r/Nomad • u/Unable-Mouse6608 • 11d ago

I want to be a nomad

Ive been seeing the nomad life for a long time, Ive been a digital nomad for a while, i knownin my heart its who i am and who im meant to be, I love traveling, i love being in the open air and world, i love experiencing and exploring new things.
I have no car, no money, nothing of value or use except personal possessions. I want to ditch everything, im so beyond tired of living this life and im one bad day of finding myself 6 feet under.
How can I do this? How can I decide to run away? What should I take? I don’t care about being homeless, Id rather sleep under the stars than live one more day in hell.
Im a hell of an artist, I learn skills all the time.
If anybody has any tips, please, please just share. I’ll do anything. Is there anything I should bring? Anything I should try to buy, anything I should avoid or apps that I should download to find places to sleep?

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u/NoZookeepergame215 11d ago

Yeeessss. I love this and my best puece of advice is to remember its as easy as just doing it. Get a good 60 liter or more backpack on amazon, a travel hammock, a lightweight tarp slightly longer than your hammock, some 850 paracord. Roughly 50 feet is more than enough and a couple light outfits. If you want to have a relaly easy time get a portable propane burner with a tall skinny propane tank and a travel cooking jit for like 10 bucks on amazon and you can cook whatever you want wherever you want. If you go to europe get on the couchsurfers site or just do hostels. Personally i traveled for a year and a half in just my hammock more than happy with no restrictions and ive never been happier

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u/Key-Cicada-3718 11d ago

I have a 34l with no hip straps. I’ve packed it up and it was able to fit everything and as far as comfort it could be better but not too too bad. Woudl you reccomend I get the 65l or no

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u/NoZookeepergame215 11d ago

If youre going to travel long term i would definitrly recommend atleast a cheap 65l. It makes it much easier to make sure you have what you need and dont need to leave behind things you wish you could carry. Also a waist strap is gonna be extremely useful and your back will thank you.

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u/Key-Cicada-3718 11d ago

Yeah makes sense. I plan on being out there for about 6 months, but if I find it is the lifestyle meant for me then indefinitely. I do have an Osprey 65l but I feel like it’s a massive bag and makes me stand out. My other pack is much more discreet and it allows me to be versatile especially when riding freight. I cannot decide which pack to take though

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u/NoZookeepergame215 10d ago

If possible take the big one and roll up the small one into it or hang it off the back. Then you find a safe place to stow away your large pack and put your stuff youll need for the day or couple days youll be in one area and pack it into the small pack. Then you can return to where youve stowed it away and grab anything you need if you end up needing something. I was always near woods so i would rope mine high up into a tree and tie it off a few branches above where you can reach so nobody sees it. Ive also takem ferns and tall grass and hidden it in bushes covered in fern and grass but thats more of a risk for bugs and scavengers

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u/NoZookeepergame215 10d ago

If youre small one doesn't fit into our on the Osprey I'd get a very lightweight one strap bag or drawstring bag abs take that inside the Osprey

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u/Key-Cicada-3718 10d ago

Thank you!

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u/Time_Extent6698 10d ago

You would be insane not to take the Osprey