I decided to skip my return flight to the USA, got a counterfeit Spanish passport, and I’ll be staying here for the next year!

Portugal was lovely. It’s hilarious to me that I can read their language but can’t understand it verbally at all.

First part - April Fools - but a guy can dream.

I got really lucky with transportation (flights, trains, buses, metros, bikes, and trolleys) this month, as well as accommodations (hostels, Airbnb’s, hotels) - everything was as expected with no real delays or hidden fees!

I have a lot of videos to edit and post, so even though I’ve left Spain for now, expect to see some fun Spain content over the coming weeks. #sorrynotsorry

This includes both reflections and sharing my journey, as well as having some fun with it (see the dancing video above).

$177. That was my average daily spend over the last month!

For our digital ads agency, I was tired of paying for tools like Clay for GTM research, so I built my own version using Claude Code within a few hours. Saves me $400/mo of Clay credits. Let me know if you want to see it.

I finally fixed the “white text” bug - sorry to my users for that one… New update is pending in the App Store right now and should be out soon.

I’m working on building out a dope new website, sponsorship packages, and more for Micro Investing. Next quarter will be a big one with lots of updates.

Shoutout to Michael, Jakob, Gabi, and the team for some insane social numbers this quarter including adding 18k new Instagram followers in just the last three months.

In my first quarter of posting Reels on Instagram and writing this newsletter, I grew by 480 followers on Instagram (includes 128 unfollows 🤷‍♂️), and have the newsletter up to 220 subs, generating over $100 in sponsorship revenue so far. Baby steps.

If you hate your current newsletter / email platform (like I did before), click here to see how I’m getting more out of this one.

Travel days require lots of discipline. I booked many of my flights, trains, and busses this month in the morning, while the US is asleep. But, inevitably, some working hours get lost to travel, and it’s totally on me to stay focused and lock in when I can in airport lounges, on trains, and in the sky. When everyone around you is drinking and scrolling on their phones, it takes a different type of self-motivation to get things done.

A week is a nice length of time in a new city to get a taste, and a day is too short. For places I loved this month (Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona), I found myself wishing I had more time there. One of my favorite stops of the whole month was actually Malaga but I’m not sure if that’s because it had the best weather and nicest people, or just because my 24 hours there felt like a daydream. 

Solo travel is not as scary as it sounds. If you’ve done an extensive solo trip, you’ll know what I mean. If you haven’t (like me one month ago) - it’s worth trying.

I’m excited to celebrate Easter with my family this weekend and enjoy some bike rides on the greenways of Cary NC, before flying to Colombia next Friday.

No newsletter next week, as I’ll be building in place, rather than building in motion :)

See you on April 16 from Medellin! 🇨🇴