100 Posts

SO this is my 100th post in this blog, its taken over 4 years to reach this point, which really gives me an average of one post every two weeks. Quite little really, but everytime I start to get motivated about doing this again, something gets in the way and then I stop. Now, since I dont have a topic to really write about right now, I thought I would just do a recap of life over the last 4 years.
So I finished High School, generally alright marks, but no-where near what I could really do, procrastination really got in the way with that one. (still does with many things, but who's complaining?). Then I moved to Slovakia for my Youth Year of Service with a great School in Slovakia. After this year, where I learnt a lot about myself and fell in love with a country and its people, I returned to Australia to take a job in Brisbane as a Apprentice Draftsman. Well, that didn't fulfil me like I thought it would, so after a few months I returned to my "hometown" and I use that term lightly after living in so many different places growing up. There I worked for a few months as a service station attendant as I saved the money to return to the place I truely desired to be. Finally, In June I boarded a plane back to Slovakia, where I took up a Assistant teacher post, after a year this became a full teaching role, which quickly became a Head Teacher role. It was a time of development in my life that I would never give up or change at all. The amount of things I learnt, from the people around me and myself have shaped me in ways I never thought possible. Yet, still the fondest memory is the amount I was taught by my Grade 1 students as I was teaching them. It is amazing how a six year old can look straight into you, and know exactly what is going on, what you are thinking and how you feel, even if they dont know it yet.
Finally I managed to secure the role of Librarian, a job I had desired for some time and knew I would do well at. Doing well at it I was, (like yoda there) I even had some custom T-shirts designed and printed by an expert shirt maker for the occasion. At this job I was excelling, but I was slowly becoming ready for something more, a new challenge and new goals.
Through circumstances this change would come upon me perhaps sooner than I was truely ready for, but come upon me it did. December 2010 saw me returning to Australia, without much of a real direction in my mind except that I wanted to end up in the journalism sector. So after a few months, where I really moped around, missing the country that I was actually becoming ready to move on from.
To try and get where I wanted I established my own photography business, focusing on motorsport photography. Into it I poured a lot of energy and effort, travelling to events all around NSW to sell my wares and myself. Eventually landing the role of race reporter with Group N, who I have reported for ever since, getting published in their magazine after each race. At the same time as this I got myself a job as a Barista in a busy coffee shop just down the street from my house.
After four months working at the coffee shop, dealing with 4:30am starts and twelve hour days, I decided to throw in the towel. It wasn't making me better and I knew I needed something more.
Enrolling in University in June it was time for me to get myself back to studying, but to help support myself I still needed to find a part time job. Somehow through constant applications I got called for an interview at a magazine, and the best part was that it was automotive. In a stroke of luck, or a confirmation that the road I had finally decided on was the right one, I managed to land the job. That brings me to the present where I have enjoyed the past two and a half weeks working as a feature writer for street fords, xtreme fords and custom utes magazines. There is much to learn, but I am sure that it will be a path that will take me where I want to go. Even if I have already had to sacrifice some things that I wanted to do in the coming months.
Of course by shortening into this form I have taken out many of the interesting stories and greatest points in life for the past few years. But every one of these words brings a different specific memory back for me, memories I will never lose. It is my story so far, and I am happy with it.

The Stats:

Cars Owned: Opel Calibra (what an ill fated adventure that still continues), Opel Omega (the most well equipped, comfortable, executive vehicle I have ever owned) 1974 Mini Van (still in the build)

Houses lived: Devin, Brisbane, Kandos, Devin, Sydney

Countries lived in: Slovakia, Australia

Jobs: Volunteer, Apprentice Draftsman, Petrol Station Attendant, Assistant Teacher, Head Teacher, Librarian, Barista, Photographer, Feature writer.

There it is, I wonder what the next 4 years will bring...
It will be a great adventure, if it is half as successful as these years, its going to be one hell of a ride.