Very lazy posting of late, mainly due to half baked post ideas getting to draft stage but then no further as I run out of time/energy/motivation/excuses/excuses/etc. Need to work on just pushing things out rather than trying to make it ‘perfect’ and exploring all avenues… otherwise topics are obsolete by the time I get round to hitting publish.

But alas, 2011 will hopefully be different. It has started with a new job which, after 4½ years in my previous one, is a welcome change!

Spending a lot of time writing content in my last job probably had something to do with my lack of energy for writing anything else outside of work (both personal and for Nopesport), coupled with lame excuses give above. My new role is social media orientated, in-house for a trade association type organisation, and seems to be a very good change of scene.

We’re in the thick of developing a new website so the next month will be a pretty full on one, but working on a development costing around five times more than the £20k ones I’ve managed of past is an interesting experience! Actually having the full attention of the agency we’re working with is a novelty, compared to being a really small fry project that isn’t a priority at all. Also nice is working with and observing a fully agile methodolgy in action, which makes it a very quick and structured process. Plus it not all being on my shoulders is quite a welcome relief!

So 2011 will be about trying to do more:

• writing: I enjoy writing so should try and do more of it.
• exploring London: there is so much on offer here, I really need to get out and see new (old) things.
• gigs: 2010 seemed pretty poor compared to my first few years, while I don’t want to return to seeing 5 gigs a week, I’d like to see more ‘new’ bands again.
• training: just a consistent period of doing ‘decent’ training would be nice, without it impeding too much on the rest of my life.
• racing: there are much more interesting looking orienteering races this year, so I fully intend on getting back out there and chasing flags around some decent areas.

Anyway, we’ll see whether any of these pan out…