Work

Hard to believe another year is over and i’m heading into a third year of blogging (Nov 2006 to present; 2007/2008).

Although it doesn’t feel like it, looking back, 2007 has been the biggest year of my life to date.

I passed my driving test, quit my part-time (which was actually full time) job which i’d had for over 3 years, started college, plus I managed to fit in a few breaks to Barcelona, London, Cardiff and one or two breakaway’s to Dublin.

2007 has been the foundation upon which my life will be built. It was the year i became an adult and started focusing on being happy, rather than making money. A valuable lesson learned early on in my life which should be a good thing. I was sick of work and not being challenged or motivated, money didn’t matter. So i packed it in.

I was then forced to decided whether i would head to college or work online. I hesitated but eventually came to my senses realizing i can’t become an online success story without some sort of background/experience in technology. I also thought it would act as a nice smokescreen as i still try to make it online. When people ask what you’re doing or what you plan to do, it’s much less hassle saying i’m in college doing ‘x’, rather than try to explain the whole online situation….

People don’t care about potential or ideas or love of something. All they care about is money. If i earn €40k a year doing ‘something in IT’ i’m great. If i earn €18k a year working in tesco’s i’m a flop. That’s the black and white way people look at it. Which is wrong obviously, but it’s so easy just to say i’m in college which is basically saying come back in 5 years and ask that question – it buys me time.

Anyway, i started college, like the course and the people. I enjoy it, despite having to commute 2 hours a day. On the money side of things i hit the illusive $100/month mark a few times, which i was happy about. I *did* get banned from adsense but quickly managed to turn things around and give the metaphorical two fingered salute to the adsense boys.

2008 WILL be the year of BeerChief. I vow to complete BeerChief, at all costs. I’ve been let down by my partner, but it’s his loss. I also have another project in the pipeline, which involves working with 4 or 5 different people and that will be on the road very shortly indeed.

So in summary 2007 was a good year for me. 2008 will *probably* be the year i either realize i can succeed or fail online, i’ll enjoy the ride either way and as always, keep this blog alive and fresh