Thinking Travel

It’s late and I really should be prepping my pillow for sleepytime instead of typing on my laptop. But whatever.

Anyway.

I’m working on several things right now that are cool and exciting. One of them is revamping this blog. I started ThinkingTravel.com a couple years ago (click here to read my first post) with the following goals:

(1) put myself out there

(2) practice writing publically

(3) experiment with new technology

How did I do?

(1) I told exactly 4 people about my blog and encouraged precisely 0 people to read it so I wouldn’t say I put my whole self out there. It was more like I put my pinky toe, covered in a wool blanket, out there, a little ways. But you’ve got to start somewhere, right?

(2) I’ve written publicly before (newspaper/academic journal articles) but not in an informal, on-going, bloggy type way. It’s been fun, and ultimately useful/helpful, to blog here and there because it’s just good writing practice. I liked challenging myself to put together different types of posts, to give myself a time limit so I couldn’t spend hours obsessing over every detail, and to be okay with posting something that wasn’t perfect. After two years, though, I still have no idea what my “voice” is like. Does that really matter?

(3) I’ve spent more hours than I care to admit playing around with widgets and code and stuff like that. On one hand, it frustrates me to no end and I feel overwhelmed and I hate that there’s so much I don’t know and can’t do without Aaron’s help. On the other, I love it!!!

I started this blog simply so I could try something new. But now I’ve plans…so even if I’m not around for a bit…stay tuned.