Last week, I sent out a little note about me and asked a lot about you. Thank you to all of you who took the time to read the note and answer my questions about your demographics. I promised I’d share what you said, so in this article, I’m doing just that. It’s not too late to answer the questions. You can do that here:
You, in data.
So to remind you, I’m 59. Most of you are older than me. Steve is 66.
Interestingly, you’re mostly retired even though some of the retirees are still dabbling in some sort of work.
Most of you are married; but I didn’t ask if you’re happily married. I’m going to assume you are! (We are, for sure.) I am not sure what the difference is between solo, divorced, and widowed in relation to if you’re traveling. I probably should have asked this question differently.
I found these answers the most interesting of the poll. The majority of you are not fully traveling at the moment (66%.) Does that mean you want to travel or you just like reading about the travel life style. I think I need a follow up question here to understand why non-travelers are reading a newsletter about traveling. Please feel free to email me or comment about this.
Now, here’s where a good question’s answers can go a bit haywire. Whereas I know a lot of you like to hike, you don’t necessarily want to read about this. Last week, I assumed this, but asked the question anyway. Meanwhile, the majority of you want information about nomad life; in particular, what it’s like to live a month somewhere, the logistics of nomad life, and day in the life content. In my mind, that’s all the same stuff, but in your mind, maybe it isn’t. So I ask a follow up question.
What do you want to know about living a month in places: the price of things, our daily activities, how we meet other people, transportation options, etc. Please drop me a quick line (or comment) and explain what you’d like here. Thank you!
This is great news about your wanting of good review information. Glad to do that. On the list, shoes, skorts, shorts, insurance, luggage, backpack. What would you like first?
As for those of you who want some fiction out of me, good news! It’s coming. Watch your newsletter over the next month with announcements of what I’m up to in the writing department. And good news, for those of you not interested in my fiction, you can easily opt out of it but not opt out of my other ramblings.
As for money, this is always a question I think people don’t freely answer. It’s nice to see a few of you supporting substackers and their written word. As I’ve said, I will always produce a free monthly newsletter. And I’m going to be treading into the pay-as-you go space for my next writing project.
Thank you everyone for your feedback. Your interests greatly influence what I do next. I am so grateful to you.
Chris
PS Don’t forget to drop me a line answer my italicized questions above.
Is there any way to get your books besides Amazon? I do not shop there.
I'm a non-traveller at present.
I spent nine months travelling up the Andes and got about fourteen thousand photographs on the way.
But my purpose was to find out which country I would like to settle down in.
Ecuador and Colombia almost tied, but Ecuador has USD and to work out the price of my lunch in Colombia I have to divide by a ridiculous number of thousands that vary every day.
I'm lazy, so I chose Ecuador where I don't have to do any mental arithmetic as I shop.
Now, however, I am missing travel.
So, I'm in the process of setting up with HouseSitters.
I hope to get great reviews from Ecuador and Colombia.
Then the first time I see the chance to housesit a large dog in Scotland for several months I'll grab it. However much I might like to travel, two days travel to house sit for two weeks is just not on!