The State Department of the U.S. announced that you can now renew your passport online with a few simple steps as outlined here:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/renew-online.html

This is awesome news for anyone who hates the old way of submitting paperwork and waiting for whatever time it takes to receive, process, and send you your updated information. I no longer dread the process I’ll need to do in just a few years.

Most people should be able to qualify for this type of renewal and there appear to be very few exceptions that apply to common folk. It is an awesome advancement and I hope they follow suit with other routine federal processes, but that is for another blog.