And so it begins...

Well after a failed first attempt at 'blogging' I have brought myself to give it another go but this time it won't be about my failed adventure in football gambling, its all about me and the next series of events which are about to unfold in my life. So if it goes endless weeks without a post something has most probably gone tits up and I could well be dead. Hopefully everything will go in a positive direction and we don't need to worry about the possibility of that coming to fruition.

well in recent months there has been massive change in my life. I will start where things took a turn for the worse. At first it looked as if the landslide wouldn't stop and as things seemed to keep knocking me down and it looked as if they would never take a turn for the better. The slightest things seemed to knock me off balance and put me in an uncontrollable spiral. The simplest task seemed like a mountain to climb. At one point, I very nearly threw in the towel and gave up. If you know me, little things don't usually bother me and I am able to pick myself up in my own time, only this time it looked and felt as if I wasn't going to stagger back to my feet. By throwing the towel in I meant I was going to give up on my degree. It wasn't something I was incapable of doing, but with other things on my mind I can firmly say it wasn't at the top of my priorities list. Not really caring about much a few random acts of stupidity and feeling lost, angry consumption of beverages and smoking followed. Uni nights out seemed to be the same. Me winding myself up so much and getting stressed at nothing. My closest friends tried to rally me and try and lift me from the ground. I'm so glad to have a great bunch of people who actually do have my best interests in mind. As I speak now one has commented on my Facebook status and even though I may have been under the influence of alcohol his attempts on many occasions to make me see things in a better light were in fact truly inspirational.

I felt better but then someone then gave me that yank to an upright position, that breath of fresh air and lease of life which was overly due. With all these great people around me and encouraging words from all directions  and a few meetings with my course leader later, I decided that it was time to stop moping about. No one could do it for me besides me. This first post is for you all that were there for me in whatever commodity through that downfall. You truely are my friends!

Fast forward a few months and I did complete my degree in Sports Coaching, I'm a graduate, ok, I may have only got a 2:2 but after the events I had been through at an important time in my degree, I was more than happy. I also had a new addition to the clan. A person that was there in the distance, but now is very much in the forefront of my life. A person I am glad was willing to take a leap and put their trust in me, a person who I think wasn't sure about me at first but went against all the warning signs and took a chance and I am so happy that she did :-) My summer has comprised of a few games of footy with mates, the odd birthday celebration, a couple of wild Blackpool nights out, the start of the football season and mainly work coaching on a soccer camp between looking forward and counting down the days until I get to see my prettyful girlfriend.

So what's next?
Well in September I'm continuing my educational adventure. A masters degree at Chester University in an area which I believe I have a bit of potential. A sports science degree doing Performance Analysis, a la Monday night football. (BRING BACK KEYS AND GRAY!) Basically I want to work with fact. Not peoples biased opinions on how football matches unfolded but statistics which actually occurred, and paired with my coaching experience hope eventually I will be able to make a living from the game I love.

Well I suppose I have rambled for a little while now and don't wish to fizzle out too quickly leaving myself nothing to 'blog' about. Hopefully it grows and I will get a few more posts on here over the coming weeks and months and who knows maybe further. So here it goes, wish me luck, a new book, a new story, a blank page, THE NEXT CHAPTER.....

Ciao x