#03 | Bev Yeager | Transitioning to Freelance Graphic Designer & World Traveler

Guest Bio:

Bev Yeager of Bee-Designs or Beverly Yeager .com is an award-winning graphic designer and digital nomad. After becoming unhappy in her full-time job, Bev started her own freelance graphic design business and now travels the world living the digital nomad lifestyle. If you're interested in doing the same, you have to listen to this episode!

Links Mentioned:

• Bev's websites Bee-Designs or Beverly Yeager .com
• Nomad on FIRE Score, balancing the cost of living (COL) with quality of life (QOL)
• Remote Year, the work and travel program for digital nomads that Bev and I met on
• Bev's Instagram

Show Notes:

• Bev welcome to the show 00:30
• Bev's Background 01:15
• Made so many changes all at one time- quit her full-time job, moved back to Massachusetts and ended an eight-year relationship 02:34
• Not sure if she wanted to continue being a designer and how she transitioned to freelancing 03:05
• Bev's advice for making significant life changes 05:00
• Take the leap! 06:10
• Starting a business working for yourself 08:15
• Bev designed the Nomad on FIRE logo!!! 11:10
• Upsides of being a freelancer 11:45
  • Time flexibility
  • Can work when you're more focused and productive
• Downsides of freelancing and working remotely 14:45
  • Set up boundaries with clients
• Routine as a digital nomad and getting set up in a new place 17:15
• One month pace of Remote Year 19:30
• Mexico City for digital nomads 21:00
• Eric's love of tacos 22:15
• Bev's future travel plans and the possibilities of the digital nomad lifestyle 23:00
• Eric's future travel plans 26:39
• Working nights in SE Asia 28:00
• What is Remote Year? 30:15
• Advice for aspiring digital nomads 34:40
• How Bev affords this life of travel and how having a savings buffer helped her thoroughly enjoy her Remote Year experience 37:30
• How Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) and the digital nomad lifestyle complement each other so well 40:30
• It's important to balance saving for retirement and the future with enjoying your life in the present 42:30
• A perfect day for Bev 43:45
• What Bev learned about herself by becoming a digital nomad 46:10
• 1# Piece of advice for an aspiring digital nomad 48:45
• The power of community 50:00
• Where to find Bev online 52:30
  • Bev's websites Bee-Designs or Beverly Yeager .com
  • Bev's Instagram
• And much more...

Significant quotes:

• "I was just really unhappy sitting in an office all day" 02:05
• "I enjoyed the fact that it was on my terms" 03:35
• "You can't be afraid to fail" 05:17
• "I could just literally live my life traveling if I wanted to" 06:30
• "I liked doing everything by myself, just to understand it all" 10:17
• "I could go literally anywhere" 24:38
• "Stop and celebrate your wins for sure" 48:10