The Journey Starts Today…
So yeah, today is the start of the new journey I’m embarking on… I know I should’ve been resting this weekend and even though I barely touched my computer (only to find 50-odd unread e-mails this morning), my mind was racing at 200 MPH about all the things that I want / need to do in the coming weeks. When I woke up this morning, I had butterflies in my stomach from my excitement about this journey / adventure that really starts today…
Last week when I announced my resignation from the corporate world, I did elude to formalizing my freelance business into a legal business entity. Even though I successfully freelanced last year, my situation has changed (read: I have monthly bills to pay) and I thus need more security than that I’ll get from freelancing. I am thus interested in setting up some office space, sharing that space with other creatives and setting up a more steady, guaranteed income stream from my operations. In this regard, I’m also looking to hire some staff within the next month or so, to join me on this journey.
To give you some kind of idea as to where my mind is heading, here’s some of the stuff that you’ll see changing / happening here within the next month (in no particular order):
- A few more Premium News releases;
- Complimented by one or two free theme releases (just to show that I care about the community ya’know);
- Establishing a new online brand, that’ll serve as my new business venture;
- My name business venture will incorporate all of my WP-related work, as well as expanding into agile development of web apps and new / social media marketing; and
- I’ll be restructuring the categories / topics on this blog to be more relevant to the new direction I’m heading into.
So as you can see, the next month or so will be a chaotic, yet fun-filled process of personal and business development. Except for the things that I have already mentioned above, there’s a lot more admin-related, nitty-gritty on my To-Do list that needs urgent attention.
Ultimately, this blog will serve as my vehicle and the evidence of this journey I’m embarking on. As always, I plan to share all my ideas, my business plans and concepts with you here, in the hope that I will continue to build a loyal reader-base and that your wisdom will contribute the improvement of all my online activities. I hope to see you on the other side…
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Corporate Adii: R.I.P. (For Now Anyway…)
As I promised earlier today - I have quite a big announcement to make and I can finally let the cat out of the bag, after having had to delay this announcement for about a week… After spending a great two months being a full-time employee in a corporate environment, I have decided to call it quits and have resigned with effect as of tomorrow. Something within my heart changed about two weeks ago and ever since, my heart and mind has not been in the space of being an employee.
One of the big reasons for delaying this decision for so long, is that I had to consider a lot of different factors on a variety of levels. I can also admit that this has been one of the most complex decisions I’ve had to make to date, but ultimately this is also part of my personal growth and development.
This decision however also brings along a lot of excitement, as I will be starting a new chapter in my career. For the immediate future, nothing will change with regards to my online operations, as I will focus the next two weeks on releasing as many new Premium News themes as possible (yes - Kineda Inspiration is coming!) and also reviving my freelance business. After that, I will be formalizing my freelance operations into a legal entity (more of which I will share later), which means I will also start defining the journey I’ll be embarking on (hopefully you’ll be there with me!).
Before I finish off this post, I’d like to express my sincere thanks to my boss (who would’ve been a great mentor) and everyone at the company - this decision doesn’t reflect my relationships with them in any way and I’d recommend the company to any new employee! But for now, I’ve closed the chapter on my corporate career… I will however definitely be back in the future, as I’ve always wanted to run my own corporation…
Keep reading if you’d like to know how the next chapter in my online journey begins!
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Freedom In Design
Even though I’ve been at a personal low in recent days (things are changing on my side and by next week, I’ll know where I’m heading), I decided to really push the work on finalizing my new design this weekend… I designed it back in December and I’m totally in love with the new design (the current design on this blog is really not inspiring me anymore), but haven’t gotten round to finishing the code just yet. So after a few glasses of red wine, some intense WordPress coding, I’m close to the day of truth and will definitely launch the new design over the weekend.
But that’s not what this post is about… Considering that I’ve been feeling a bit disillusioned with my current work - even though adii.co.za has been growing steadily and Premium News is booming - the last thing I’ve wanted to do is be creative or innovate. And this is a really bad place to be, considering that I have all these ideas floating around in my head, but no energy /inspiration to pull them off.
I do however believe that something clicked over in my mind tonight… Whilst working on the code for the new design, I realized how much I loved just experimenting and creating - irrespective of the financial consequences. Unfortunately the world is focused on the bottom line and that means we’ll all continue to run towards it - but it doesn’t mean we need to forsake the small pleasures / freedoms in live…
This is where I’m at, at the moment… Live is definitely not only about money, not about blogging and not about WordPress development. And even though I love all of the above, I’ve decided to make it a priority to get back to the things I enjoy (I’ll probably post a list of this over the weekend). And obviously - I do enjoy what I do - blogging, design, premium themes etc… - but I need to be able to more of the fun stuff in all of those areas to make my life worthwhile.
Ultimately we all design our own life paths and it’s our individual decisions to be rigid, stick to what we know and forsake our freedoms, passions and hobbies. Design your own freedom - irrespective of what your definition of freedom is… I’m making this change in my life and from now on, I will strive to do more things that I really enjoy. This is not a “life is too short” post, but merely a call - especially to creatives - to prevent being bogged down by corporate / community “rules” and expectations… It’s not worth it… Really!
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