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2017 – The year when i have finally turned my life around!

  • 01/03/2018
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Stuck in my daily routine without any new input, I just felt like dying from my old life back home in Augsburg, Germany. I had a normal 9 to 5 office job, which was nice, but i had the feeling that i need to change something. And when 2017 started I got strangely the weird feeling, that this year was meant to be different…!

Looking back on my life and my past years living at my hometown, I felt no longer comfortable and happy there, so I decided that it´s time to make a change. ASAP! Inspired by my last travels to Ibiza, the little island of the Baleares in the Mediterranean Sea of Spain, I was starting to think about going there for a longer period of working, More and more these thoughts and ideas became plans and I have just tried my luck and started applying for jobs on the magical island Ibiza.

Ibiza – the game changer

Like a gift from heaven, I have got the job to work in the field of event management and social media management for the German company “Cirque de la Nuit”, that organizes the biggest and most famous boat party around the island,. Thankful for getting the chance to fulfill my biggest dream of living on Ibiza, I signed in for 3 months, but finally ended up working there for 6. I have really loved the island and its special vibe so much, so I simply stayed. Going to Ibiza was the best decision I have ever made in my life and I just can highly recommend it to everyone who is looking for a better life with sea-view, salty hair, daily sunshine, good vibes, good people and good music. My taste in music totally changed from mainstream stuff to techno, because I went to the best partys of my life. I have improved my skills in the fields of event, project and social media management, writing and speaking in English, met a lot of great people and had so much fun! This time was also the start of my idea of becoming a digital nomad, a person who works and lives location independent and wherever and whenever he/she wants to. This idea just arised in my mind, because of several creative conversations about life that I had with a special person I have met there.

So i have bought the German speaking interactive video course “Raus aus dem Büro”, that i can highly recommend you to check out, if you understand a bit of German and if you are interested in working remotely/location independent.

Living on ibiza was total fun, but there is always a little drop of bitterness that i had to accept: Living together in a worker´s accommodation with shared rooms was a total different experience than to live in my own 3 rooms flat in Germany, having enough space, privacy and rest. You don´t have this luxury kind of lifestyle when you come to Ibiza, but what you get is something much more valuable: A life that wants to be lived. Not just existing. And in the end, I had to admit that I really liked it, living together with a lot of people, having a real community with strangers who turned into friends, was not bad at all!

When I arrived on the island I thought about building up an own Instagram profile to share my Ibiza tips, impressions and experiences with others. What began as a hobby kind of thing, suddenly turned into a very busy profile with the name “magical_island_ibiza”. The feedback and the interest in my content was just INSANE and I finally ended up with 10 thousand organically grown followers in just 5 months! I could not believe it.

In the following months I have build up other social media accounts and changed my name into Franzis Footprints to switch it into something more global and personal. And on top of that i was thinking about creating an associated website blog, where I have the chance to tell you more into detail about my adventures and to give you tips, impressions and recommendations about where to go. And here we are now with my new website and I am super happy that we have got this big step done to launch it! For this reason, I have also bought my first reflex camera (CANON) to improve the quality of my pictures, that used to be taken by my normal iPhone camera in the past. This website launch was next level!

Working location independent as a digital nomad

Because I got more and more interested in working as a location independent freelancer I was looking for jobs in that field and finally have got the best one I could get: Working as the Head of Operations for DNX (digital nomad conferences – worldwide) in the field of project, event and social media management and blogging.


The DNX, founded by the German couple Marcus Meurer and Felicia Hargarten, organizes big events for example conferences with famous speaker and specialists, camps and workshops in the whole world to unite loads of digital nomads for online business topics. While doing this, the DNX has already built up a strong network of digital nomads around the globe and a real online community. Working in a great international team and being part of that wonderful movement makes me really happy and proud that I have the chance to learn so many useful skills every day.

The DNX organizes for example the big DNX conference in Berlin each year in May, which i highly want to recommend to everyone of you who wants to escape from the normal 9 to 5 life. Here you can get your tickets for the German speaking conference this year.  Would be super cool to meet up there with you! And if you can´t join us in Berlin this year, you have now the chance to watch all talks from last years conference with the help of the German speaking DNX Videopaket.

And in case you are not German speaking, you should join us this September in Lisbon for our international English speaking DNX conference!

Now i am sitting here in Thailand at the beach of Koh Phangan, thinking about my last incredible year and can not believe it. It feels more like a dream, totally surreal! But listening to the sound of the ocean, with your feet in the sand and a cocktail in your hands while working on your laptop is the greatest experience i have ever made. Having the freedom to just go with the flow wherever you want to go is just pure life: HIGHCLASS WORK-LIFE-BALANCE.

