What am I doing here?

Today is the 2^nd of June, not an especially auspicious date other than the fact that it marks the exact mid-point of the year. It is because of this that I have chosen to officially start my blog today. I began this year, as I do most years, with great plans to completely revolutionise my life and ensure that this year would be far better than the last. These plans usually last a month or two (if I’m lucky) until I fall back into the same old pattern of behaviour. Whilst I feel that I have in fact made many big changes this year, I still haven’t achieved quite what I set out to do on New Year’s Day.

This year has brought about a number of big changes in my life (some good, some bad). This is the last year of my 5 year university degree; the end of a lifetime of studying. At the same time I’ve signed a contract to start my first full-time corporate job in January next year; the start of my career. Whilst this is exciting and I will be working for a great organisation, I’m also wary of what this holds for me. Two months ago my girlfriend and I ended our 2-year relationship. The break was essentially mutual but these things are always complicated and needless to say it has been another big change in my life. I always find it interesting to reflect back and think about how much has actually changed in only six months. It’s incredible to compare where I was on New Year’s Day to where I am now.

Having signed a contract to enter into my career at the start of next year, I decided that I needed to make some choices now about where I want my career (and my life) to go. I’ve watched as friends and family have rushed into their careers and have gotten lost, become disillusioned and begun to drift. I decided that I would not do the same, that I will not get lost in the corporate world of glass buildings and grey suits and that my life will be my own. So I've decided to stray from that path and forge my own way.

To that end, I decided I needed to work out what I wanted my life to be. As I’ve always known, I wanted to create something of my own. I don’t know exactly what that is yet but I’ve always had a strong urge for creative expression and largely that is what this blog is about. I see this blog as a building block that may turn into something big or may not. I decided that if I wanted to create something of my own, I needed to lay the foundations now. This might all seem a bit cryptic, but that’s probably because it’s not all entirely clear in my own mind just yet.


I plan to talk about what I like and hope that others will like it too. In this way, I suppose I am also exploring where I want to go and where this blog might take me. The things I like are film, music, photography and style so you can be fairly reassured that these will be the focus of my blog. I don’t consider myself an expert or an authority on these topics, just a fan.