Hi Tynan! With some of the negativity/frustration in these comments, I hope you don't take it too badly. Comments were off on SETT for 5 years or so, and clearly some frustration was built up :)

What I always appreciated about your blog was the exploration of unusual ideas or lifestyles. 90% of the time they wouldn't be interesting to me or apply to me, but 10% of the time they were great. The extremely wide range of things you tried regularly led to something that was very cool.

For example, you were a Digital Nomad before that was a thing. Very cool! I loved reading all of that, and it eventually inspired me to do the same thing for a few years. I loved it, and it's the period of my life I look back on most fondly. You were a huge part in inspiring me to do this.

Another example was the constant mission to improve and streamline your gear. I love your gear posts, they're my favorite of all yours posts by far. I don't care for some of the stuff you have (like fancy watches or custom in-ear monitors) but have found some awesome products through your gear posts. Some things aren't exactly outstanding but still work for me. In general, though, I love the process and the way you think about these things. And how relentless you are, never settling for some "ok" backpack when there's a better solution out there.

The "shared properties" idea is something I'd never personally consider, maybe I have the wrong type of friends, lol. But it's still interesting to read about, especially the island (WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE ISLAND, KATE!).

Often times your processes are interesting. For example, I don't particularly care for Chipotle, but your minimalist eating style is something I also practice. And seeing how your diet habits and ideas have evolved over the years was interesting too, although we ended up in different places.

The whole cruises idea is also kind of interesting. Corona is probably a bad time to get started, but I've always found your use of cruises as a "working vacation" cool. It's those weird and curious slightly-different-uses (to avoid the word misuse) of regular things that made you stand out.

You've written that you focus more on family now and don't want to talk about it. Of course if you don't want to talk about the focus of your life, that's going to be awkward - what will you talk about?

Hope you continue to have interesting things to say and stay curious enough to find new things you'll tell us about.

Thanks!