Living in the present

I have a tendency to dwell down in plans and dreams and get stuck in that place, waiting for something to happen. Going to try to change, to live a lot more in the present and actually get more things done. Time spent contemplating is useful but actually doing something is better. Looking at the people I admire the most common trait is the ability to act on ideas when they happen, something things work and somethings don’t but at least they tried. I can get in the active mode once in a while but far to often that’s not the case.

Still working in the school and it is really nice, have even once in a while considered going back to Uni to become a qualified teacher. But prohibitive costs and unsureness if that is what I really want to do stops me. Don’t want to waste the weeks that I have left to study on student support from the Swedish Government. So on the level of further education, I don’t want to act now, probably better to wait a few years and be a little bit more sure. Still want to get a masters at some point. But even if this is a thing I want to leave for the future there is lots more that I can act on upon now. A bit scared of just getting stuck.

Not much news on expedition2.se but it should all work itself out eventually, and no news on the job front. But hopefully I’ll get my ass into gear and get on to something.

Cheerio,
-Pär

banner test

Just testing out a banner. But if you want a mobile phone with numbers in many countries and good roaming rates this may be the company for you. 

more updates coming soon.

first day of interviews

Spent the day in Lund interviewing the Swedish candidates for UWC, a very interesting experience. The fact that it was 8 years ago that I attended the same event is rather scary, but the impact that day had on my life can never be underestimated.

 There were some really strong candidates and tomorrow there will be nine more to interview, then the really difficult process of rating them for the next stage of the process will begin. Interviewing applicants and reading their applications gives me a totally different understanding any recruitment process. Which in it self will be very rewarding to me when I apply for another job. Some things are obvious, others are more discreet and most of it is hard to quantify. But a key issue is writing coherent enough that the recruiter is not left with too many questions.  

Spent the evening with Robert and hope to meet up with Gustav after tomorrows interviews. Otherwise not much news, came back to Helsingborg on Wednesday evening and worked both Thursday and Friday.

Over and out,
-Pär Boman

oslo and the rest

Enjoying myself in Oslo. Spent a few days with my sister and now I’m staying with Maren. Have been a great time and some much needed break from everyday life back home.

Work is slowly progressing with the website but are realising my own limitations when it comes to web design. Looking into bringing someone else onboard. Maybe more on that another time.

night of politics

Taking a break from the website work fairly soon. Tonight is a key night for anyone who likes politics.  So a long ahead of watching the polls come in the US, super tuesday is the most exciting night on the US primary calendar. Not suporting any particular candidate this time around, which makes it slightly less exciting but still very interesting. Would be really neat to be in the US right now to follow it close up. Hoping that I will sometime be able to be in America for the full season, from iowa onwards. But for now I have to contend with tv. I have therefore ensured that my television can provide CNN, BBC World, Sky News and AlJazeera English.

Will also be playing around with twitter the next few days so for updates on my whereabouts check out http://twitter.com/parboman.

Work in progress

So have spent most of the day working on the new site. Written a lot of text, done quite a bit of research and tried to figure out how to design and implement the concept. It’s all moving along, the technical bit of coding is taking more time than I hoped as my knowledge is a little bit outdated. CSS, HTML and the rest is fairly complicated for me, but it should all be in order over the next few days. 

Going to Oslo on Thursday for a few days to hang out with old friends and my sister. Nice to get away for a little while.

A new company

Not having any work today and wanting to start using my time to something useful, I decided to start a small company (company might be a bit strong word, an income bringing website is maybe more appropriate). I have always been interested in small business, in particular in the sense of low cost minor operations that can bring a small income with little work. 

So Expedition2 will be launched in a few days. A Swedish language website with helpful advice for the worldwide traveller. Income will come from affiliate links to recommended products, running costs will be around 400 SEK (about $60) a year so to reach break even should not be to difficult. This will never be a massive income bringer but it can be a starting point for something bigger. English version will most likely come eventually, if the idea gets some traction. So check out expedition2.se in a few days to see the results.

It is very nice to spend my time actually doing something instead of waiting for something to happen. Wish me luck.