Trust your gut

Hey Freaking Nomads,

Have you ever had that gut feeling that made no sense on paper, but somehow felt louder than logic?

Maybe it was that moment you found yourself staring at flight prices at 2 a.m., heart pounding, knowing you couldn’t really afford it, but also knowing you had to go.

Or maybe it was turning down a steady job offer. Because deep down, you knew something better, something right, was waiting.

Our intuition tells us to leap. But trusting your gut can feel terrifying when the “sensible” voice in your head starts listing all the reasons you shouldn’t.

Because even though we pride ourselves on living outside the rules, we still carry the weight of what’s logical, responsible, or safe. Especially when it’s money, work, or love on the line.

But after so many years on the road, I've now finally learned that intuition isn’t reckless. It’s just deeply personal wisdom.

It’s that inner compass quietly pointing toward the life that’s meant for you, long before you can explain why.

I’ve learned to trust mine with everything I have. And every time I do, it leads me somewhere incredible. Sometimes messy, often unexpected, but always exactly where I need to be.

Because intuition doesn’t predict the future. It reveals your truth.

It shows you what you really want. Not what Instagram says digital nomadism should look like, not what your LinkedIn connections expect, not what your family hopes you’ll do next.

When you listen to that inner voice, you stop chasing someone else’s dream and start building your own.

So if your gut is whispering to you right now, telling you to book that flight, write that first post, start that new project... Listen.

It might not make sense yet, and it might scare you. But one day, you’ll look back and realize that tiny, quiet feeling inside you was the start of everything.

So trust your gut, nomads. It knows where it’s going, even when you don’t yet 🌍✨

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🧑‍💻 Nomad Resource of the Week

If you’ve ever looked down at your airplane meal and wondered, “Is this really food?” you’re going to love this one.

AirlineMeals.net is one of those old-school internet gems that still lives rent-free in my bookmarks. It’s a crowdsourced collection of airplane meals from flights all over the world: the good, the the bad, and the completely unidentifiable.

It’s not going to make you more productive or change your life, but it will make you smile, and probably appreciate your next in-flight tray a little more!

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Written by Kiara Conaghan

Australian freelance journalist in the UK, chasing off-beat stories and hidden histories through travel, interviewing remarkable people and exploring lesser-known places.

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