{"id":9162,"date":"2026-05-18T02:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=9162"},"modified":"2026-05-18T02:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:29:29","slug":"cinco-anos-de-binarywords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/05\/18\/cinco-anos-de-binarywords\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years of BinaryWords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, May 18th 2026, marks the fifth anniversary of my starting to write this blog.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five years, a lustrum! I remember that, when I was little, I didn\u00b4t know how long a lustrum was, but I did know it was a measure of time, and in my mind it was something huge, like a century maybe, an eternity...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(It seems that the word \"lustrum\" is not very widely used in English; I suspect its equivalent in Spanish, \"lustro\", is not too widely used either, but I thought it would be nice to use it today. Both words come from the Latin lustrum<\/em>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This picture of Killiney beach is also almost five years old; it\u00b4s the image I initially used as a header for the blog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many things have happened since May 2021, around the world and within each one of us. I remember I was going through some soul-searching back then; I wasn\u00b4t sure what to do with my life, but I knew I wanted to do something different. So I decided to start walking, to get moving, trusting that the path would appear before me. And I did it by resuming a hobby I had found very fulfilling in the past but that I had abandoned for several years: writing. Or more specifically, blogging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even today, if I stop to think about it, I find it strange: every week I sit down to synthesise my thoughts and learnings in a few paragraphs, and then I send them out to the world, a bit blindly, without knowing who will receive them or whether they will resonate with them. Deep down, my hope is that whoever stumbles upon these lines finds one or two ideas that cheer them up, help them or inspire them in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I have to say that the person who benefits most, without a doubt, is me. On the one hand, for being able to use this creative outlet and contribute something I can be proud of, even if it\u00b4s small, and on the other hand, because I know these weekly reflections have opened the door to many other interesting (and challenging) things in my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For, as I had hoped, the path did appear before me; it keeps appearing with every step I take. Piece by piece, my project continues to take shape, although it\u00b4s still under construction, which is exactly the point: to continuously grow and to support others in their own growth. Both of those are tasks that last for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blog now comprises over 250 articles; you can find them all in the archive<\/a>. And if you\u00b4re starting to get tired of just reading, and you\u00b4re ready to step into action, have a look at the services page<\/a> (recently updated) and let me know<\/a> what change you want to make in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoy, 18 de mayo de 2026, hace exactamente cinco a\u00f1os que empec\u00e9 a escribir este blog. Cinco a\u00f1os, \u00a1un lustro! Recuerdo que, cuando yo era peque\u00f1ita, no sab\u00eda cu\u00e1nto duraba un lustro, pero s\u00ed sab\u00eda que era una medida de tiempo, y me parec\u00eda que deb\u00eda de ser como un siglo o algo as\u00ed, una … Continue reading Five years of BinaryWords<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Cinco a\u00f1os \/ Five years","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00bfSabes lo que es un lustro? \/ Do you know what a lustrum is?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-2nM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/09\/14\/ventanas-al-mundo\/","url_meta":{"origin":9162,"position":0},"title":"Windows to the world","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana o\u00ed un comentario en la radio que me pareci\u00f3 curioso: dec\u00edan algo as\u00ed como que muchos j\u00f3venes de hoy en d\u00eda consideran que se puede saber m\u00e1s de c\u00f3mo es realmente una persona por los libros que posee que por su perfil en redes sociales. \u00bfT\u00fa qu\u00e9 opinas?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Personal"","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/diario-journal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/reto-de-30-dias\/","url_meta":{"origin":9162,"position":1},"title":"30-day challenge","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas de los retos de 30 d\u00edas? \u00bfAlguna vez has hecho alguno? 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