I won’t lie, It scares the hell out of me. On the one hand I’ve simplified my life, I can work whenever I want, from wherever I want. But, and this is a big but, I’ve also taken on significant risk — if the course(s) don’t sell, where does the money come from ? How will I handle tax, retirement contributions and everything else. There are a lot of elements I haven’t even considered and feelings that I didn’t expect. In short, I’m an equal amount excited and scared to death — the next 1–2 years will probably be the best or worst of recent times.

I’m going to blog my journey — I’ve been thinking about it for a long time and I’ve had help from the Quit! and Cortex podcasts, not to mention the amazing support from everyone at Cloud Guru and Nick Triantafillou. I’d like to help, or dissuade others by documenting my experiences and feelings throughout the whole process. I’m in a position where I can take the risk — just do it and see how it works out. I understand that for people who are less fortunate or in a life situation with more commitments, this isn’t the case. If my experiences can help them — all the better.

Wish me ‘luck’ — even though I don’t believe in it.

If you want to support me, then checkout the amazing courses at A Cloud Guru the All5 or Professional bundles are especially good value. I’ll also be doing short term consultancy in Brisbane/Australia or remotely, if you need, or know anyone who needs Architecture, Design or Implementation consultancy for AWS/Azure or GCE then give me a shout and we can talk.

A special mention to Myke Hurley your podcasts, specifically Cortex have made this much less scary and much more exciting — my shoes were dusty! :)