Over the last year or two I've learnt alot. It's been a broad learning experience as well. It has seen the birth of my son, the death of my father and changes at work. Its made me realize that if there is something you want to do then you might as well do everything you can to make it happen. Its all about the journey and what you learn along the way.
Before parenthood life used to be so easy but now its alot more complicated. The time before kids the only thing that I had to worry about was me, my decisions only affected me. Now I've become alot more unsure about the decisions I do make, they affect alot more people now. I guess all I can do is make the best decision I can and realize that making mistakes is how we learn.
My father's (actually my step-father) death affected me like nothing I've gone through before. It made me question what I was doing. He was the sort of person who followed his dreams and everything he did was a step closer to that goal. I looked at my life and thought "Where am I'm going". The answer was nowhere. I either didn't have a goal to chase or didn't know what I wanted, I had to answer that question. I was almost at the point of giving software development away, but I do enjoy developing but at that point in time I hated it. I started reading blogs and found that there were people out there who were passionate about software. Reading others' thoughts and views on different topics made me realize that the only way to get out of the rut I was in was to start to do something, anything. This is where this blog comes in. I'm going to use this forum to get my thoughts and passions out there, be a part of the community instead of isolating myself.
Who knows I might even be able to improve my writing skills ;)
So there it is, short and sweet.