Disaster Preparedness for Digital Nomads and Freelancers

July 13, 2020
by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.
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November 8, 2013.

It was the day Typhoon Yolanda made landfall.

It was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.

Strong winds.

Heavy torrential rains.

Storm surge.

Some had to swim and cling to a post to survive.

Others got stuck on the rooftop.

They felt helpless like a newborn.

And it left more than 6,000 dead.

Sigh...

No one would want it to happen again.

But it's something that's out of our control.

What's in our control?

Our capability to prepare for this kind of disaster.

The government is doing its part — improving weather equipment and providing long-term flood management strategy.

How about us?

As freelancers and digital nomads, how can we respond to this situation?

Is there something we can do about it?

This is a timely topic that we need to address.

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by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.

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63 comments on “Disaster Preparedness for Digital Nomads and Freelancers”

  1. Good evening guys, good evening everyone. Great topic we have today/tonight. Too bad I may not readily join the discussion as I am driving home around this time. I actually typed this out earlier 🙂 (then copied and pasted here on the forum).

  2. Alright, here, pauna ko na contribution ko:
    Here is at least posting my contribution/thought on disaster preparedness - given that we already know the possible threats or the cause of disasters already arms us for these and thus in a way already makes us (supposedly) ready for these. I just want to add that being equipped may mean “redundant” solutions, i.e. in case of power outages the need for both short-term (power banks/UVRs with batteries) and the long-term (gen sets, small/home-scale-solar panels, and/or -wind turbines) at least what would be available to you or within your means, or this could also be a means of safe mobility whereby you can move to another place where there is reliable power supply while the power is out at your place - you will need to identify these areas/places/points of course in advance.

  3. Yes, I came to know yung kina Akhimi (na-kwento niya nung Christmas Party) at Lina (through her husband - na-kwento ng husband niya via messenger situation nila noon) re nangyari sa kanila sa respective places nila sa Bicol nung bumagyo doon last year, grabe. Admittedly, lalo na sa Bicol na prone to typhoons, really have to prepare for these and the possible consequences - power outage and no internet connection.

  4. Noong nasa Iloilo ako brownout lagi awa ko punta ako sa mall para mag internet kaso mostly madilim ang mga internet shop, kahit kakahiya man nagamit ako flash light sa phone ko maka work lang

  5. PRAY, FLIP, RISE Guys. Salamat po
    Lavarn lang ng lavarn!!!

    How to be prepared;
    P-pray, plan, and prepare
    R-esponsible
    A-sk help and Accept things that are out of our control
    Y-ou keep Yielding

    Attitude while Preparing;
    F-lexible
    L-ive
    I-nvest
    P-eae of mind

    What to highly value to keep going in our freelancing journey;

    R-elationship with God, clients, kamag-anaks, support groups
    I-nnovation
    S-ound mind/sanity
    Experience/Embrace the daily grind

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