Four-Year Blogiversary!

Today marks the four-year blogiversary of the Think Wilder blog. It’s a bit hard to believe that it’s already been four years since I first got the ball rolling on this project, but it’s the truth. In case you’re new or have forgotten, here’s what I did during the first three anniversaries:

To commemorate my first year of blogging, I announced a site redesign that was aimed at making it easier to navigate the site.

For my second year, I made a commitment to write more feature posts for the site.

And last year I celebrated my third year by creating three new pages: Start Here, Hire Me, and Support. I also created a Patreon account to let readers who would like to support my work contribute a monthly donation. I also created a one-time donation option with PayPal.

This year I have two announcements to go along with this blogiversary. The first is that a friend of mine created two new logos for me. The full-text logo can be seen at the top of this blog post, and you can go see the “letters logo” at the top-left of the blog as well as on all of my social media accounts—just look for the new profile picture/badge icon. This is a big step for Think Wilder, as it means that there will finally be professional-looking branding on all of my online presences. Plus, I think they look pretty awesome. Please let me know what you think of them—I’d love to know!

The second announcement is the creation of a Link Posts page that will archive all of my link posts moving forward. No matter where you are on the blog, you can always get to this page by hovering over the “Categories” link at the top of the blog and clicking on the “Link Posts” category. I’ve realized for a while now that it’s kind of difficult to find everything on the blog and this is just one of the steps I am taking to make it easier for readers to discover content.

I hope that you like these updates and I’m looking forward to making the fifth year of this blog the best one yet. While there is a lot I have accomplished, there’s so much more I want to do, so you’ll just have to stay tuned! Until next time, keep thinking wilder.

Banner image by Psychedelic Astronaut.

Three-Year Blogiversary!

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Today marks the three-year blogiversary of Think Wilder. It's been quite a busy year for me and for the blog. During the past year I started writing for Psychedelic Times, participated on a panel for a Psychedelic Career Day webinar (hosted by the Toronto Psychedelic Society), created a monthly Think Wilder email newsletter, and increased the output of blog posts on this site.

At the one-year blogiversary of Think Wilder, I announced a full 2.0 site redesign. That redesign made it easier to navigate through the site and improved its visual design. A UI/UX upgrade, if you will.

During last year's two-year blogiversary I made the promise that I would start writing more featured posts and dedicate more time to writing and working on the blog. That goal is sort of difficult to measure, but I do feel like I dedicated more time to writing and working on the blog and ended up publishing more featured posts toward the latter half of the year. I feel like this last year pushed me harder as a writer than any years prior, and I'm proud of the work that I accomplished—both with this site and other writing endeavors.

I have three announcements that I am excited to make about new pages that I have created for this site.

For a long time I think that it's been tough for a brand-new Think Wilder visitor to know where to get started on the site. That's why I created a new Start Here page that will give new readers a taste of what to expect from this blog. And if you've been around for a while but haven't checked out my back catalog of blog posts, you might like to take a look at it as well.

Although I have written for a few web sites in the past, I've been wanting to expand even more and start writing for some new blogs and publications. So to that end, I created a new Hire Me page to let publishers and editors know that I can be hired for freelance writing projects. I'm hoping that I can get some more clients and get featured on some other publications during the next year. If you have a blog or publication and are looking for writers, feel free to get in touch with me and we can find out whether my services would be a good fit for you.

In fact, I only started making some money from freelance writing projects during this past year. Ever since the start, Think Wilder has been a labor of love. I've put money and effort into the site but haven't made a cent off of this blog. Part of that is because I do not want to become an ad-supported project, and haven't been willing to host ads here. I've decided that I am more interested in giving the patron-supported model a try. Now there is a Support page on this site that will enable readers who are willing and able to donate to offset the expenses for keeping this blog can begin doing so. If you feel that you have gotten value from my blog in the past, I encourage you to make a donation to my Patreon account. I will be grateful for anything that you are able to contribute—thank you!

As you can see, it's been a busy year for Think Wilder. Each year this blog becomes more mature and my skills as a writer improve. I'm excited to see what happens during the next year and hope you'll stick with me on that journey.

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Join the Think Wilder Mailing List

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I have been working on the launch of a brand-new Think Wilder monthly email newsletter and will be sending the first-ever newsletter out at the beginning of February. Each newsletter will recap the best blog posts that were published on the blog during the previous month, making it easy to see each month's posts at a quick glance. If you're interested in subscribing, you can fill out the form included below. Thank you for your support, and have a great week!

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Two-Year Blogiversary!

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Today marks the Two-Year Blogiversary of Think Wilder. When I started this blog back in 2015, I had no idea how long I would stay interested enough in the project to keep cranking out regular posts, but at this point in time I can say that I'm as motivated as ever before and have some fun and exciting future things in the works!

Last year's One-Year Blogiversary came with a full 2.0 redesign, which improved on the visual aspects of the site's presentation and also made navigating through the site much easier. Today's post doesn't bring any site improvements, however I would like to make a formal promise that readers will see more featured posts (in other words, posts other than the regular This Week in Psychedelics and Weekend Thoughts columns) this year. I'm planning to dedicate more of my time to writing for the blog and coming up with some new additions as well.

To those of you reading this post, thank you for your continued support and staying along while I learn how to make this project even better! And as always, keep thinking wilder!