It´s really funny, how life goes sometimes, if you just follow your heart! If I would not have decided to go to Ibiza I would not have that positive mindset now, would have never met these amazing people and would never work location independent now while following my dreams. It is all about the journey and the people you meet along your way, that inspire you to do what is right for you! Thank god i can finally say, I had the best time of my life this year and I know that this was just the start of something even bigger! So excited to see what 2018 has to offer.

2017 was just the beginning…

My plan for 2018 is to go on with traveling the world and visiting the places I have ever wanted to see and to go back to Ibiza this summer – To my happy place, where everything good started! Therefore, I have decided to give up my nice little flat back home to focus on realizing my dreams to live the life that it is meant for me. To achieve my goals, I want to work hard and give 120%. I´m planning to improve my website, my English skills and want to learn more about photo and video editing. And i want to build up more sustainable collaborations. I am super thankful for any kind of feedback and would love to get in touch with you!

I thank you so much for your incredible support this year: All friends, my family, colleagues, travel mates, all the like-minded-people who inspire me to keep going and YOU my loyal reader and follower! Without YOU this thing would not work… and I am super grateful for it! I wish you a wonderful year 2018. Make every day count, just pack your things and go traveling. You may come back home different than before, but in a much better version of yourself, believe me: Focused, open-minded and happier!


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4 comments
  1. Clarissa says:
    01/05/2018 at 1:12 AM

    Great change to a happier, self-determined life!
    Hands up and lots of respect!
    #onelife

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    1. Franzi says:
      01/05/2018 at 8:40 AM

      Thank you so much for your kind words <3

      Reply
  2. Dom says:
    01/28/2018 at 8:06 PM

    Don’t know you but I’m very happy for you.
    Like you said it’s like a dream. Even it’s sometimes not easy i think, but it sounds that you’re a very positive person.
    Last year i finally found myself and I’m always thinking about to study marketing and making something completely different like living in another city/country for a couple of months.
    (Always worked in a technical environment, nothing like marketing or creative things)

    But now I’m 29, married and two little kids.

    I’m very interested what you would do in this situation.
    Would be nice 🙂

    Reply
    1. Franzi says:
      01/28/2018 at 10:31 PM

      Hello Dominik,

      i am really happy that you like what i am doing!
      To be honest, i can totally understand you, with wife and children it is not so easy than as a young single person. But it is possible to work abroad or as a digital nomad from whereever you want to. Important would be that you find a remote job where you could earn enough money for your family. But there are a lot of facebook groups. Just search there for “remote jobs” “freelance jobs”, “digital nomads jobs”, “location independent jobs” or something like this.
      There are really tons of this groups and also websites like freelance.com, freelancer.com, remote.co and so on… just google. You will find something for sure!!!
      What i also can recommend is to join the dnx community on facebook (www.dnxcommunity.com) and like the dnx fb site. There you can find a lot of information about how to get enough know-how for it for example via online courses etc. and you can connect with like-minded people there.

      Would also be super happy if you would join my Connect Group, which i am building up now to help people like you from the start on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franzisfootprintsconnectgroup/

      Lots of love <3

      Reply

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Franzi Friedl
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I am Franzi (27) from the south of Germany and I am a  Digital Nomad. Or let´s be more precisely: I am the CEO of the AfH – Modern Marketing Solutions, our remote Social Media and Branding Agency, an Online Coach and lifestyle blogger, while I am travelling the world! This may sound like a joke to you or just too good to be true, but for me it became a reality.

So I started this blog to share my experiences and impressions with you. I write my blog posts to show you a bit out of my life and to give you travel tips and recommendations about beautiful destinations, different cultures and ways of living.

On top to that, I have made it to my first goal to help others with my knowledge to reach their life goals too! For that, I also offer 1-to-1  Coaching Calls, where we can speak about topics like how to create a location independent business (having the chance to travel the world while working online), how to start/push your Instagram channel to the next level and how to successfully build up your own brand, that leaves real footprints in the hearts of others.

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Ibiza 08.-15. Juli - better be there!🏝️🚀🔥7 Tage Business Workshop, Tiefentransformation, echte Connection unter gleichgesinnten Freigeistern und Unternehmern, die die Welt von morgen mit Kreativität und Innovation positiv mitgestalten! 

