I work fully remotely, and my work isn't really work.

It isn't physically demanding, and it isn't mentally hard, either.

I write for a living, which to me is second nature. I'd write even if I didn't have to do it for work.

The downside of being fully remote, though, is that you're never truly off.

Depending on your company, your boss(es) and other factors (what apps you use, and how), your phone is always buzzing.

There's always extra afterhour work.

There's always that notification you forgot to mute.

There's always that random message "hey I know you're off but..."

Is it every day? No.

It isn't even every week, but it happens.

But what do people like me have in return?

As we speak, there are people on a cruise ship on their way to Brazil.

These people are all remote workers, or digital nomads - this horrible expression we invented - who are working while on a cruise ship.

On their way to Brazil.

Sipping mojitos on deck.

If you could go back in time and tell my parents "30 or 40 years from now, people your age will be able to work while on a cruise ship on their way to wherever, and not because they're working FOR the cruise ship. Just ON the cruise ship, doing work that's not really work."

Writing, making videos, social media. Don't get me wrong, work's work. Doing something as a job is a million miles away from doing it for a hobby.

There are deadlines, there are things you'd rather avoid, there are pointless calls, there are bosses, there are unreasonable demands.

But come on, it's still heaps better than it could've been.