After I first ER'ed, I did a blog on my world travels that many of my friends followed (2007). It was easier than sending out emails to everyone. And many with just a casual interest could see the latest once in a while.
After about a year and a half I got tired of all the work involved and retired from my blogging career. I also got the sense that my writing was coming through so as to prove I was having a good time, a writing style I despise.
Additionally, there were personal things that I just didn't want to post for a larger audience.
I was surprised at the reaction from many people when I stopped blogging, I had more followers than I realized.
I think nowadays most people would just do all of this via Facebook.
As I have gotten older and my life is more independent from my old pre-ER life, I think I have gotten more private. I recently turned down a fair sum of money to write an article about retiring abroad in my current country, and it mostly just came down to privacy, just not wanting to blast intimate details of day-to-day life (including a personal interview) to a large audience that I did not know.
After about a year and a half I got tired of all the work involved and retired from my blogging career. I also got the sense that my writing was coming through so as to prove I was having a good time, a writing style I despise.
Additionally, there were personal things that I just didn't want to post for a larger audience.
I was surprised at the reaction from many people when I stopped blogging, I had more followers than I realized.
I think nowadays most people would just do all of this via Facebook.
As I have gotten older and my life is more independent from my old pre-ER life, I think I have gotten more private. I recently turned down a fair sum of money to write an article about retiring abroad in my current country, and it mostly just came down to privacy, just not wanting to blast intimate details of day-to-day life (including a personal interview) to a large audience that I did not know.