- A Step-by-Step Guide -
How to choose a
Travel Job
that doesn't suck
This workbook will help you organize your thoughts, find clarity, and feel confident about your travel job decision.
This workbook will help you organize your thoughts, find clarity, and feel confident about your travel job decision.
INTRODUCTION
Congrats on downloading the travel job workbook! Choosing a new job can be nerve-wracking—especially if the idea of working while traveling is new to you.
To help you avoid choosing the wrong path and wasting time, money, and energy—I've created this short guide for you.
If you haven't already, make sure to watch the video that goes along with this workbook.
It may be tempting to skip this brainstorming workbook and jump straight into the first job that catches your eye, but this is a mistake (been there, done that, lost $10,000...).
There's nothing better than feeling confident that you made the right decision. If you skip these steps, you'll have to deal with the nagging thought in the back of your mind wondering if you made a mistake.
I recommend printing this workbook out and filling it out by hand. There is something weirdly powerful about putting ideas down in your own handwriting.
That said, if you want to save some trees, you can download this PDF, open it with a PDF reader on your computer, and simply insert text boxes in the answer fields.
Best of luck!
Mitch
ProjectUntethered.com
Before getting lost in the weeds searching for job options, you first need to have a clear end goal in mind. Take a minute to write out your dream day in as much detail as possible.
Describe your dream day in as much detail as possible below:
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Now let's take stock of what skills you have to work with. List out all your strengths, past experiences, and interests below. Try not to filter your ideas, just write down everything that pops into your head.
My strenghts
My past experiences
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My interests
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With everything you've written so far in mind, go through this giant list of travel job ideas one by one. Note down ANYTHING that sounds exciting to you—even if it doesn't quite match with your skills or ideal day.
List out any travel job idea that looks remotely interesting to you below:
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Go through each job idea you wrote down, and choose the one that best fits with your ideal day. This will be your "end goal" job. This may not be a job that you can start earning overnight (e.g., a blog). If it's something that takes time to build up, you can choose other "step ladder" jobs to support yourself in the meantime. For example, if your end goal is to run a big eCommerce store, you might support yourself teaching English, becoming a scuba dive instructor, freelancing, etc. until your eCommerce store is off the ground. Remember, there is nothing wrong with trying different things. In fact, it's recommended! For all you know, you may fall in love with your step ladder job and decide not to pursue your end goal job after all. The key is to stay flexible and go with the flow.
Piece together a job roadmap. Begin with jobs that you can start earning quickly, and work up to your ultimate end goal.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Opportunities come knocking as soon as you leave your comfort zone.
Once you start digital nomad life and meeting new people, you may be shocked at where life takes you.
Stay flexible and keep an open mind.
Sure, it's important to focus and work hard towards your end goal. Just don't go so overboard that you miss amazing opportunities that you attract along the way.
If you want to save time and money building an online business (and living digital nomad life in general), I put together a super handy toolkit of all the helpful tools I've discovered over the past 6 years on the road.
I guarantee it will make your transition into digital nomad life easier (and cheaper).
And if you want more free insider tips for living a travel lifestyle, subscribe to the Project Untethered Youtube channel below. We publish no B.S., none-sugarcoated videos every week.
I hope this guide helped give you some clarity. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to help!
Mitch