Key facts

• Role: Digital Content Producer
• Working from today: Mexico City
• Top remote hub: Indonesia
• All-time favorite destination: Japan

A few years ago, Salomé was working a demanding in-person job in Colombia, trying to squeeze a gym routine and a personal life into whatever hours were left over. Today, she oversees brand content and creatives from wherever she’s decided to watch the sunset that week. The story of how she got from one to the other says a lot about what remote work at Holafly actually looks like.

“I felt like I wasn’t living the life I wanted,” she says. “It wasn’t aligned with who I am as a person.” She’s naturally curious, an explorer, and a routine built entirely around work wasn’t cutting it. So she made a plan: move to Australia, start over. While she was preparing for the move, she picked up a remote job and kept it running from Colombia.

By the time her Australia plans were actually happening, something had changed. “I realized I didn’t want to move away from my professional life,” she says. “I wanted to find the balance between living and growing professionally.”

Because the trip was already paid for, she went anyway and spent a year working remotely from there. When her visa was up for renewal, she decided against it: settling down wasn’t the plan anymore, and she had her sights set on Asia.

Three months in Thailand turned into a year across countries

When leaving Australia she told her parents she’d be back in three months. What followed was closer to a year, moving through Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, and Korea. “I went a little crazy,” she laughs, “and covered all of Asia.”

It was during that time, while she was in Indonesia, that she came across a job posting from a company she already knew as a customer: Holafly. At the time she also had in-person offers waiting back in Colombia, and no real certainty about which life she wanted.

She applied anyway: “I got the job at Holafly,” she says. “That was the confirmation that this was the path I wanted to follow.”

The word that describes her first few months: belonging

Back home, choosing a life on the move usually invites a certain kind of reaction. “You hear a lot of judgment toward someone who travels that much,” she says. “‘You’re crazy, how did you even do that?’ And I get it, if it’s not the lifestyle you’re used to.”

At Holafly, she found the opposite. “Here it was different: ‘oh, I’ve been there too, I’ve done that too, I’m traveling too.’” Surrounded by people living some version of the same thing, she stopped being the odd one out.

“If someone says ‘tomorrow I’ll be in Berlin working,’ the reaction here is ‘that’s so cool,’ not judgment.” Belonging, acceptance: that’s the word she keeps coming back to, and one that’s stuck around well past her first few months.

Finding the perfect spot means it’s almost time to leave

Salomé landed in Mexico City about two weeks ago. Ask her what she can see from where she’s staying and she’ll tell you exactly: the Virgin of Guadalupe, right across from her building in the city center. The day before, it was the Palacio de Bellas Artes. She changes her spot on purpose, sometimes weekly, sometimes daily.

Given the choice, though, her real dream office is the beach. “I’m more of a warm-weather person, more of a beach vibe,” she says. Her idea of an ideal workday involves a coworking space with an ocean view, flip-flops, and a flower picked up off the ground and tucked behind her ear. She spent the last two months in Playa del Carmen and loved it, so why keep moving?

“I can’t stop myself from staying somewhere just because I liked it,” she explains, “because that would take away the next destination’s chance to surprise me.”

Beyond work essentials: why a routine is her best travel advice

Her packing list is short but non-negotiable: an iPad, a mouse, a microphone, headphones and a water bottle. But her actual daily structure took much longer to build than her travel kit.

If you ask her for the single best piece of advice for aspiring digital nomads, she’ll tell you to create a daily structure. “When I started, I had no routine, and that was a big problem,” she says. “It throws off a lot of things.”

For her, feeling grounded isn’t tied to a physical space. “Stability and home aren’t about a physical space, but about how you behave around the things that surround you,” she explains. If your habits are clear, the transitions are easy. “The spot changes, but you don’t”.

Remote work has also created space for new passions. “Working remotely has given me the time to explore new hobbies like surfing and paddleboarding,” she says. “I enjoy practicing them in the mornings before work. I’m not very good at either yet, but I really enjoy the experience.”

These days, she treats her habits like an absolute priority: gym after work, no matter what city she woke up in that morning. “The first thing I do when I get to a new city is go grocery shopping and pay for a gym membership, even if it’s just for a week.”

Mastering the remote dynamic: flexible hours and strong team bonds

Working from wherever doesn’t mean working whenever. Salomé simulates office hours, lunch included, with room for the exceptions that come with any job.

Creative work is the one thing she won’t force during the day. “Creativity flows better for me at night,” she says, “I think because there are fewer distractions.” If the deadline allows it, she closes the laptop, goes to the gym or a museum, and picks the work back up once it’s flowing again.

But beyond her own schedule, being part of a remote team is another challenge. “It’s completely different from the moments you get in an office, going for coffee or having lunch together,” she admits. What’s worked for her team is protecting a little unstructured time before meetings, talking about life outside of work, not just the task list.

Above all, working this way forces you to sharpen your communication. “You have to leave everything documented,” she explains, since you can’t just clarify things in the office kitchen. Her golden rule? Stop assuming. “If I’m left with any doubt, however small, I ask, and I ask, and I ask”.

Expanding your world and finding your community

There’s a version of this lifestyle people assume they understand: people running from something, avoiding real life. Salomé entirely pushes back on that: “Sometimes people travel to find themselves, to discover different versions of themselves”.

The nomads she’s met along the way aren’t lost; they’ve expanded their world, built income streams she didn’t know existed, and figured out what they actually want. “They just think differently from what’s often expected back home”.

This constant exploration does come with a unique challenge: navigating the moments of being alone. But rather than closing her off, traveling solo has actually made her more open to the world.

Her network-building happens in unexpected ways, in a spontaneous conversation with a restaurant owner, an app for meeting other travelers, or a welcoming Facebook group for a city she just landed in. “You become more open to socializing, to talking to people,” she says. Arriving somewhere new pushes you out of your shell and forces you to build community intentionally.

Ultimately, all these connections lead back to the most important relationship a nomad has. “You also spend a lot of time with yourself, which is why being okay with who you are is essential to sustain this lifestyle,” she explains. And once you have that foundation, the whole world opens up.

At Holafly, we believe you shouldn’t have to put your life on hold to build a great career. If you’re looking for a remote culture that celebrates exploration, flexibility, and belonging, we’d love to meet you. Take a look at our open roles on the Careers Page.