Du bist angehender Unternehmer, selbstständig, digitaler Nomade oder Personal Brand? Du möchtest deinem Business den Boost verpassen den es verdient, dir ein nährendes und unterstützendes Netzwerk aufbauen und deine Ideen mit Freude, Struktur, Plan und Leidenschaft zum Leben erwecken? Du sehnst dich danach dein Business auf Erfolgskurs zu bringen, weniger zu hustlen, aber deutlich mehr zu erreichen?

Dann ist der CREATE IT CLUB genau das richtig für dich! In traumhafter Kulisse, umringt von der schönsten Natur und einem inspirierenden Vibe lädst zu deinen Batterien wieder auf, erhältst genau den entscheidenden Input für deine nächsten steps im Business und kreierst einen Fahrplan für den Rest des Jahres, der dich (Stress-)freier mit mehr Spaß und Leichtigkeit wachsen lässt!

Der CREATE IT CLUB ist das Coaching Event für alle Selbstständigen, Online Unternehmer und digitale Nomaden, die Lust auf Business-Wachstum und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung inklusive gemeinsamer Workation haben.

Was du von diesem Event erwarten kannst:

▪️Unterkunft & Verpflegung in unserer Workshop Villa
▪️Inspirierende LIVE-Workshops & gezieltes Gruppen- und Individual-Coaching
▪️ständiger Wissensaustausch (Skillshare) mit den anderen Teilnehmern Co-working 
▪️Mindset Sessions, Deep Talks & Zeit um sich mit sich und deinen Zielen und Visionen zu verbinden 
▪️3 x unvergessliche Ausflüge (Bootstrip, Secret Spots & Beaches, Gemeinsame Party & jede Menge good vibes)
▪️Dance, Yoga & Meditations-Angebot
▪️individuelle 1:1 Coachings mit mir vor Ort
▪️Exklusives Bild- & Videomaterial in atemberaubender Kulisse (perfekt für Content Creation)
▪️111% Lebensfreude und jede Menge einzigartige Erlebnisse mit den anderen Teilnehmern und der Create it Club Crew

💛 Mehr Infos dazu wie auch du mit dabei sein kannst bekommst du hier: https://franzis-footprints.com/create-it-club-ibiza/

JOIN THE CLUB!🙌🏽
How does it feel to mute life for a lil while? 3 d How does it feel to mute life for a lil while? 3 days of digital detox & i become a brunette again... 💆🏽‍♀️No talks, no phone, no social media. ❌🤳🏽

Weird and challenging but at the same time peaceful and calm. I wanted to go deeper within myself and take time off, just surround myself with myself and Mother Nature. I rested, recovered and tuned in with my intuition. Listening to the sound of the ocean and the birds, sleeping, meditating, reading, breathing, cooking, listening to music, learning some Spanish, crying, contemplating, dancing, laughing, watching the stars.

Everything happened without watching TV or distracting myself with some Instagram videos. Crazy how beautiful this life can be, if we just press pause for a lil while.😱

Es la vidaaaaaa! Pure, raw, real!

Hell yes, this year is by far the biggest boost for my inner growth ever and I am so not done yet… 

First decision that I made was becoming a brilliant brunette again :-) connecting with my roots, doing some shadow work and releasing what’s no longer serving me. Reaching emotional freedom is my biggest goal for the next months, plus becoming fluent in Spanish and growing my self love.❤️ let’s see how this will go. For this I am embarking on another journey. A journey that will bring me closer to myself and hopefully the answers that I am looking for.

What does this mean: I will go into another digital detox soon… [but for now I am back here, sharing some of my biggest learnings in the upcoming days]

As I feel it’s time to be more inward than outward, more calm than loud, more present but less productive. From this I will be able to create even greater things after. Now is the time to be there for myself and let this soul explore itself.

To all the great things that will appear soon.✨
Wir haben eine unbewusste und oftmals ungenutzte Wir haben eine unbewusste und oftmals ungenutzte  Kompetenz in uns…👩🏽‍💻❤️‍🔥💡
Yo no se manana ❤️ let’s dance, cause all we Yo no se manana ❤️ let’s dance, cause all we have is now!💃🏽What always helps me to become present in the moment is dancing: becoming one with the music and just moving freely, guided by heart. Saludos de Ibiza!🏝️
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#ibiza #eivissa #ibz #ibizalovers #salsaibiza #salsa #salsera #salsadancing #yonosemañana #cubansalsa #slasacubana
💡🤔 Wenn 10 Menschen im Raum stehen, die alle 💡🤔 Wenn 10 Menschen im Raum stehen, die alle das selbe können und anbieten… wen wählst du❓
CREATE ❤️‍🔥 CREATE ❤️‍🔥
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