Lately I have been reorganising all my photo and video files. They were scattered across different external hard drives and cloud services. Now I have set up my old laptop as a web server and freed up a 4 TB hard drive. This laptop now hosts my website, so you’re literally reading this on my laptop at my house. Welcome and how cool is that! This is also saving me about €75 per year in hosting costs, and I installed an open-source cloud called Nextcloud. You can think of it like Google Drive, iCloud, or Dropbox, but fully self-hosted. Your data, your rules & your privacy!
While organising my photos, I came across fun memories from the past. There were also sad ones, pictures of people no longer in my life and family members who have passed. The photos from my 2024 Motorcycle Euro Trip truly make me happy. That trip was the best thing I could have done for myself, and I cannot wait to hit the road again… to be continued.
Now I have more peace in my life, which gives me space to focus and enjoy the things that truly matter.
Going through the photo’s of my trip reminded me of all the places where I worked on content for my vlogs and blogs. It gives me a deep sense of fulfilment. It is exactly what I was looking for, freedom. With every mile, I felt like shedding my old self like a snake. All the pain, frustration, and limiting beliefs fell off my shoulders. Now I have more peace in my life, which gives me space to focus and enjoy the things that truly matter.
These photos represent that feeling every time I look back. I often revisit my vlogs just to enjoy the memories. I highly recommend making videos, taking photos, and writing blogs or journaling. The future you will be thankful. Today it’s Friday, the perfect moment to write a blog and share some of the weirdest, most memorable places where I worked during my 90-day Motorcycle Euro Trip.
Now I am curious, are you also a nerd like me who archives everything on a self-made dedicated server? How do you do it? How do you archive your photos and videos?
Hppy trvls! ✌🏾