Chasing the digital nomad dream? Beware of global current events

My desk is a disaster. Cold brew from this morning, now room temperature. A stack of unopened mail that’s been piling up since the holiday break. Outside my window: rain. Not the romantic kind. This downpour is more Mary J. Blige and Ja Rule than Soul for Real. When I log on to my first video call of the day, I see the same gloom in everyone else’s backgrounds.

Well, everyone except Sam.

Unlike most people at the Seattle-based organization, Sam, a content strategist, has been...