Who am I?
Hi my name’s James and by day I am a full-time teacher and by night I’m a blogger and UK expat living and working mostly between Japan, Thailand and the UK.
Why have a blog?
Well the answer is surprisingly simple in my case. I don’t claim to be a guru, expert or anything else of that ilk but I do want to learn more about myself and the world around me. I find that writing is one way for me to be able to reflect on those things and hence that is why I blog.
Why the focus on ‘Positive Thinking’?
During my life I have been lucky enough to travel, work and live in many different countries around the world aswell as work in the field of education which has allowed me a great deal of interaction with people from different backgrounds. To me It has always been greatly evident how a persons mindset significantly affects their future success or otherwise.
I strongly believe that your thoughts create, shape and become your future AND that an individual is capable of controlling their own thoughts. This therefore means we are in charge of the future of our lives and if aware of this we can help ourselves to lead a more satisfying and fulfilling life. Whilst that may seem a little simplistic to some given the incredible diversity of the world it is essentially what I believe. This site is my attempt to dig a little deeper into the surrounding issues of thoughts and reality.
How long has the site been going for?
The site has been online since 2006 and has appeared in a few different guises. Over the years I have written many articles and changed the design, layout and format many times. I have also due to internet bugs/viruses lost a good deal of those writings aswell at various points. Most recently this happened in 2011 when I lost 90% of all the articles I had written! That was a pretty dismal day, however perceived failure is of course just a stepping stone on the way to success, so I have taken the opportunity to start again from scratch. I don’t mind doing this, some of the articles were a little aged anyway and my thoughts have changed on certain matters too. So this most recent reincarnation is just another rebirth on the journey of my web writings.
Why the domain name PositiveMindWealth.com?
Well of course the ‘positive mind part’ is fairly self explanatory, positive thinking being one of the main topics of the blog. The ‘wealth’ part does not necessarily refer to money or financial success though. You see, to me wealth is about creating lasting happiness through self fulfillment which can be done in any number of ways, but normally by following what you are passionate about. Yes, the site does talk about money because this is certainly one way of measuring success/self fulfillment to some people and it is of course a very important commodity to anyone living in a developed country.
I hope you enjoy my articles and blog posts, please feel free to comment or e-mail me with your thoughts.
Kind Regards,
James