That first blog post…..

In the beginning..there was a blog post…

Okay..so I won’t get strange with it, but you have to start somewhere with a blog don’t you?

The truth is, I aim to use this as a journal, as a tool of personal development and to others and something to be able to look back on and ask myself if I achieved the goals I set out to complete.

So here’s the kicker…

Sitting here, typing up this beautiful elequent piece of literature (oh how pc) I am faced with the realisation that I am 32 years old, employed, a father, a fiance, amongst other several important things…however… I have come to the realisation that much of what I plan for, all those bright ideas..never come to fruition..time and time again. I’ve realised over the last 12 months that I am not getting any younger, I;m not ready for a mid life crisis but more importantly I am tried of working for other people. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and I work with a fantastic group of people in Oncology Research delivering research trials… but… it only goes so far to paying the bills.

I can’t afford a mortgage, I can’t anticipate affording university if my children ever so wish it, and I can’t imagine being able to supplement the cost of their weddings when they’re much much older. That scares me.. don’t get me wrong… I don’t think money is the world but I can’t even afford to pay into a pension plan! So… it’s time to take life by the horns and get things in order.

There are two avenues I plan for, one of which which was developing some years ago.. one of those routes is coding.. more specifically full stack coding with a side focus on mobile applications and the other avenue revisiting photography. I love photography…but that’s a story for a different time…and perhaps a deep one.

So..what’s the point… well… let’s document this little journey.. see how well we go and lets complain about world problems that we may never solve from time to time!

Best wishes…

This guy