Lessons about Blogging from a 90’s Road Trip
I’m in two minds whether this story should go on my personal blog or here on ProBlogger. The lessons are about life but in the second half this post I tie them to blogging. Apologies for the quality of the images in this post – they’re pictures of pictures – my scanner died today! Unfortunately I don’t have any excuses for the clothes I’m wearing in some of the shots!
On the spur of the moment on a cool September morning in 1993 a mate and I bundled some camping gear into the back of my 1986 Toyota Camry and left for a four week road to the red center of Australia.
It was a trip that changed my life in many ways and it all started with a hair cut.
But I’m getting ahead of myself here…. lets back things up a little….
To that point in my life (I was almost 21) I’d worked hard at fitting in.
I carefully watched what those around me in my social groups were doing and I always followed their lead.
I had the same hair cut as my friends, I wore the same types of clothes as them, I was interested in the same types of activities as them, I went where they went and acted the way they did.
As a result I was very…. normal…. a very average guy.
Actually – I’m probably being a little generous to myself…. in fact I was probably below average on many levels because despite my best efforts to imitate those […]
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