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2019 — Things Just Keep Getting Better

Alex Walling
10 min readJan 31, 2020

This year has by far been the best year of my life. I have been so unbelievably lucky to experience so many unforgettable moments and achieved so many things I am beyond proud of. I am so grateful for the life I live and the people loving and supporting me throughout it all. I absolutely wouldn’t be where I am today without my family and friends, and I really, really like where I am in life. So thank you!

Over the last few years, I have gotten into the habit of doing a year in review each year [2018], while also setting goals for myself [2019, 2018]! This is a great way to check in on how my life is going and push myself to be better each and every year. Here’s a recap of some of the amazing things I’ve accomplished this year!

Travel

It’s been another unbelievable year of travel, that’s for sure! I was lucky enough to visit another 6 new countries this year and repeat some of the ones that I’ve already been to. I was traveling for ~41% of the days in 2019, flew 130,000 miles on United alone, and achieved my goal of reaching United 1K status! I’m really proud of all of this. Here are some highlights:

New Countries

  • Gibraltar — I was beyond hungover the day we went to Gibraltar… Regardless of being hungover, it still ended up being one of the best days of the trip! We got to…

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Alex Walling
Alex Walling

Written by Alex Walling

Chief Strategy Officer | Advisor | Investor

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