I thought I was going to do this last month, but…..oh well, better late than never! I have been exercising more (which is a good thing), and did start some personal software projects (my Feed News Archive site is running nicely!). The other major effort over my first two months was to transition to a new hosting provider (Opalstack) from my previous provider (Bluehost). When I started with Bluehost, they had an “unlimited plan” (websites, storage, etc). Over the years, their cost increased, but I was able to keep adding sites without issues. In the fall of 2025, I found out that my plan “now” only covered 20 websites (I had 59). Although many of them were test sites, the ones I wanted to keep was still higher than 20 – grrr!
I did some looking around at other hosting providers, but got a good recommendation from Anton Zuiker (micro.blog, site), and made the move! A benefit of moving to Opalstack is that I can have PHP, static sites, and Node.js sites all on the same account. With that, I will be able to drop my Digital Ocean account for Node.js apps.
The other things that has happened is that I am slowly approaching each in a more relaxed way. When I started, I had a list, and worked to get everything done on the list, and updated it during the day. Now, having a list is not so important. I feel more and more comfortable being retired.