Hello and welcome to a brand new version of my blog. For those who don't know, I once published a blog that ran from 2007 right up until the end of 2021. It covered lots of aspects of my life, chronicling the changes that I went through over the years.
I closed it down in December 2021 for the very simple reason that I wanted to close that particular chapter of my life. The Jim (or James) that existed within those blog posts had, not exactly ceased to exist, but had become something different. That final year - 2021 - was a very tough year for me. It was a time of change. A time of difficulty. A time of things coming to an end, and that blog represented a lot of my life that I wanted to put to rest.
It was also, at times, quite painful to go back and read some of those posts. Posts that spanned 14 years. And whilst it was interesting to see the changes in me over the years, it also served as a reminder of what I no longer was and, on occasions, served to remind me of events I'd rather forget.
So, why start a new blog?
It's simple - life is about change and renewal. I've been posting on Twitter and various other social media networks for some time now, and through those places I've met some truly wonderful, positive people. But I want to expand into something a little bigger. I want a place to express larger thoughts. Bigger ideas. I want to chronicle a new and different chapter of my life. The good and the bad.
What will you find here?
I don't quite know just yet. Personal thoughts, ramblings and musings on life. My fitness and weight-loss journey perhaps. Thoughts on things in my life. Challenges and wonderful moments of being a dad. Music, poetry maybe. Some of my writing. My love for Doctor Who and my joy at taking photographs. The books I'm reading and the TV shows I'm watching. It's going to be a bit of an eclectic mix.
In my next post I'll give you a brief summary of who I am, where my life has been over the last few years and where I'm hoping it's going to take me, but that's for another time. Until then...
Keep dreaming!
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