What is Staying Focused?

Staying Focused is a weekly-ish newsletter that invites you into a raw and unfiltered behind-the-scenes of my journey in life. I say weekly-ish because I aim to be in your inbox on Sunday morning (NZT).

In each newsletter, I share:

• an idea that has been ruminating in my mind — that could be anything I am struggling with, anything I’ve overcome, or anything I think you might find useful;

• my favourite things of the week — anything I find interesting like movies, books, podcasts, and videos;

• content that I have published;

• a quote from anything I have read.

Who am I?

Best explained with a timeline:

• 1993: I was born in Palmerston North — where I spent most of my life growing up.

• 2016: I graduated from the University of Auckland as a fully qualified optometrist and moved down to Christchurch to start my working life.

• 2020: I began writing online.

• 2021: I moved back to Palmerston North to focus on a career change away from optometry into software development.

• 2023: I started a new career path as a web developer.

• the future is still being written… so why not become a part of it?

I think sharing my journey is something that could help others.