Finding community as a digital nomad without feeling like you're always "passing through"

It eased off for me once I stopped mentally hedging on friendships and just committed to acting like I was staying indefinitely, regardless of what my actual plans were. The half-holding-back was the real problem, not the moving itself.

the in-between feeling is so real, still stuck in it myself

Joined a recurring running club specifically because the commitment forces the investment — you can’t half-show-up to something weekly for long without it becoming real.

Honestly mine never fully resolved, and I’ve made peace with that — lighter, more transient friendships that don’t assume permanence work fine for me. Not everyone needs the deep-roots version to feel okay.

Following, exact same in-between feeling here.

Does it help to just tell people directly that you’re not leaving soon, or does that feel like an odd thing to bring up unprompted?

Not a nomad myself, but I imagine committing to even one recurring local class helps hugely with exactly the in-between feeling you're describing.

Following, this in-between feeling is exactly where I am right now too.

Started hosting a small monthly dinner rather than waiting to be invited into other people's plans — flipped the dynamic entirely for me.

same energy, following