Life has a strange habit of bringing opportunities you didn’t think you’d ever get, at some of the most unexpected moments of your life. In many ways, when I look back, the past twelve months have been incredibly kind to me. I’ve completed my studies with flying colours, I worked a lil’ shop job for six months, went to Cornwall on holiday and amazingly bought a car (which I love – he’s a small Seat in silver called Herbie) on the way which I saved up for since I was 14. Now I sit, perched on a sofa back in Chippenham, making the relevance of this post and possibly this site questionable. Nevertheless, I digress.
December saw me get my first full time job and this, I hasten to add dear reader, is why I have struggled to contribute any work on here since 2020. I was lucky enough to land the role of Business Journalist with Automotive World. I will not lie, the learning curve has been as steep as it has slippery, the interviews increasingly difficult, and the establishment of a form and structure more anxiety-inducing than the thought of running my fingers across a leopard hide (I don’t like stuffed animals lol).
This post is me getting my non-sensical rambles out before I return to finishing an article, on the topic of commercial freight decarbonisation no less. This site has always been a sort of portfolio, an avenue for me to explore different types of styles, subjects and forms. I know few have read this but I wanted to add something on here, no only for those that have endeavoured and taken the plunge to read anything on here in the past, but also those that remain unsure of who I am or where I’m going.
I am a writer (a nervous one at that mind you), an automotive journalist (Top Gear here I come), and a bit of a car nut. But at the end of the day, I am also learning. In the future, I may move away from professional journalist, become a scholar with the sort of fuzzy slippers you see of wizzened professors in Hollywood movies. I might just go to sales, something safe and less worrisome. I might disappear, fake my own death and move to Cuba, the world is a strange and interesting place and I want to take hold of it by the ponytail.
To date, since January 2022, I’ve written over 50 articles, and interviewed over 30 people. I’ve covered some extraordinary stories and seen state-of-the-art future technology. I’ve also had some serious lows, some genuine moments I’ve seen only in those around me before where I am paralysed with anxiety, and some doubts about my current predicament. Reading the work on here and the sample sister sites found on my linkedin (subtle plug lol) has reminded me however why I enjoy writing, what it means to me, and who I write for. I write to inform, I write to illustrate and I write to draw attention to world problems and progress in society (most articles you read on here attest to that I think).
I write for those I love, loved and hope to find in future, to show them what I am becoming and to remember where I’ve been. This site was initially platform but its since become an area of inspiration. I thank everyone whose read the work on here so far, those that have supported me, and those that clapped me on when I couldn’t continue.
Each day is a baby step but I intend to walk the Earth, however short my legs are and however long the journey. Love and peace to all ✌️
I’ll be back on here soon, but for now, I encourage you to check out AW and if you have any other media enquiries, don’t hesitate to contact me at: christopher.dyer.blogs@gmail.com or comment on the site down below!
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