There's a line in an old song, by I think Kris Kristofferson, about this, perhaps : "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing, but it's free." I think the writer is struggling with these exact issues. Another songwriter touched on this with his beautiful "Beeswing" ; Richard Thomson. Perhaps it's the human condition, that when we have stability we crave adventure - and when we have adventure, we crave a safe and stable base.

https://youtu.be/G-J7mLyD3yc

https://youtu.be/aP8yGUJRQ40

I wouldn’t like to be a digital nomad. I traveled a lot, studied and worked abroad and dreaded the idea of settling down somewhere but now that I’m settled (I moved over 15 times in my life), I like the idea of calling a place my home. Whenever we come home from a trip, I say to my family “ The best thing about going away, is coming home.” It’s not that important where the home is but rather who is with me (my husband and kids) and I wouldn’t hesitate to move abroad again. But I only move with stable jobs. If I wouldn’t have a family, I could imagine working for the Goethe Institute, a German language and culture institution, which sends its employees every five years to a different country, or work for German embassies. Even with kids, I could imagine moving to other countries (moved with our kids around a lot already) but when doing a Goethe career or being a diplomat, you can’t always choose where they sent you. And there are places where I would go alone but for sure not take kids. So, I decided not to follow such a career. But if I were, I’d have a stable income, health insurance and a pension.

I have always dreamt of becoming a digital nomad, having always preferred freedom over anything else. However, the older I get and the more experience I get with solo travelling, I begin to realise how important stability really is. The idea of getting too comfortable always frightened me into settling down in one place and having a job just to pay off rent and bills. Having travelled for a year, moving from one country to another, I've learnt to appreciate and value stability and consistency and not just in terms of place, but also consistency with the people I interact with. Now I'm searching for stability as I am starting to settle down in the wonderful city of Bristol. Of course, I shall travel again someday, but perhaps, not in the way that I wanted to back in those days as a digital nomad.

@Michael Smith I agree. In the link that I provided, most of the digital nomads know that there is an end to their adventure. They also have fears . Only 20 percent of the digital nomads can really sustain this kind of lifestyle for decades. Some travel constantly without proper insurance which is a bit scary really. I run marathons, I do solo backpacking, I hike jungles in my country and overseas but I certainly am not fearless, I am courageous ( to a certain extent) but with a sense of responsibility as well. I have met a lot of digital nomads who cannot even pay for a months rent..They are just basically drifting. It is a nice lifestyle if you are in your twenties but when the clock is ticking and you have zero savings then that is another kind of adventure, a rather "scary" one.