Posted: 2/12/2022 | February 12th, 2022
This publish has been in the works for the last six years. I’d compose it, delete it, compose it when more, only to delete it again.
There just never seemed a best time to hit publish. As it so commonly does, life got in the way, destinations got backpacked, company got busy, and, eventually, COVID came as well as blew a hole in my plan.
The years went by in the blink of an eye as well as I was no better to making my goal a reality.
And that goal? To stop blogging.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I like what I do. אני אוהב לטייל. I like this website. I like the neighborhood we have right here as well as that we’re expanding The Nomadic Network. I like the trainees we assist with FLYTE. And, as aggravating as it is sometimes, I like putting together TravelCon.
I like working in travel as well as I plan to continue to do so…just in different ways.
I’ve been running this site because 2008 as well as have written over 1,400 articles. That’s approximately three million words.
Add in 300 destination guides as well as two books (one with three editions) as well as that’s a great deal of composing on travel.
In all that writing, I’ve laid out quite clearly exactly how I feel about travel as well as what it can do for you. I frankly just don’t have much much more to state on the subject. I feel I stopped truly adding any type of new thoughts to the nature of travel years back as well as that commonly I’m just rehashing topics I’ve talked about already.
And, as I wrote in a blog publish a few years ago, the basics of travel don’t truly modification that much over time. Sure, apps, websites, as well as services come as well as go, however the fundamental why as well as exactly how (travel like exactly how locals live) stay the same.
Fourteen years after I started blogging from my living room, I’ve likewise changed. I like high-end restaurants as much as I like food trucks as well as street food. I’d commonly rather stay in a good hotel with a comfortable bed than a hostel (I don’t sleep in addition to I utilized to as well as it’s much more productive for work).
Sure, I still bring a backpack, as well as in some cases I yearn to satisfy other travelers as well as so will stay in a hostel. however I don’t do it as much as before. And, as a result, I don’t have my ear to the ground for those hardcore budget plan travel suggestions as well as new apps the method I utilized to.
Last year, I’ve discovered balance in my life, as well as this year is going to be a continuation of that. Last month, I was approved for a mortgage, and, after this present trip to Mexico, I’m going back to Austin to purchase a house. A home I would like to stay in for much more than a few days at a time.
At the beginning of the year, when the team as well as I had our annual goal-setting meeting, I gave them much more control over the website. They will be running the day-to-day operations, as well as Chris, our jack of all trades, is now our director of Content.
I want to work out down more, begin a garden, join social clubs in Austin, have much more regularity in my life, as well as just be on the relocation less. I want to travel much more intentionally, without always an eye toward “how can I blog about this.” I don’t want to take photos of menus anymore or go around to grocery stores looking up prices.
And I want to compose much more books as well as that requires much more focus as well as routine too. It’s difficult to compose a book when you’re always on the move.
In light of all this, I’m stepping back from blogging. moving forward, this site will ended up being much more of a resource as well as less a personal blog. That doesn’t imply I will never compose a blog again. I will still have stories to tell. They will just be a great deal less regular as well as much more sporadic. (Case in point: It is mid-February as well as this is the very first thing I’ve written all year.)
Moreover, now that the pandemic has stopped wrecking our finances, we’re going to bring in guest writers again, so there will be different voices that can talk much more to different elements of the road that I no longer can.
I’m sure as this blog changes, a few of you will relocation on. After fourteen years, you’ve most likely altered as well — as well as I get that. I mean, there are extremely few blogs I started reading in 2008 that I still checked out today.
But, as I believe of the next act in my expert career, “writing blog posts” is not truly something I want to do as much. I’m going to focus on other elements of travel — much more books, huge events, group tours, as well as neighborhood meet-ups — things that bring people together in genuine life as well as that take me out from behind the screen.
So, while we may not link right here as much, we’ll link in other ways. The truth that I satisfy people who have been reading the site because the beginning amazes asטוב כמו נוטל אותי ללא סוף. אני עדיין לא יכול להאמין שאני יכול לפתח מקצוע סביב בלוגים על החיים על הכביש, כמו גם שיתוף ההצעות שלי כמו גם סיפורים. אני מעריך אותך ללא סוף.
אבל הגיע הזמן לעבור למאמצים אחרים. אחרי שנים רבות כל כך, העיתוי הוא ממש נכון.
נ.ב. – אתה עדיין תוכל לגלות אותי על Instagram, Twitter, כמו גם פייסבוק, כמו גם עלון רגיל שלנו, וזה לא הולך לשום מקום.
ספר הנסיעה שלך: הצעות לוגיסטיות כמו גם טריקים
ספר הטיסה שלך
מצא טיסה במחיר סביר על ידי ניצול skyscanner. זה מנוע עיון המועדף שלי מאז זה מחפש אתרים כמו גם חברות תעופה ברחבי העולם אז אתה תמיד מבין אבן לא נשאר.
הזמן את לינה שלך
אתה יכול להזמין את האכסניה שלך עם Hostelworld. אם אתה רוצה להישאר במקום אחר מאשר אכסניה, לנצל את booking.com כפי שהם בעקביות להחזיר את המחירים הזולים ביותר עבור בתי הארחה, כמו גם בתי מלון.
לא להיכשל לזכור ביטוח נסיעות
כיסוי ביטוח הנסיעות יהיה לשמור אותך נגד מחלה, פציעה, גניבה, כמו גם ביטולים. זה אבטחה נרחבת במצב כל דבר משתבש. אני אף פעם לא יוצאת לטיול בלי זה כפי שהייתי צריך לנצל את זה פעמים רבות בעבר. העסק המועדף שלי המציע את השירות הטוב ביותר, כמו גם ערך הם:
בטינה (הטובה ביותר עבור כולם)
להבטיח את הנסיעה שלי (עבור אלה מעל 70)
Medjet (עבור כיסוי פינוי נוסף)
מוכן להזמין את הטיול שלך?
בדוק את דף המשאבים שלי עבור העסק הטוב ביותר לנצל בעת נסיעה. אני רושם את כל אלה שאני מנצל כשאני נוסע. הם הטובים ביותר בכיתה, כמו גם אתה לא יכול להשתבש ניצול אותם על הנסיעה שלך.