71 | From Homeless at 17 to Digital Nomad?

Oliver Kuiz isn't joining us with a perfectly mapped-out digital nomad success story. He's right in the middle of trying to create one.

After becoming homeless at 17, Oliver learned to survive by constantly starting over – sleeping in his car, living in a storage unit, travelling around Europe on £5 flights, and trying different businesses along the way.

Now he's a 27-year-old single father preparing to move from England to New Zealand with his four-year-old son and their cat. He's trying to raise £10,000 for the move while figuring out how to build an income that isn't tied to one place.

In this episode, Palle and Alexandra talk with Oliver about freedom, fatherhood, starting over, declining YouTube income, and what happens when the desire for a different life is stronger than the plan for how to get there.

Key Takeaways

• How Oliver went from homelessness at 17 to travelling through 29 countries
• Why becoming a father completely changed his relationship with freedom
• Why he wants to start over in New Zealand
• His challenge to raise £10,000 before the move
• Why his YouTube income has dropped dramatically
• The difficulty of building location-independent income when you're still figuring out what that income should be
• Why failure doesn't necessarily mean giving up on the move

Relevant Links

• Oliver on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OliverKuiz
• Oliver on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverkuiz
• Oliver on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oliverkuiz1
• Support Oliver on BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/oliverkuiz
• Video – "5 Reasons Why I'm Leaving The UK Forever": https://youtu.be/0hZcRAK1Jb8?si=XPonGu7yWvE3sa7K