Hello world!

I’m forty two and a half, or at least I was when I wrote this post and started this blog. It’s December and I’ll be forty three in July. Time goes fast, not in the day to day, but when I think back over the last ten plus years to when I was thirty I wonder, “what have I actually done with that time?”

I’ve done a few things. Had a couple more kids (total three now). Bought a house (finally not living in a flat anymore, thought it would never happen). Learnt French. Got into management.

But there are some long term goals that I’ve had since I started working that keep slipping away. I know if I don’t do something drastic, I’ll never achieve them and worse still I’ll regret it.

The idea of this blog is to document the next seven and a half years as I go after my goals. I’m writing it for me. I think I don’t document enough of what happens, what I want, how I got it. What I learned. This is my cure.

I’m going to remain anonymous, though I guess if you dig a little you’ll be able to find out who I am. I’m not counting on that being a problem as I don’t expect many readers to follow the learnings of a forty something year old. I could have kept this private, but I am hoping for a little interaction with internet strangers over the years. Don’t hesitate to drop a comment on any of the posts.

In case I need to refer to myself I’ll use the pseudonym Sandy. From SevenANDahalfYears. A bit of a stretch, but good enough for me.

That about wraps up the intro. Next post, the goals.