6 Reasons I’m Not Living on a Tropical Island (Even Though I Could)

This digital nomad’s staying put.

Sarah Stroh
Nov 2 · 7 min read
Chilling by the Landwehr Canal, Berlin. 📷 @FelixWiede

I step on to my balcony and inhale the cold damp air. Shivering, I feel a familiar itch to get the fuck out of here. To fly south with the swans on the Landwehr Canal. Ditch this godforsaken grey graffitied wasteland, whose once lush trees are more naked with every passing day. And it’s barely…

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I’ve made mistakes but I’m not a bad person so I’ll tell you everything. *Sex-positive feminist/ Coder/ Aspiring vegan/ Dance music lover* nychickinberlin-gmail

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