciding what to choose or carry, start with the second.
Nothing here is optimised for speed. Most of it is written to be useful after the initial excitement of mobility has passed.
A note on recommendations
Some articles reference tools, services, or products that have proven reliable over time. When links are included, they are added to support the decision-making described, not to promote novelty or trends.
You should be able to remove every link and still find the writing useful.