FOR NOMADS WHO'VE MADE IT WORK
Work from
anywhere.
Earn like you
never left.
You figured out how to work remotely. Now comes the messier part: choosing a base, carrying an office through airport security, and building a life that survives the next flight.
FIELD NOTE
Lisbon is overrated. You should probably still go.
01
Destinations→
Rent, internet, visas, tax, and what the city feels like once the first good week is over.
02
Directory→
People, workspaces, stays, and local services worth knowing before the next move.
03
Gear→
The carry-on office after it has survived flights, bad desks, and one too many security trays.
04
Community→
A private room for people who have already made remote work work and still have questions about the life around it.
BEFORE THE NEXT MOVE
Choose your next base.
Know what you're getting into.
Compare the practical details before you move. Then hear what a place feels like once the novelty wears off.
DESTINATIONS
Where to base next.
Scored, not hyped.
Lisbon, Portugal
$1,200-2,000/mo · Fast (100+ Mbps)
Lisbon is overrated. You should probably still go. This is annoying, because both things are true. The nomad scene is crowded and the locals are exhausted by it. Then the light hits the tiles, you walk to dinner, and the obvious choice starts making sense again.
Tokyo, Japan
$1,500-2,500/mo · Extremely fast (200+ Mbps)
Tokyo makes daily life look suspiciously well engineered. The trains arrive, the streets stay clean, and dinner is good almost by accident. Then Friday comes and you realize you still do not know anyone. Give it three to six months. You will leave impressed, slightly lonely, and probably planning a return.
Mexico City, Mexico
$800-1,500/mo · Good (50-100 Mbps)
Mexico City has almost everything, including the occasional internet outage exactly when the rain starts. The food keeps ruining other cities for you. The altitude takes your first week and the traffic takes whatever patience remains. Once your lungs catch up, you begin to understand why people stay longer than planned.
GEAR
The carry-on office.
Item by item.
Everything here has to earn the space in a carry-on. Airport security already sees enough of our stuff.
Travel Pack 3Aer
$300You don't need the Aer Travel Pack 3. But if you're going to obsess over your bag anyway (and you are), it's the one that'll stop you from continuing to obsess over your bag. It's expensive, it's overkill, and it'll probably last longer than your nomad phase. Buy it or don't, but stop researching bags.
AirPods Pro 2Apple
$249Noise cancellation for airplane crying babies and co-working space LinkedIn influencers. They're overpriced, the case is too slippery, and you'll lose them eventually. But they work flawlessly with your iPhone, fit in your pocket, and the ANC actually lets you think. Worth it if you value your sanity.
Travel Backpack 45LPeak Design
$299.95Peak Design looked at the humble backpack and answered almost every question anyone had ever asked about access. The 45L is excellent if you carry camera gear or enjoy a bag with a system. You notice the weight before packing, then the empty pockets start asking to be filled. Buy it for deliberate one-bag travel, not because another zipper might finally fix your packing habits.
PowerBank 737Anker
$150A 24,000mAh battery that can charge your laptop, not just your phone. Heavier than you'd like, cheaper than it should be. Essential for long flights, train rides through nowhere, and that Airbnb in Bali where the power goes out twice a day. You'll curse the weight until you need it, then you'll be grateful.
The room
comes next.
Promad is building toward a private community for people who already have the remote-work part under control. It opens when there is enough useful material and enough of the right people to make the room worth entering.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Stop researching.
Start moving.
“I created Promad.life because I wish I had a resource like this when I started. I was tired of doing the same research every time I moved. It turns out a lot of other people were too.”