Category Archives: Travel
How I Built This (Or What I Learned from Being a Scammy Marketer)
As I approach my ten-year anniversary of blogging, I want to tell a tale. The tale of an accidental travel writer who simply wanted to afford beer, dorm rooms, plane tickets, and backpacker pub crawls.
I shared part of this story before but, today, I want to go into more depth.
Once upon a time, I started this website with a selfish goal: to make money to keep myself traveling. I wanted my website to be an online résumé where editors could see my writing and go, “Yeah, we want to hire that guy!” — and then pay me to Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
These are the best hotels in North America and the Caribbean
For more than 80 years, the Wiiliamsburg Inn in Virginia has taken guests back in time.
Source:: CNN Travel
And the winner is….
I know you all have been eagerly waiting to hear who has won my round the world giveaway…and today, the wait is over.
We got thousands of entries and it was really hard to narrow it down. It took me a lot longer to read the entries than I originally thought and it took even longer to narrow down a winner. There were a lot of good submissions but, in the end, there can be only one and I had to pick a winner.
And that winner is…
Heather T. from California.
Heather, 26, attended Carnegie Mellon University as a Materials Science and Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
And the winner is….
I know you all have been eagerly waiting to hear who has won my round the world giveaway…and today, the wait is over.
We got thousands of entries and it was really hard to narrow it down. It took me a lot longer to read the entries than I originally thought and it took even longer to narrow down a winner. There were a lot of good submissions but, in the end, there can be only one and I had to pick a winner.
And that winner is…
Heather T. from California.
Heather, 26, attended Carnegie Mellon University as a Materials Science and Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
A Year in Review (And a Needed Break)
As dawn broke on this year, I was excited for a fresh start. Last year, I dealt with panic attacks and anxiety from taking on too many projects, a breakup that left me heartbroken, and a mini-identity crisis from settling down.
But that “greatest worst year of my life” set the stage for a year in which I shifted my priorities and focused on developing routines. On a personal level, this was a solid year.
I cut my travels in half.
I now love waking up, opening my fridge, and making breakfast.
My panic attacks are gone.
I read a lot more.
I drink less and Read More
Source:: Nomadic Matt
