Another anniversary rolls around…12 months already since my last Website Anniversary Post and three years since it all began. 3 years?!#?! Ive been reminiscing, going through my Web design archives, and 3 years is no surprise in fact . I have as many sites in my archives as I do online! Its a thrill, though I cringe at the thought of time invested (and nights on the town forfeited in the process).

Reality is I’ve now got a skill. Not one that I set out to achieve as part of any great plan…it has just evolved. If I’d studied it would have cost me the same plus a student loan!

Speaking of time…to the left is a timeline of some degree. Some memories from my archives folder, some horrors, some triumphs! I could add another half dozen but I’d rather not put myself through it. Ironically, with this anniversary Ive launched my new EIB Control Central, administration area for those who get webdesign or hosting from me. Time has come to take it all more seriously….and I’m happy to.

I’m also giving thought to how much has changed; my head, my attitudes, my focus. If I had to describe this industry in one word…roller coaster. Well yes, two words. It is perpetual. I haven’t decided yet whether this is good or bad but, I’m still here. Three years down and the idea of moving to other pastures is still inconceivable.

Occasionally I do dream of a white picket fence. I dream of a camel trek across the middle of Australia. I get frustrated that life is so short! That my goals within this industry are so big…and how can I possibly do this and all else on my list in the same lifetime? The length of the Nile on a raft. Walk the Appalachian trail. Save Moon Bears in China and become a world famous erotic photographer. Street girls in Thailand are also on my “one day” list along with a Chateau in France and kayaking the full coast of New Zealand.

I don’t know what’s worse? Having too much to do or not enough. Too much means Im destined to look back on life and not feel finished. That could be by greatest horror.

So, here’s my plan:

31-40 years old - Sex Industry / Webdesign / Photography

40-45 years old - Thailand Sex Industry / Photography

45-46 years old - Appalachian Trail

46-49 years old - Study Architecture

49-50 years old - Nile Raft or Camels in Oz

51-56 years old - Moon Bears / Photography

56-62 years old - Chateau in France / Photography

62-63 years old - Kayak New Zealand

63 - Till the End…

I’ve known where I wanted to end up since I was a child. To this day I can picture it perfectly and it hasn’t changed. 40 + acres in New Zealand; some bush, mostly pasture, creeks and hopefully a waterfall. It will have a reasonably big house. A “lived in” house and dearly loved…not one of this ultra modern, “looks like the one next door", stale, characterless boxes with no stories to tell. I really like straw bale houses.

I will have a lake which grows trout.
A parking ground for families in mobile homes.
Workshops for anything anyone wanted to turn their hand to.
I will have wind, water and solar power.
Vegetable gardens for days.
A spa pool.
Huge outdoor bbq and oven.
Horses, livestock, dogs, cats and birds of all description.
I will breed Rosellas for release into the wild.
I will have self contained sleepouts.
Anyone will be welcome.
Everyone will be welcome.
They can come for a day or a year.

40 acres of safe space for anyone who needs it.

How exactly I have and raise a family amongst all of this I don’t know and, unfortunately, teaching in Africa and being a jockey may miss out. I will however squeeze in a beer in Ireland and mutiple orgasms!

Oh shit, I forgot sailing the world. Can I study Architecture and sail at the same time?