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Do you live a life by design or by default? In reality, most people live a life by default because they don’t proactively design their lifestyles. In this international travel journal entry, I’m going to share how to live a life by design!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you willing to be unapologetically different?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What does a good life mean to you? Let me give you some ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take myself as an example. To me, a good life means I am in control. When I turned 40 years old, I retired from traditional industries and became a digital nomad. Actually, after I left traditional industries, I turned down a few job offers at well-known organizations. My decision would make no sense to other people, but it’s the right decision in my reality because I already did everything that I needed to do and now it’s time for me to do something that I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, I’ve decided to enjoy international travel while doing remote work online. This is a good life<\/a> for me – it fits me like a handmade glove!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, I’ve made many decisions that probably make no sense to others: I never had a driving license, and I’ll never get one because I lived in the city center all my life. I’ve done the math: The taxi is cheaper and more convenient than having a car. Also, I chose to study linguistics and psychology at university when I was able to get into medical school. I used my degree for nearly two decades and now I’ve decided not<\/em> to use my degree anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only I know what a good life truly means to me, so I’m unapologetically different from others. 😊<\/p>\n\n\n

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Don’t wait until you retire to enjoy life.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“When I retire, I will do XYZ<\/em>….” – A lot of people have this kind of plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would argue that we should enjoy life whenever we can and as soon as possible because we only live once and life is short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why I retired from traditional industries when I was 40 years of age and became a remote worker on the Internet. Combining international travel with remote work is living a life by design<\/a> (not by default) in my world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal is to thoroughly enjoy today as well as every day after. I don’t delay joy for some unknown future date because I don’t want to be a wealthy 98-year-old person with a lot of regrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“No regrets, no worries.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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