Hi all! Long time no blogging. It was a wild 2023. I traveled on my first Virgin Voyage, traveled to London, roadtripped across the US multiple times for family matters, and moved into a new rental house.
Personally, I got really into weightlifting, lost a bit more weight while adding muscle, and just got a lot of things lined up in my life. It’s been nice.
Thoughts on My Past Blogging
This blog started two years ago as a way to channel an outlet of something that I am passionate about. When I started it, I was in a tough place in life and was looking for ways to spark joy in my life. I got into biking and started this blog. Last year, it was to get into weightlifting and revamp this blog.
Turns out, it’s hard to do two large new years resolutions and turn them into habits. Working out is now second nature to me, and I have made a decision: I will make this blog my sole new years resolution. I have figured out how to make working out second nature and be efficient. I hope to do that with this blog, hopefully getting some traffic and seeing what happens.
Plans for this year
I’ve decided that I want to actually try this and see what happens. I plan on posting regularly; more specifically, I will add to my “Points & Miles 101” series on Thursdays and something else in the points & miles or travel world that I’m interested in on Tuesdays.
I’ll also be making some modifications and edits to the website. My wife designed a new logo for me about 2 years ago, but I never fully implemented it beyond social media, so I’ll be working on updating the site branding all around.
I have moved the Points & Miles 101 series to the top banner for easier access and to highlight the newest blog post first. I’ve added some basic analytics tracking, will start an email list so that you’re notified when I post a blog post (and only that), as well as some other site-focused enhancements.
I’ll be updating Instagram often so that you can peer into my life as a traveler with easy links to the blog and other things that I find helpful.
Conclusion
I hope that this becomes a great resource for people to go to as they think about points and miles and how it can make their lives better. Here’s to 2024, and I can’t wait to see what happens!