You’ve heard the term before. Digital Nomad. You probably have your own preconceived notions of what that even means. Smelly, homeless backpacker who “makes money online selling life coaching sessions” and travels from hostel to hostel. That…is not me.
So who am I?
Yes, I am indeed a digital nomad. I am also a global citizen, life grabbing, culture seeking, freedom chasing flight risk, who thrives on the unknown and relishes in the chaos. I am not just a remote worker looking for the next beach. My relentless curiosity won’t let me settle. Instead of squashing this, I fed into it full force.
You want to know something else that makes me different?
I don’t just want to see the world. I want to live in it. While other nomads go from place to place staying on the surface and perhaps sticking to other nomad communities, I throw myself deep into the life of a local and refuse to leave until I’ve had my fill. I truly and authentically want to know what it’s like to really live here. To be here, feel here, work here, love here. And then….I leave.
But I love coming back.
So really…who is Sally Golan? And why should you care?
I spent a decade in the USA as a small business owner who cared about nothing more than her career. I ran my own nightlife business and built a reputation for inventiveness and fearlessness. My events were talked about in trades like Time Out NY, NY Times, The Daily Mail, The New Yorker, Urban Daddy and so much more. I was crazy creative (I still am) and crazy dedicated. I wanted to succeed. I stayed put. I never traveled. I only worked.
In fact, my 20’s were spent working on my “dream business” and I sacrificed it all. I sacrificed too much actually. I went from running an events business to starting a small, boutique digital marketing agency when I moved to Miami in 2014. I took on as many clients as I could cram and constantly turned down plans so I could keep “working”.
What the F was wrong with me?
It all hit me one day. Where does this lead me? Am I even making enough money to justify these hours? Am I living the life I really want right now? Am I forgetting about this inner voice that keeps screaming inside of me to “leave” and “work from anywhere” and “be free”
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You see…I was born a nomad. I am of nomadic roots. I moved between 3 countries and two continents before the age of 5. I was almost born on a plane between Israel and New York City. I was 14 years old when I took my first overseas trip, solo, for two months and I have packed up and moved probably 200 something times in North America alone.
My lifestyle is a product of my deepest designs. Nomading is in my veins. In my numerology chart. In my soul. I couldn’t sit still even if I wanted to. This is not something I have to get out of my system. This lifestyle choice is not me hopping on a trend. This lifestyle is just ….who I naturally am. It just took me some time to finally admit it.
So perhaps I can inspire you to be a more authentic version of yourself? To listen to your inner desires and inner needs and to not allow society to squash you into a product or a robot? Perhaps I can inspire you to be more wild, more momentous and spontaneous. Less future driven and more in the moment. More about loving something and less about being simply content.
Have you ever had a dream that keeps knocking on your subconscious but you keep ignoring it thinking it’s unrealistic or silly? I am here to make you feel anything but silly. To make you feel like your wildest ideas are completely real, attainable and achievable.
Let’s dream together. Travel together. Grow together.
Let’s get lost together.
Love, Sally Golan
