I used to live two parallel lives: working as a technologist on a digital agency by day and writing for this blog by night. For more than a year I managed to keep them separate, but blogging was an exercise of introspection and through it I learned of many things that I was passionate about. Over time I realized that to be truly happy I had to find a way to align my newly found passions with my areas of expertise. Last week I joined a small company that will allow me to do exactly that.
While I intend to maintain this blog as an exercise on free-thinking, therefore somehow independent from the activity of the company, the fact is that I will be creating technologies that allow global citizens to tap the true power of the web to express their culture and in the process redefine the mechanisms by which travellers immerse themselves in local cultures, facilitating the spread of cosmopolitanism.
This blog will continue to explore the notion of a global culture and perhaps provide the foundation on which technology is justifiable. It will not be a vehicle for releasing any information pertinent to the endeavors of my new company nor will represent the position of the company on the matters discussed here. Any and all points of view are mine alone.
Anyone who plans to get rich by blogging is delusional. One year of advertising revenue on this blog: $90. Discovering your passions and committing to them: priceless.
I’m glad that you have taken the plunge and followed your passion. I’m currently in the same situation but juggling a part time business and a full time job. It is motivating to find that your so passionate about your interest and making it a priority.
Congrats on your choice to close the gap between your passions and your day job. I did the same in January, leaving my corporate career to blossom as an entrepreneur and have been so much happier. What i also find interresting is when you compromise your passions, it eventually catches up with you especially if you are a blogger. So Bravo and keep up the genius.