As of today I’m back from my sabbatical. It’s been almost 7 years since I’ve written here, and I’ve really missed it. I think having 2 quite major burnout events and other life challenges made me quite internalised; and naturally that put my writing firmly into my daily journal, and out of the WordPress editor.
No longer.
I’ve got a lot to say after the past 7 years, it’s been quite a journey:
- 2 major burnouts. Chronic fatigue syndrome, an ambulance, a long road to recovery.
- Hung up my author-hat and set about surviving; and back to software engineering.
- Built and sold another software company (Zero BS CRM to Automattic).
- Worked at Automattic for 3 years; learned a lot.
- Refurbished a whole house, mostly by hand, DIY.
- Went from panic attacks daily to freedom from them.
- Purchased 37 acres of land to grow more trees on.
- Took a year long sabbatical and built a cabin in the woods.
- Got solidly into making things with my hands.
- Now, finally, picking back up the keyboard and making digital things again; writing here.
It’s been a long time, internet; now let’s get to making cool shit.
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