{"id":9264,"date":"2015-08-19T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=9264"},"modified":"2015-08-18T21:45:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:45:51","slug":"time-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/08\/19\/time-to-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Move Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I announced that VeryGoodPoints, the blog I started in 2011, would become Explorations.Guru. \u00a0Well, the time has come for me to make that move. \u00a0Why? \u00a0VeryGoodPoints was a name that didn&#8217;t really fit my posts. \u00a0The name was confusing to many. Explorations.Guru really describes what I&#8217;m doing, and writing about, exploring the world.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming weeks you&#8217;ll find new content on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.first2board.com\/explorationsguru\" target=\"_blank\">www.first2board.com\/explorationsguru\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please take a minute to update your RSS feed, or if you&#8217;re not following, now&#8217;s a great time to start <a href=\"http:\/\/www.first2board.com\/explorationsguru\/feed\" target=\"_blank\">www.first2board.com\/explorationsguru\/feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Twitter I&#8217;m staying the same <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/xplorationsguru\" target=\"_blank\">@XplorationsGuru<\/a> and on Facebook you can find my page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/explorationsguru\" target=\"_blank\">ExplorationsGuru<\/a>. \u00a0As if that&#8217;s not enough, I&#8217;m on Instagram, sometimes, and there I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Explorations.Guru\" target=\"_blank\">Explorations.Guru<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What you&#8217;ll find on the new site is a lot about travel, food and philanthropy. \u00a0I&#8217;ll continue to write my &#8220;48 Hours In:&#8221; posts &#8211; which will help you plan a trip if you only have 48 hours to explore. I&#8217;ll write about Thailand, a lot, because if I&#8217;m not here, I&#8217;m there (and my heart certainly is.) \u00a0I&#8217;ll continue to share fun facts and tidbits I pick up along the way. 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