60-Something Digital Nomad Tells All!
On a plane, a train, a bus? Who knows? But I was giddy with wanderlust.
© Joyce McGreevy
10 Lessons I Learned from Travel
A tabloid headline floats over a deer-in-the-headlights photo of a 60-something woman. She’s been caught in the act of . . . traveling solo! As a digital nomad! This is what I picture whenever people express shock that I once sold my condo, donated most of my possessions, packed a small suitcase, and began traveling full time—while continuing to work.
Becoming a digital nomad is not unusual. But doing so as an older woman tends to flabbergast those around you.
People reacting to women’s life choices with shock is nothing new, of course. But there comes a time when anything a woman does that’s slightly outside of the norm prompts the response, “At your age?” A survey of female friends reveals that this happens from ages 2 to 102. Before and...
