What do you want to become when you grow up?

What do you want to become when you grow up? This annoying question that everyone has to answer at some stage in their life, have once again come back to haunt me. I'm only 30 years old but people are pressing me for the answer to this question more and more.

Maybe it is time to grow up but I really enjoy being a kid too much. I'm not ready to start worrying about things like insurance and life policies and a family just yet. I've been involved with so many different projects in life that I truly qualify as a "jack-of-all-trades" but at the same time I'm definitely also a "master-of-none".

I'm ready to head into a career. Something that I feel I could do for the rest of my life. Big words, but I just don't want to have dreams where I see myself walking through the office with a 12 gauge shotgun (which I really had with one of my previous jobs), blasting my colleagues into oblivion.

I feel like heading into a writing career as this is something I like and respect but might also have some future in. With all these online development and hundreds of thousands of students struggling to find their feet in today's virtual world, I feel that creative writing isn't all academic. There is at least some creative talent required. Something that not everyone can be taught. I ultimately want to be a travel writer. See the world and report back, combining my writing skills with photography, which is currently one of my favorite hobbies.

I recently decided to start developing my writing skills a bit by keeping a journal. I decided to go online so I could get some feedback on my ideas. When I did some research I found that you have to find your niche and write about that. Great now I have more questions.

This is my inspiration to start this blog. Basically just to squeeze my melon a bit and to see what comes out. Expect a collage of various different aspects. From travel reviews to conspiracy theories. From frantic brainstorm to skillful reasoning.

Feel free to share any thoughts as nothing would be frowned upon, as we are after all, professionals.

Blikman
2006