Not blogging enough

It's October 2025, and this week I finally finished processing photos from Japan taken in the spring last year. I intend on writing a blog post about that trip, alongside a few other fun adventures I had, in the near future. However, eighteen months is one hell of a delay. How did I get here?

Well, the first and the most important thing is that I've been on the go, travelling at least once a month on average, since then. Mostly small trips — a weekend at my brother's, a week with my parents — but also work trips overseas, and vacations, and weddings... It was one hell of a rollercoaster. I love it. I'm definitively addicted to travelling. I am extremely lucky and privileged to have this kind of life.

But it's emotionally draining. Being at home for no more than a month at a time, sometimes just enough to do the laundry and renew the cat food supplies, then packing my bags again. Feeling a constant pressure to reconnect with all the folks at home in the short window of opportunity, then feeling guilty for not seeing everyone I wanted to see. Not having time to just sit down with a book or a video game. Mostly self-inflicted, mind you, but a real source of stress.

The past couple of months were relatively calm. I have finally found a way to slow down and stop chasing quite as many things at the same time. This whole year was an improvement: I read much more, I watched more movies, and I've done little things for myself that I usually couldn't find time for, like getting a cup of coffee or taking a walk in the park two blocks away, without having to plan this a month in advance and putting it in my calendar.

In part, all of this is due to the upcoming trip. It's the biggest trip I've ever taken. Almost three months away from home in one go. Cats will no longer remember who I am upon my return in January. The trip's so big, I just don't have enough vacation days to follow the usual cycle of never ending short trips. It's also a lot to plan, and this planning forces me to stay home and chill.

Anyway, the other part of the equation is just how annoying my blogging setup is. Ghost has been a constant nuisance ever since I chose to use it. Too much manual maintenance, migration errors, random changes that require SSHing into the service and fixing it. I also initially moved to this self-hosted droplet to save a bit of money vs Squarespace, but with all the resources I need now it's almost the same price. I'll need to rethink my approach in the coming months.

Anyway, expect more content here soon.