I’m a 30 something guy living near the Gold Coast, Australia.

ACHTUNG! A warning before you venture into this website:

One of the reasons Tolkien’s LOTR series and the rest was so good was that the writer’s heart was firstly on the languages. Those were his pride and joy. The stories that came out of them were created out of a longing to exercise the words invented for mythical people. I imagine this led to detachment from the work and process as well as motivation for keeping it going (and woah did he do that). It sure led to a great treasure for readers like myself – I’ve read it a few time and then some since the age of 12.

Tolkien and his languages is like me and my blog design. I keep a blog, a few of them actually, because I like to have a home for the themes I have designed where I can see them in action.

I used to feel weighed down by blogging. Self-publishing my own wonderful insights seemed a heavy responsibility, and tantalisingly attractive to the ten foot tall version of me.

I used to care a lot about what I’d write on my blogs. I really loved the concept of blogging and I still do – but  I’ve been set free by the realisation that I actually just like blogs and the empowering concept of blogging – I’m not really a blogger myself. I don’t feel any crushing desire to inflict the world with my opionions more than I already have in my 20s. Not that all blogging is like that. It can be a very positive and helpful medium. My struggle was knowing that there were better ways I could achieve my long term goals for myself and the world than playing around on the intellectual level. What I need, is humility, simplicity and sincerity.

And I believe this blog will be better for it.

So the warning? I don’t care too much about what I write. If you take offence, I also don’t care. I’m just a guy trying to fill up some digital space and design some blogs.

Ali.