Ep 34: Following Your Heart with Dan Dunn

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James Schipper
DigitalNomadMe
2 min readMar 26, 2018

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Dan Dunn and his wife Stephanie had what most people would consider a dream life.

California, great jobs, cars, house… but it wasn’t what they wanted.

Spoiler alert — they decided it wasn’t for them.

They created their own adventure — packed up all their stuff and never looked back.

Stay emPowered — Beck

Show Notes:

  • How he took his family from living a “good” version of the American Dream to a life of indefinite travel (1:34)
  • How the programmed version of the dream brought him to cursing misery in a fancy car (4:29)
  • How life has changed after going nomad and waking up to new adventures and discoveries every day (6:35)
  • How they manage finances and ongoing income on their travels (9:16)
  • Doubts, setbacks, and challenges with becoming Digital Nomads, and how they don’t get in the way of the dream (12:12)
  • Newly-discovered benefits of a life outside their norm and the joys of constant learning (14:40)
  • Advice and encouragement for aspiring Digital Nomads on how to get started with the balance of research vs. shooting from the hip (19:28)

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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James Schipper
DigitalNomadMe

Digital Nomad — Funnelhacker — Copywriter — Expat — Love photography, Travel, Personal Dev, and Southeast Asia. Also too many Star Wars references.