Aug/070
Writing this blog
I remember having lunch with some colleagues in London a couple of years ago and explaining my idea to start writing a blog. I was going to write about the process of quitting my day job and starting out on my own, to try and make a living from the work on the Internet without the comfort of a 9-5 salaried job.
I also remember saying that if it didn't work out, then I might be able to look back at the blog and find out where things had gone wrong. Thinking about that for a second I decided that point would probably be when I stopped writing it. And guess what, I've all but stopped writing it.
Why? Has everything gone wrong? Well, no - not everything, but yes, it hasn't been going well this summer. I'm struggling to make a living, paying my bills, my rent, my mortgage - it's been difficult to see a way through. Difficult to see how I can make enough money to keep living here. But nor can I go back to London and pick up where I left off. I've gone too far and changed so much I know that going back can't ever work. It IS hard to live and earn a living in Chamonix. It's hard for everyone, and if everything went too easily for me, well... that would be rude.
It was difficult to know what to write about on the blog. I don't want to bang on and on about how depressing and hard everything is. That would be boring, but at the same time I can't just write falsely up-beat rubbish, because it's just not true.
But finally I'm starting to pick myself up again. I have some clients, I have money coming in, I still live in this beautiful place and I finally feel like I can do this. I think I can get past this summer and earn a real living here. It's time to start writing again. I can't promise it won't be a bit down-beat and depressing at times, but I can promise it'll be real.
