new project.

i know i know... i never write. and so my next project will probably baffle most of you a little. i have decided that i would like to start a blog with which to earn a profit. i am still working on details for content and name and all that, but it is in the works.

i really want to create a way to be self employed and not be tied down to a location. tyler and i have plans for the next few years, and we don't want to stay in one place. we want to spend a few years traveling around working and whatever else we feel like. probably teaching some english in non english speaking countries (france, germany, italy... you get the idea) and maybe trying some other stuff in places like england, scotland, and ireland. i am REALLY excited by the adventure of this idea. my little heart has a hard time swallowing the fact that i have to wait likely two more years before we can take off and make it happen.

sometimes i have dreams that i am sitting on the grass in this little square in paris where we went with antoine. and it is much like it was then... kids playing in the water of the fountain, other people sunning on the grass, and tyler and i are talking and smiling and generally enjoying ourselves and the day. everything is beautiful and warm and i am bursting with happy.... and then i wake up and am in vernon and it is cloudy and the buildings are generally ugly the language is boring and the food is the same as always. i am usually genuinely depressed for the rest of the day. other times i actually fight off an urge to cry.

and so i am working on a plan to make this life more attainable. a blog. a great way to be self employed AND to be myself and not have to contain certain parts of myself or pretend i am into things i am not really into (ahem... top 40 music). the name i am thinking about is "the other life" i don't want to limit it to just one topic (food, fashion, music, lifestyle etc). i want it to encompass everything that i am passionate about, and all in their alternative way. the alternative way of living in all ways.

i have been talking to my friends who do web design... and it seems the best way to start it is on a free blog site... but i don't think i like the limitations of blogspot. but i don't really know what else is out there? bethany, do you know of any that are a little less limiting with design options? and maybe would you help me with a skin or design or whatever for my little blog project once i get it going?

i have also been talking to people i know with similar interests to me and maybe a little more knowledge in specific areas. casey is taking environmental sciences in school, and she's vegan. suzanne is uber crafty and into baking and homemaking. jayme is a whiz in the kitchen and with natural eating and nutrition. they have all expressed interest in doing guest posts, which i am excited for. i also know some people in bands (and although i haven't asked) i hope to do some interviews and stuff like that.

i'm really excited about the idea... excited to be heading in a specific direction that i feel makes more sense for me and what i want for myself. after much frustration with my current employment situation and aspirations, i realized some things. i realized that i will never get what i want from my job. i realized that no major market radio station would give me what i want. i discovered that in order to get a radio job with cbc, where i think i would actually enjoy it, i would have to move waaaaaay up north and work my way up. i don't think tyler is willing to do that. and that would mean giving up my travel and adventure dreams and being stable somewhere. and based on my dreams and how sad they make me... i don't think that would really make me happy.

i may be looking at doing some stuff at one of the stations in more of a promotions role, which would be awesome and would put me working along side someone who has some really good ideas for how i can get this blog thing going and making money with it. so... yah.

lots going on with me... as usual.

i am going to try and do some blogging every day just to get on with the regularity of it and writing all the time.

also... if you need some music... my march playlist, and august 2011 playlist are both up on my 8tracks profile! check it out. heart the playlists you like. follow me (thanks laura!).