You read that right! This blog is being to brought to you by COVID-19. Quarantine is mandatory for new visitors in New York State. We’re still in a pandemic, guys, so no surprise here. Thankfully, if there is one thing I’m always ok with, it’s getting some quality me-time in. And as a virtual worker, I’m remote and often working from home anyway. Two weeks of quarantine? Piece of cake! Here’s the low-down on what I learned and how well it worked to keep me sane.

Fun and games aside the name of the blog series is called Remote in Albany which means it’s time to actually talk about working remote in my new dwellings. I gotta eat and maintain my wine budget friends! Here are a couple of things I discovered while starting to find my working routine in this new city during this particular time. I hope some of these things to note are helpful to you if you are planning on working remote soon yourself.

I made it! After two days, very little sleep and lots of coffee, I am officially in Albany. No limbs missing, just mostly brain fried as two sisters would be after driving up the coast for 2 days. The best piece of advice about driving up? Actually make it a road trip. Not a marathon. Take a few more days off, put the “getting there” anxiety to bed, and take longer rest stops in cities you have not been in before. Explore a little bit. Safely though!

I did it, you guys! After spending the time to build the foundation for the virtual and remote aspects of Vow + Vast, I’m in a position to start traveling full time to work wherever I want.