Time for Plan C...

Time for plan c is a blog about following your dreams. 

I have many dreams and goals in life but one goal that I have been pursuing for a long time is my dream to work in the magazine industry. This is my long time passion and I have been actively seeking a career in this industry for a long time now.

So why I am starting this blog? 

Having interned at many great magazines and digital media companies I was lucky enough to get my break into web journalism last year, at a great website. Through this role I learnt the importance of keeping your creative spirit alive - even when you have to write about something that you have absolute no interest in. This is when I realised... although I am now getting paid to write (a big step on the ladder to my dream job), I haven't yet achieved my goal.

When searching the web over and over again for ways to break into the magazine industry, how to write the perfect cover letter, the do's and dont's of CV's ect. I realised one vital thing I was missing. A digital portfolio, a platform for my writing...basically a BLOG. 

Being an avid fan of blogs for a very long time, I have on numerous occasions contemplated starting my own blog - but something has always held me back. I don't know what it was but I never felt like I was ready to start my own blog and have time to update and nurture it like a blogger should do. 

So what changed? 

The world of online journalism is one that is thriving, but there are many limited jobs in this area. 

So I asked myself...

Do you want to reach your goal? And my answer was yes.  

Do you want to write about things that interest you? Again, my answer was yes.

Do you want a career in the Magazine Industry? Well, this was a no brainer. 

Well then I MUST start a blog. 

So here it is, TIME FOR PLAN C - a column type blog thingy. A writing platform, a place to showcase my drawings and a general creative space for me to communicate with other blog fans and maybe even  writers/journalists/creative types on the path to fulfilling their goals in life. 

Thanks for reading. x