Challenging cultural expectations to live the life you want – with Angie Wang

In this episode of the Working From Home podcast, Nelson is joined by Angie Wang from the Curious Barbell. Angie is a digital nomad and personal trainer who is on a mission to build community through mental and physical training.

Topics of conversation include: Angie’s journey from student to digital nomad, overcoming social/cultural pressures when living an alternative lifestyle, starting a podcast and growing a business, finding a work-life balance, setting and accomplishing goals, and other topics.

[4:19] - Angie share’s her career path from student to business owner.

[10:20] - The first big step Angie took to begin her exploration of the digital nomad path.

[16:03] - Working through the fear of imposter syndrome when reaching out to potential clients. Overcoming feeling too small to ask for what you want.

[23:36] - Staying busy and pursuing secondary goals out of fear of pursuing your primary goals. Avoidance of primary goals when failure would challenge our story of self.

[29:03] - Starting the Curious Barbell podcast and business, and Angie’s experience with her first few episodes.

[35:56] - Searching for meaning after accomplishing a big goal. Being forced to ask “what now”?

[43:09] - How 2020 has affected freelancers and digital nomads.

[50:23] - Managing the loss of small moments and check-ins with people in the workplace when working from home.

Resources Mentioned:
https://curiousbarbell.com/
www.nelson-jordan.com/newsletter