Prime Mover

1/1/2023.

I’ve just turned 21. I spent my 21st birthday with friends, family and my girlfriend; in the same way as everyone else does, by getting too drunk and not remembering half of the evening.

When (violently) hungover, me and my girlfriend talked about New Years resolutions. I’ve never done them before, I didn’t see the point. Every single one of my social media feeds are crowded with New Years advice: from diet options & gym workouts to videos explaining “how to be more organised in 30 seconds”.

I tried to find something I could do. I didn’t want to follow suit with everyone else’s Dry-January or force myself to go to the gym every single day. P made a comment about a blog. It stuck.

I’ve always liked creating things for others. A lot of this blog will be about music, something I’ve loved for as long as I could remember. I’ve created and shared my music with over 100,000 people; the magnitude of that number never gets lost on me. Some of my happiest moments have been during various gigs I’ve worked at, in front of crowds ranging from 1000 people… to 10 people.

I never felt I was interesting enough for a blog. Plus, at school if anyone found out you had one of these you’d be properly fucked. Even now, people will find this and message me/their friends about how cringe it is.

I’m old enough now, where that bothers me less. This is the beginning of something, I’m not quite what that something is yet. Some of this will be university focused. It helps me break down stuff for my post-graduate application and undergraduate dissertation; something I am constantly terrified of. If it can help one other geographer, then it’s been worth it. I’ve included free links, downloads and copies of all my essays. Think of it as my own archive.

Other posts will be focused on my music. I create less and less nowadays, but listen intently to others. I still have some contacts at record labels and they use me to screen their music. Maybe someone else will value my uneducated opinion too. All my music is also linked for free.

For Your Eyes Only, Though.