Month: June 2026

  • It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it

    The deeper you get into churning and MS, the more you start to recognize usernames and avatars and begin to realize just how small the population of churners is. Each community has inevitable overlap with others, and there’s just a finite universe of people willing to keep up with a hobby that is so meticulous…

  • Practicing gratitude: MS edition

    Practicing gratitude: MS edition

    I’ve mentioned before that I often write posts that are just as much a reminder to myself as they are an attempt to be advice towards anyone else. That is definitely the case with today’s post, as I was already mentally writing it before an even more valid reason to talk about it came up. …

  • Monday metaposting: blogging and shutdowns

    Monday metaposting: blogging and shutdowns

    While there’s what essentially amounts to perpetual chatter about shutdowns in 2026 on the private side of churning, there hasn’t been quite as much public discussion since some of the big waves from last year. That changed last week when Greg at Frequent Miler shared that he had been shutdown by Citi. It’s worth a…

  • A soliloquy for P2s

    A soliloquy for P2s

    When I was a kid, my brother and I loved going to Disney World. My parents, being the saints they are, spent hours and hours planning each trip so we could see as much as possible while keeping things vaguely affordable (which was still somewhat possible back then). My mom always sent me threads on…