A Travel Blog
It’s been a while since I’ve done a #BloggingDesk post but to be honest, I’m at the point with the internet and Instagram that this post is a long time coming. After blogging for more than a decade, I’ve seen the space change and morph over the years and with… Read more
As someone who has blogged for a number of years as a side hobby, I find it fascinating how much the blogging world has changed since I started out in this industry all those years ago. The way we blog, the people blogging – it’s all so different now. And… Read more
I’m so beyond excited that this day has finally come and honestly, it’s been years in the making! A couple years ago Nick and I were at breakfast and started talking about starting an Instagram account dedicated just to gorgeous photos highlighting this incredible world we inhabit. We wanted to… Read more
I’ve been working from my home office for about 8 years now and I personally love it. I work long distance for an architecture firm in Honolulu (as well as our sister office in Seoul, South Korea) and run my own design business, all from the comfort of my own… Read more
It’s been forever since I’ve done a #BloggingDesk post and I thought it high-time to do one on a topic that’s a big of a struggle for me in my life at the moment: when life just gets in the way of blogging. As most of you know, I don’t… Read more
I’ve always been labeled by those that know me as a “go-getter” personality and I pride myself on my organization skills, so put those together and I’ve always been able to have set goals, go after accomplishing them and get a lot of shit done, excuse the language. I get… Read more
7 years ago on the way back from our honeymoon in Europe, I started what was called True Colours at that time, a blog that ecompassed everything from my travels to my daily life. It was a small amateur endeavor mostly to give me an outlet to write and keep… Read more
In a world where there are a million and one blogs out there and each one has it’s own take on something or falls into a certain category, sometimes it’s hard to tell them all apart. Sometimes one lifestyle blog looks just like another lifestyle blog, or this travel blogger… Read more
Blogging regularly can be really draining – constantly having to come up with new content and talk about new subjects and often I find that I go through lulls of having a lack of inspiration. Sometimes I’ll go through a few weeks where I just can’t for the life of… Read more
First off, I just want to take this moment to say thank you so very much for everyone still following along and reading Land of Marvels! This community has opened so many doors for me and I’m so grateful for it, along with my loyal and active readers day in… Read more
I started working with travel brands years ago here on Land of Marvels when I barely had a following and even now that I have a larger following, I’m still not a “big blog” in the industry. The truth is, I work with a lot of travel brands based on… Read more
I’ve seen a lot of posts lately from bloggers I’ve followed for a long time talking about how much blogging has changed in the last 5 years. And it’s completely true. When I first started blogging it was an entirely different world. It was more personal. It was more sharing…. Read more
As a travel blogger, I realize that we do somewhat of an injustice to real life in this forum on the internet, we share gorgeous photos of incredible destinations around the world, the most beautiful corners of our homes, or unique views of our home cities. And while it may… Read more
First off, excuse the language but I felt it appropriate for the topic we’re discussing today in my #BloggingDesk series. In this series, I like to talk openly and honestly about the forum of blogging, the good and the bad, both necessary for the evolution of this type of writing… Read more
People often ask me how I find the inspiration for enough content to post 5 times a week here in Land of Marvels. In truth, there are plenty of times when I run out of inspiration but I’ve found a way to work around that by keeping a running list… Read more
