Paul Jacobson

It is about midday on 1 January 2005 here in sunny Johannesburg. In keeping with this almost instinctual desire to effect real change for this new year, I have changed my blog template. The dots were a little dotty. I like this new design quite a bit and have just spent a bit of time reinserting all my bits a pieces in my sidebar. This year is already a bearer of new things. I am living with my beautiful (and underappreciated) girlfriend, G. I am on a new medical aid scheme which encourages lifestyle changes (like loads of exercise and healthy living) to benefit from the great deals they offer. I have also applied for a new job and am developing different aspects of my new business. All in all this is a year of potential (even though it is actually meant to be a year where I let go of extraneous things in my life in preparation for next year, which is meant to be a year of new beginnings. I intend to let go of my current day job as one of those extraneous things …