How do you combat loneliness as a digital nomad? I'm generally pretty good at being by myself and I have travelled before, briefly, by myself. I want to travel to Thailand to start with when things are better but I'm worried of being alone, particular now I'm older and over the whole drinking/partying scene. Is it easy to meet people in this lifestyle?

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From my personal experience living in SE Asia...most foreigners have some problem or addiction they're running from/running to. As far as single white middle aged or old guys go. They're far from being high quality people that you want to trust or spend time with if you're trying to live a positive healthy life. I am generalizing but 80 percent of the single white old guys are there just to drink and have sex with young girls - anywhere in SE Asia.

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I use couchsurfing app for meeting friends. I’ve never felt alone in a city with it. Highly recommend! Happy travels.

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Here’s my routine when going to a new country solo:1. Stay in a hostel to meet friends and go explore the tourist places2. Map out the coworking spaces, cafes, and nomad events nearby3. Get own place for privacy (invite people for dinner or to hang out)4. Go do things you enjoy. Having context with people that have similar interests makes conversation much easier. I have global fishing friends doing this

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My friends Jack Daniels and  Don Julio make me very social and makes other more attractive and interesting

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Quite frankly it doesn't depend on your lifestyle: it depends on you. I find it hard to make friends at all because I just can't be bothered to devote the time and energy to doing so. I prefer my own company. Plus I'm totally out of the loop with everyone else having retired at 40. So people my age want to rant on about their work issues or children problems etc and I have no idea what they are talking about.                                                                                              Meanwhile I know others in their 40-50's who are full time DN's who make lifelong friends literally everywhere they go. But then they are very social and easy to get on with, plus go out of there way to make friends. The problem isn't the lifestyle. It's how much effort you put into making friends. I mean if I put in a 10th as much effort into making friends as I did into being financially free as fast as possible, I'd have 1M lifelong friends by now! 🙂

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