Windswept Tree
Thanks everyone, for dropping by my brand new spanking site! I know I’m a little late in joining the WordPress and self-hosted site bandwagon, but it’s still pretty exciting for me anyway. And it’s a massive learning experience for me as well!
Anyway, I intend for this site to be a place where I can practice my writing, consolidate and put out ideas and research, and also to just entertain and inform anyone who might drop by and read.
My schedule has been a little hectic lately, becase I’m working two jobs. One at the newsagency, and the other as a trainee manager/consultant at a knowledge brokerage/consultancy firm.
My newsagency job provided me a steady income, but I felt that it was time I moved on and took the leap. I had a feeling that the winds would be changing soon, so I gave my boss a few weeks’ notice, and bought this site to prepare for what would come next.
And the winds of change did come indeed.
We’re starting up a Creative Services department in the company, and I was given an opportunity to be a part of it. But it also means that we’re basically starting a brand new wing of the firm from the ground up. But to me, that’s the most exciting part.
Next week will be my last week at the newsagency. It has been a fantastic working experience there, mainly because of the location and the people around. But it’s time to move on. After this, I intend to devote my time to my other job.
Because I do need income, and the other job can’t pay as much at the moment, I’m also going to use whatever free time that crops up to try my hand at freelance writing.
I’ve also been reading more, and trying to learn as much as I can about business, technology and media. My early morning routine involves sitting front of the computer with a cup of coffee and just reading the news and updates on my feed reader. During my lunch break I read magazines. After work I read. And when I don’t read, my brain is switched off so I don’t burn out.
That’s also why I wanted to start a new, proper blog. I need to put down all that information, and repackage it into something I can use, and this blog will act as my packaging tool.
Whatever happens next with the economy, or with my career, I fully intend to be as prepared as I can, and to bring a lot of value to the table.
No guts, no glory!
In the meantime, you can subscribe to the feed of this blog here to get updates.
You can also follow me on Twitter, where I post when I can’t be stuffed dedicating more than 140 characters to any topic.
And over the course of the next week or two, I’ll slowly be updating the sidebar and pages of this blog.
Until then…
