I don’t know how I know,
But I’m gonna find my purpose.
I don’t know where I’m gonna look,
But I’m gonna find my purpose.

Gotta find out.
Don’t wanna wait.
Got to make sure that my life will be great.
Gotta find my purpose.
Before it’s too late.

I have found my purpose. Well, JustWandering’s purpose anyway.

I did start the blog with the intention of monetizing it to fund for my trips. I would write about my travels, as well as travel news. In the course of monetizing it, I have gotten lost along the way. I was posting news that aren’t really interesting to others (just me, and you know how weird my taste is), travel deals, paid reviews and such.

However, now that I’m traveling more, I actually have material to write about. So I’ve delegated the travel news links to Twitter, which shows on my sidebar, travel deals are no longer making an appearance (except if it’s Seair’s), and paid reviews are no more. Well, not really.

I’m liking the path JustWandering has taken from its conception in 2006. It showed my growth and my stumbles along the way. I admit there are entries that makes me cringe, but like the wrong choices I made in my life, they shaped JustWandering into the travel blog it is now.

After two years, I finally saw what I want JustWandering to be. It’s going to be my personal memoir of my travels, as well as an online destination guide of the places I’ve been to. I like to think of JustWandering as my small contribution to promoting the Philippines as a great travel destination, not just for foreign tourists, but for Filipinos as well. There’s plenty of awesome destinations in the Philippines that a lot of Filipinos overlook, and I want to help highlight these destinations by sharing my stories, photos and providing a guide on how to go there and how much money they need for the trip (which I find is a big factor when deciding on a trip).

Yup, that’s my purpose. Everything really do happen for a reason.