My Business Blog Journey Begins

After much deliberation and, frankly, feeling a little apprehensive about writing a blog, I am at last doing something about it. And I think that I am actually looking forward to it…

A new year and new adventures, alongside a long-standing desire and ambition of mine to write more and develop my writing into something that other people actually want to read. Fingers crossed!

So here goes, with an outline of bullet points about what I intend to write about in future posts and why I am doing it…

• To take topical and often over complicated business and finance related information and news and turning it into something meaningful to a wider audience, whilst also taking a more light-hearted approach to a serious and often dry subject. After all, money and financial matters affect everyone, so it makes sense to try to simplify things when others seem intent on over-complicating.
• What’s the worst that could happen to me by writing a blog? “What’s the worst that could happen to me” is actually the title of my novel that is in my head, and one day may end up out of it.
• I like to simplify things, in all areas of my life. So taking huge and often complex pieces of information and turning it into bite-sized and digestible chunks is something that I will relish. I am hoping others may find at least some of it useful.
• I have a varied business and background generally, so content will be wide-ranging. I actually had a serious ‘grown up’ job with a global accountancy practice after graduating in Economics and have worked with various professions and people since. I think it is good to have a niche for a blog, so business, finance and related topics will be my focus, but will also randomly make occasional references to tennis (my passion growing up and one that I have rediscovered in later life).
• Bullet points. I am SO pleased that the bullet point has developed into such a staple  in business communications generally. I have always used this useful and clear punctuation mark in my writing – in my opinion, it is the perfect support for conveying information, whatever the content, and does not neccesarily prioritise importance. That is left for the reader to decide, having read the bullet points (unnumbered) and with the freedom to re-order if they feel necessary
• A bit like me, a bullet point can highlight important stuff, but not necessarily force a single opinion on a given subject. I aim to give a balanced view, incorporating views and opinions from more than one angle, so bullet points sit well with me. I will therefore include a key 3-bullet point summary to conclude on a piece.
• I could write another bullet point about bullet points but will leave it there for now.
• In a nutshell, my mission is to simplify topical financial and business matters or news, that have an interesting or important relevance worth spending a few minutes reading about to gain a better understanding. Without being dry. 

I think that I have just about reached a good length for my first blog piece (I also research my topics well). I will therefore stop here.

To be continued in blog post 2 over the next week, on a topical news item in the business and financial worlds. Or failing that, the Australian Open is about to start so I may revert to writing about tennis.

Thank you so much for reading this far, if anyone is at this point …

Bye for now.

End.

(I am hoping to acquire some ‘blog etiquette skills’ along the way for signing off etc).