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11 BEST Camping Kitchens for Easy Outdoor Cooking [2023]

June 1, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A luxury campsite with a canvas teepee and a folding camping kitchen table, with smoke rising in the background.

A luxury campsite with a canvas teepee and a folding camping kitchen table, with smoke rising in the background.

The best camping kitchens for organized and easy outdoor cooking.

15 BEST Shoes for Disneyland for Walking All Day [2023]

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

Two pairs of feet dangling from green roller coaster seats with a clear blue sky in the background.

Two pairs of feet dangling from green roller coaster seats with a clear blue sky in the background.

The best shoes for Disneyland to keep you walking on sunshine during your theme park adventures.

21 BEST Airbnb Alternatives for Your Next Trip [2023 Guide]

May 30, 2023May 26, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A woman in a striped dress and a man in a maroon sweatshirt and glasses holding a grey hardside suitcase stand on the stone patio outside a vacation rental and unlock the door.

A woman in a striped dress and a man in a maroon sweatshirt and glasses holding a grey hardside suitcase stand on the stone patio outside a vacation rental and unlock the door.

If you’re tired of dealing with bad hosts and paying too much in fees, check out my picks for the best Airbnb alternatives.

18 BEST EDC Backpacks for Every Budget and Lifestyle [2023]

June 1, 2023May 26, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A straw hat and a camera sitting on a bench in front of a grey backpack, while a woman wearing denim types on a laptop behind.

A straw hat and a camera sitting on a bench in front of a grey backpack, while a woman wearing denim types on a laptop behind.

The best EDC backpacks for travel, work, running errands, and everything in between!

Skiplagged Review [2023]: Is Flight App Skiplagged LEGIT?

May 24, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A woman with pink hair and a pink sweater sits at a desk and looks at the camera, with the Skiplagged website open on her laptop and a closed white door in the background.

A woman with pink hair and a pink sweater sits at a desk and looks at the camera, with the Skiplagged website open on her laptop and a closed white door in the background.

Find the answers to all your questions in my detailed Skiplagged review!

Hopper Review [2023]: Is Flight & Travel App Hopper LEGIT?

May 31, 2023May 23, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A pair of hands holding an iPhone, browsing on the Hopper app while resting on a light wood kitchen table.

A pair of hands holding an iPhone, browsing on the Hopper app while resting on a light wood kitchen table.

Is the Hopper app legit and worth trying? Read my honest Hopper app review to find out.

11 BEST Ice Packs for Coolers [2023]: Ice, Gel, & How To Use

June 1, 2023May 22, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A freezer full of stacked turquoise, orange, and white plastic ice packs.

A freezer full of stacked turquoise, orange, and white plastic ice packs.

Use this list of the best ice packs for coolers to make sure the contents in your cooler stay cold, no matter where you go.

35 BEST Travel Deal Sites [2023]: Flight, Hotel & Tour Deals

June 1, 2023May 17, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

Looking over the shoulder of a dark-haired woman who is holding her phone and typing on it, with a white suitcase in front of her.

Looking over the shoulder of a dark-haired woman who is holding her phone and typing on it, with a white suitcase in front of her.

Our ultimate list of the best travel deal sites to make sure your money is well spent when planning your next trip.

27 BEST Gifts for Flight Attendants [2023 Gift Guide]

May 18, 2023May 17, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

A brown-haired female flight attendant in a dark blue uniform seen from behind as she walks through an airport, pulling a suitcase.

A brown-haired female flight attendant in a dark blue uniform seen from behind as she walks through an airport, pulling a suitcase.

A guide to the best gifts for flight attendants to brighten their day and show how much you appreciate their work.

31 BEST Gifts for Bourbon Lovers and Bourbon Drinkers [2023]

May 19, 2023May 17, 2023 by Mimi McFadden

Best Gifts for Bourbon Lovers

Best Gifts for Bourbon Lovers

Read on for a guide to the best gifts for bourbon lovers, full of sweet and spicy ideas.

What a beautiful day for a banna 💛 Day 2 of the

What a beautiful day for a banna 💛 Day 2 of the wedding festivities and my now most favorite photos of Suneel [3,4, and 5].

Mehndi part II ❤️The best way to start off the

Mehndi part II ❤️The best way to start off the wedding weekend = delicious Indian food, music, henna, and hanging out with some of my favorite women. 🥰

Mehndi vibes, part I ❤️

Mehndi vibes, part I ❤️

4.29.23 ❤️

Since it’s that time of year for reflection and

Since it’s that time of year for reflection and goals, I just finished tallying up my budgeting spreadsheets. Here’s a look at The Atlas Heart’s growth in the past four years, and our projected growth for 2023. Letzzzz go!

✨2019✨
Annual revenue = $4,787
Total pageviews = 256,245

✨2020✨
Annual revenue = $12,600
Total pageviews = 349,658

✨2021✨*started working on TAH full-time
Annual revenue = $66,797
Pageviews = 872,919

✨2022✨
Annual revenue = $194,974
Pageviews = 2,386,618

✨2023 (Projected)✨
Annual revenue = $470,000
Pageviews = 3,600,000

✨Milestone Goal (projected to reach by 2025)✨
Become a million dollar business

💰Breakdown of income💰
Ad revenue = 56.5%
Affiliate revenue = 43.3%
Products = 0.2%
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Happy New Year!! ✨🍾

Even though I’ve been running my website since 2

Even though I’ve been running my website since 2012, it always used to be my passion not my main source of income.   It was a way of sharing my experiences and perspective about the places I traveled. I never had a business plan or looked all that much into how to make money from it.

Over the next six years, I went from bartending to running a somewhat successful consulting business as a freelance marketer that still allowed me to travel and work remotely.

Although I always imagined being able to make a living from my website, it honestly seemed unlikely that I’d be able to make money from something that I enjoyed so much.

It wasn’t until 2018 that I started teaching myself SEO and invested in numerous courses.   It took another year after that to start looking into how to monetize my website, and that was only after I lost one of my biggest clients and my monthly income was cut by 80%.

I thought it was as good a time as any to finally give it my best shot to create a successful blog that supported me.

I started building up a monetization strategy, intertwining my SEO skills to start making a little more money, one month at a time.

And then seven months later, March 2020 happened. And we all know how that went for the travel industry.

l was very close to walking away at that point, but I had seen how much growth there was in just seven months before everything came tumbling down. I couldn’t unsee that potential. So, after three months of a lot of languishing, I kept working on my site, more determined than ever.

It took another year and two months after that to finally be making just enough to end all my client work and start focusing on my website full time. I wrote an income report a month after that in June of 2021.

It was called “How I made $6,598 from my blog in June 2021.” When I wrote that article, I had big goals to hit 100,000 page views in a month before the end of the year (which I did!) and to make over $6,000 in a month again.

Secretly, I was hoping to double that amount by the following year, but looking back, I probably should’ve dreamed bigger.

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