Why I Created Frontier Nomad

On the Road Again:

Just over a year ago, I was caravanning up the east coast of Australia in this cool little van, driving from Sydney to Cairns. For two weeks, I lived the van life, rolling along the coast, chill-vibes on the beach and exploring the Australian east.

I was in a transitional period, I had just ended a two-year work contract a week before, now I was taking this mini adventure on the way to an even greater one. It's during these transition times you really think about what you want in life and the future. And I was transition stacking

I kept coming back to the same thought: I'm pumped up about this next journey, but what do I want after that? I want to create something I actually care about, something that matters to me, something that reflects my life and values and way that I move through the world.

At the end of those two weeks, I dropped off my van in Cairns, took a bus to Airlie beach and joined the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, where I spent four months sailing across oceans and seas. We set out from Australia, eventually making our way to Vietnam, China, and back full-circle to the USA.

Out there, surrounded by endless ocean, and in between the intense, breathtaking, and incredibly uncomfortable days, I couldn’t stop thinking about what I wanted to create and the direction I wanted to take my life when returning to that sweet, sweet solid ground.

Chasing Freedom

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been chasing freedom and autonomy - the freedom to live and move freely, to create, to experience everything the world has to offer - to live as many lives as possible. Self-teaching to become a software engineer making that sweet web dev bank and working remotely around the world over the last 8 years has felt like the ultimate expression of that.

But the truth is, this lifestyle is as challenging as it is rewarding. The constant transitions, the high-pressure demands of high-stakes projects and remote work, and the drive to grow personally and professionally - it’s easy to get burned out or lose sight of why you started.

And I've definitely been there - overworking and burned out, mental exhaustion and existential crisis, struggling to stay healthy and focused, feeling disconnected from the world and those around me - isolated from the very places I was exploring.

I needed something that was mine - but also something that carried what I’d learned. A reflection of the lifestyle, the values, and the real shit that got me here.

Building for Myself:

So I'm killing two birds with one build. Creating something with a bit more direction than a personal blog and expansive enough to encompass future products or branched ideas.

Frontier Nomad is a vibe, and a way of life, an extension of myself and what I care about and think is useful and related to this lifestyle that I've come to love with all of its ups and downs and massive potential. The raw freedom of this lifestyle is pretty incredible.

I don't know fully what Frontier Nomad will be - for now I'm going to write blog posts on there that I think are useful and interesting. I also dropped some white-label supplements as a fun mini-project in product design + functional mushrooms are incredibly powerful (helped me keep my sanity on this last contract). Added some rad t-shirts on there. But that's fun and games. This is really setting a base from expansion later down the road and gets the build muscles warmed up.

The vibe is exploration, growth, and creation.

Follow Along

I’d love for you to be part of it - check out the Frontier Nomad blog.