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Posted On: September 30th 2026, 01:03 pm
Back in 2019, I launched a website with my online travel blog, and this account was just one way to promote it. But somewhere along the way, after Google did some funny business with its algorithms and my growing blog views suddenly tanked, and my full-time job required me to edit other people’s content all day long, leaving me little patience to write and edit for fun, the online blog started to fade and this account started becoming the focus.

And as I began to focus on it, I learned more and more—about what kind of content to shoot, how to edit it, and how to put great hooks and captions together. I feel like it took way too long for me to figure it all out, but I’m pretty much there now—good visuals, good educational and (hopefully) entertaining captions, and enough of myself in the content to help us connect.

If you’re a longtime follower, I thank you for your patience as I learned along the way, and if you’re new, I hope you’ll follow along! I’m Shawn, a married mom of two grown sons from the state of Georgia, who shares local experiences as well as adventures around the world, and I’d love your help in getting one step closer to that elusive milestone! 🙏

And here’s a teaser for some upcoming content: I’ll be heading to New Orleans, Death Valley National Park, and Amsterdam, Brussels and Bruges in the coming months!

#travelwithme #travelblog
Comments (127)
miles_plus_meltdowns 3 days ago

miles_plus_meltdowns

You made it and I was already one of them 🙌 congratulations 🎉

iivanadimitrovaa 6 days ago

iivanadimitrovaa

You’re so close!! Keep going 😍

thistravelingkitchen 7 days ago

thistravelingkitchen

Ugh, I’ve been at this since 2018 and still quite a bit away! Congratulations for hitting 10k!!

stuckonthego 7 days ago

stuckonthego

Congratulations!! The same thing happened to me, but I took way too long to switch focus. I’ve only started focusing on social media and stayed consistent this year.

julsenroute 8 days ago

julsenroute

Only 9 to go 👏

thetravelingteacher22 9 days ago

thetravelingteacher22

Congrats!!! So close!👏🏼

arantza.ntphotography 10 days ago

arantza.ntphotography

🙌🙌Let’s go

lisa_adema 10 days ago

lisa_adema

Keep going 🔥

livingvicariouslythroughlisa 11 days ago

livingvicariouslythroughlisa

You’re so close!

pauline_arthur.travel 11 days ago

pauline_arthur.travel

You are amazing🔥🔥

pathwaytoadventure_ 11 days ago

pathwaytoadventure_

So close what a great goal!! 😍

high___on___trips 11 days ago

high___on___trips

I would appreciate a quick follow back as well.🙌

mikailaraidomingo 11 days ago

mikailaraidomingo

Yesss!! You’re so close

thegirltraveldiaries 11 days ago

thegirltraveldiaries

You’ve done so well Shawn. I’m still trying to figure it out after so many years and still not growing! It’s two steps forward and 5 unfollows!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

btravelpath 11 days ago

btravelpath

You can do it! I just followed you👏

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