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The McDowells tend to lay down roots for a month at a time and while Aaron logs on for work meetings or catches up with international colleagues and clients, Jordy takes Luca to meet friends and local expat mums she’s found online.

“Most of my day is still a workday and I’m not on holiday, but I think being in new places brings a sense of adventure and it motivates me to get up early or do things in the evening more than I would at home.”

A new career direction

Whether he’s working from a Guatemalan hostel or the front seat of a rental car flying along a US highway, Eliot Davenport, 31, shifts his work hours to maximise time for exploring.

Having no fixed address was not the original career ambition for Eliot Davenport. “After I left university, I went to work as a product manager and later in insurance, wearing a suit every day and working my way into management,” he says. “Then about five years ago I met my current partner who was a travel blogger, and I quit my job to go travelling with her.”

After returning to Melbourne with an empty bank account, he sought out a way to make a living remotely, eventually settling on SEO (search engine optimisation) and investing in Fjaka Sail, a Croatian sailing business.

“Suddenly, I was a junior in a small marketing company taking a 50 per cent pay cut from what I’d been earning as a manager,” he says.

“But my work is now 100 per cent remote — I just have to get my 38 hours of work done within the week and attend required meetings and manage the marketing for Fjaka Sail on the side.”

Over the past five years, he’s worked from coworking spaces, cafes, hotels, hostels and in transit. “I might clock in hours while cruising the highways or rise at dawn to wrap up by afternoon, leaving the rest of the day for exploration,” he says.

Often Davenport will be parked in front of his computer while his partner is scoping a local festival or gallery, but it’s the price he’s willing to pay to be able to earn money while travelling.

“One of the biggest challenges I’ve found is creating time for myself and not feeling a sense of guilt that I should be going out and exploring,” he explains.

“I’ve had to get comfortable with the fact that, yeah, I’m living my dream going to all of these beautiful locations, but sometimes just sitting on the balcony looking at them while working is enough — that’s the trade-off for working like this to make sure you don’t burn out.”

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