I was just thinking the other day “how did I get here?” Not in the way of – does the world exist, but how did I end up doing the job I do now.
Five or six years ago I had plans to be a teacher, I was at university studying English and Philosophy. I had left my job and went to Uni as a mature student – my 30′s when I started, not when I finished. (Getting older is still a tough one for me)
I had worked in accountancy for many years, my dad is an accountant that is how I explain it to myself and others. While at uni I was convinced by Dara, one of my flat mates, to go and walk this crazy walk across Northern Spain. I had never heard of the Camino de Santiago, long story short – I did it during my first summer as a student.
Then I headed back to uni for another year. I still thought my future was teaching. The next summer I ended up walking the Camino again, and then went to university in Vienna – I consider myself very lucky to have had that opportunity – Wien is a beautiful city.
While there I had to have an operation on two hernias that had been discovered on the Camino – take my word for it they were sore and I was still determined and crazy to finish. I though the op would be a two minute job, no – I was five days in the hospital. Not being able to do much while recovering I decided one morning that I should know how to build a website. So I did – this one.
Well what else would I want to write about, I loved the Camino. From there I built more websites, at first mostly other walking routes, and then some more and more…
I now work in internet marketing because I seemed to be good at promoting the sites I built, and strangely enough the two best parts of my job are writing and training other people to do some of what I do – teaching at last…