{"id":3946,"date":"2014-12-17T18:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T02:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2015-01-27T19:21:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T03:21:44","slug":"looking-back-looking-forward-2015-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/looking-back-looking-forward-2015-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back & looking forward, our 2015 plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 brought many new changes. We began traveling internationally again after over a year of traveling around the United States. We visited 8-10 countries depending on how you count \u2018em. We began and sustained what I am calling \u201cphase 3\u201d of this travel blog and I became a certified yoga teacher. It was a fun year full of family, travel and all good things. It really felt like a year. We experienced at least a bit of each of the four seasons (in no particular order) and got to see old friends and familiar places, as well as meet new friends in new places.<\/p>\n

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$\"All$ <\/a>

All 4 Seasons Around the World<\/p><\/li>

$\"Spring$ <\/a>

Spring Mt. Fuji<\/p><\/li>

$\"Koh$ <\/a>

Koh Jum Thailand Beach<\/p><\/li>

$\"Fall$ <\/a>

Fall in Sebastopol<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div>\n

In “phase 1” of the blog I puked whatever I was thinking at the moment onto my keyboard, didn\u2019t bother editing it and threw it at the internet. In phase 2 I didn\u2019t write at all, and then summed up over a year and a half into one paragraph. In phase 3 I decided to get serious, and am proud at how I have stuck with it. In the past year, I have written about a post a week; 60 posts, or 5 posts a month to be exact-ish. <\/p>\n

Before “phase 3” I was quick to let people know that our blog was \u201cnot a real blog.\u201d It was just a way to keep our friends and family updated, like a facebook page. This had the added benefit of meaning that I did not have to be held accountable for the quality of my writing or the regularity of the posts. I mean who proofreads personal letters, jeez!? <\/p>\n

This way of thinking had one major flaw, the vast majority of our friends and family stopped reading our blog a couple of years ago, so why was I still keeping it? <\/p>\n

Because I like it. Because I like travel blogs and personally rely solely on travel blogs for up to date information, and want to contribute to that wellspring of information. Mostly it is because I am a travel nerd. I am endlessly interested in travel and love connecting with other people who are too. <\/p>\n

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