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Investing into the future

For quite a few years my journey has been to explore building wealth in my life. Coming from a background where I grew up with zero wealth, building it into my life is of high value to me. I’ve written … Read more …

Considering investing

Back in 2004 I started thinking that it was going to be important to invest. The motivation at the time was not having enough money to enjoy a holiday around New Zealand at the time, and I knew something had … Read more …

What’s your purpose

One of the greatest challenges of modern times is to work out what our purpose in life is. It used to be that our purpose was to breed in order to further the human race, and hopefully to stay alive long … Read more …

An archive of memories

I started work on changing the archive of my writing today. I’ve spent about 10 hours on it so far, and I’m probably only a third of the way through. What I’m doing is going through every single post and … Read more …

A new year, a new life

It’s 2015. A new year and an opportunity to create a new life. Of course, every day is the beginning of the rest of your life, and you always have the opportunity to recreate your future, every day. You can … Read more …

Building an online authority

As part of my strategy to create an online business around my Business Analysis services, I’ve decided to start using LinkedIn more. It’s a business networking and social media site, and if I’m not developing a business presence with it, … Read more …

I’m no longer living in Melbourne

Well, the title may be a bit misleading. I’ve not been living in Melbourne since late July, almost 3 months ago. But as of today, it’s somewhat official. At least for the time being. I went down to Melbourne on … Read more …

Opportunity in New Zealand

Tonight I was sitting in a cafe waiting for a friend to turn up for dinner, and was checking out the LinkedIn app. One of the people I follow on LinkedIn was promoting a Sharepoint Business Analyst role (permanent) in … Read more …

I’m off to Bali tomorrow

I’m very excited to be off to Bali tomorrow for a week’s holiday, something I’ve been looking forward to for a couple months now. We’re going to be taking only carry-on bags, so we’ll be doing the minimalist approach. Only … Read more …

I’m withdrawing for a while

My mind is whirling with so many thoughts. I’m spending a lot of time contemplating the things that I’ve become aware of. I’m thinking so much, there’s no time for writing. My recent post a couple weeks ago, I need … Read more …

I need to feel special

I need to feel special. As I choose to do things in life, I need to feel special while doing them. And if they don’t make me feel special, then I lose interest in them. “You have a problem with … Read more …