My Mom Says This Spider Web Log Is Boring
Last month, my mom told me she thought this weblog was boring. “Where’s all the fun stuff? I desire to regard to a greater extent than photos of you lot traveling. I don’t attention almost these other updates.”
“Mom, I alive inwards Austin now. You know I’m non on the route that much,” I replied.
“I know but still….I desire to regard to a greater extent than stuff. It’s only much to a greater extent than interesting, honey.”
“Ok, Mom,” I tell together with motion the conversation on.
But you lot know what? She’s correct (shhhhh, don’t tell her I said that). This website has gotten a niggling boring.
There aren’t many novel adventures, photos of exotic destinations, together with exciting stories from the route beingness posted, because, well, I’m pretty non-nomadic these days. I spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension inwards the U.S.A. of America final twelvemonth than I did abroad.
I experience this fashion every few years, though. “It’s OK,” I mean value to myself, “I’ll live on the route again, together with at that spot volition live novel content, stories, together with tips for my website.”
But lately, equally I’ve come upward to price amongst my motion from nomadic to to a greater extent than stationary, that’s no longer true. Last year, I solely did 2 large trips, together with later I supply abode from my electrical flow wintertime conduct chances inwards New Zealand, it’s doubtful I’ll conduct keep about other trip until the summer.
Even if my mom doesn’t similar it, I’ve come upward to price amongst this change.
Maybe ane day, I’ll sling on my backpack together with a few weeks volition in ane lawsuit again plough into a few years. The futurity is unwritten.
But, after vacillating together with therefore long betwixt staying together with going, I’m pretty happy beingness “stationary Matt.” I’m currently writing a novel book. I signed upward for Swedish together with cooking classes, together with I’d similar a human relationship that lasts pasts my adjacent international flight.
So, equally I set downward roots, I’m left at a crossroads amongst this website.
Travel is what I do — together with I’m blessed that I acquire to part my stories together with tips amongst everyone here. It’s amazing coming together people on route who tell me that this website inspired their trip, saved them money, or helped them improve their life. It’s genuinely amazing inwards every feel of the way.
But I’m non nomadic anymore. The kids you lot regard on Instagram or YouTube channel filming crazy videos tin conduct keep upward the nomad mantel. I’m going to sit down home, write, practise my Svenska, figure out how non to overcook my dinner, together with read a book.
So where does that acquire out us? Is this my “it’s non you, it’s me” breakup post?
No.
While “the nomad” is forthwith only “the traveler,” I am non going anywhere.
While I’ll yet weblog because I similar to write together with am never brusque of ideas, updates won’t live equally regular equally they were inwards the past. Instead, I’ve decided to plough this site from primarily a weblog into primarily a locomote resource. There’s large plans afoot to spruce up, expand, together with refresh every unmarried page on this website.
This twelvemonth has about other focus together with that is community. I desire to occupation this platform to connect travelers amongst each other. We are going to launch a major, major, major meet-up computer programme inwards a few weeks together with therefore people tin run across each other spell learning almost travel. There volition live local chapters, events, speakers, together with gatherings, workshops, together with getaways. Plus, I’m organizing a conference for the fall.
There volition live too to a greater extent than videos, webinars, FB lives, together with Q&As. My YouTube channel is coming back. I’ll live interacting to a greater extent than on social media, sharing people’s stories, together with answering your questions.
The squad together with I are committed to using this giant platform to convey people together, highlight community members, together with notice fun ways to conduct keep what nosotros conduct keep online together with convey it into the existent world. We’re going to live a lot to a greater extent than social this year!
When I started this website, at that spot were e'er stories to share. I was e'er on the move. Forever the nomad I thought to myself.
But life is non static. The someone I was together with the wants I had at 25 are non the same at 36.
I’m non done traveling. Far from it. I love every trip I take. There volition yet live how-to blogs together with locomote stories — only non equally many.
But that doesn’t hateful at that spot aren’t other ways to serve travelers.
So spell the “blog” volition live a semi-ghost town, the community together with resources occupation of this website volition live to a greater extent than active together with larger than ever. My goal is to expand the achieve of the “cheaper, better, smarter” philosophy together with plough to a greater extent than people into travelers.
So, yes, Mom, the weblog may live boring, but together with therefore much to a greater extent than is happening this twelvemonth than only a weblog almost Thailand.
And that makes me (and I promise you) excited for what’s to come!
P.S. – If you’re inwards New Zealand, I’m having a run across upward on Jan 23rd inwards Queenstown. You tin sign yesteryear clicking here!
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