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Urbanites embrace digital nomad lifestyle in the midst of pandemic
Urbanites who realize that they can work from anywhere, thanks to the omnipresent internet connection and the advancement of mobile technology, have embraced the new lifestyle as digital nomads.
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The growing numbers of digital nomads and the undeniable convenience of staying extensively at resorts might help keep the tourism-based economy in Bali and other tourist-centers afloat. (Courtesy of/epost-robot)
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t has been well documented that the limitations on mobility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to cabin fever for most people forced to work from home.
Some workers have resorted to armchair travel and digital immersion, while others still go out to socialize in-person – flaunting protocols just to get some measure of respite.
However, a growing number of urbanites, who realize that they can work from anywhere thanks to omnipresent internet connection and advances in mobile technology, have embraced life as digital nomads.
The lifestyle choice, no longer reserved for cosmopolitan foreigners working on their laptops from the porches of a beachside resort somewhere in the Global South, is now being adopted by an increasing number of Indonesians who choose to move away from the city and work from a more quiet and relaxing sanctum.
A software engineer for a prominent Jakarta-based tech company, Andrew Daniel has been living in Bali since September last year.
Ditching his shoe-box bedroom in South Jakarta, the 25-year-old has rented a villa in Kerobokan with some friends and is embracing his new routine of surfing at the nearby beach after a few hours of work.
“It started off with just needing to get away from the city. Jakarta was getting depressing because of the COVID-19 situation and I wanted a change of atmosphere,” he told The Jakarta Post earlier this week.
