{"id":72,"date":"2019-01-02T04:29:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T04:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshfrom.nz\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2019-01-15T01:28:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T01:28:33","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joshfrom.nz\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem;\" data-originalfontsize=\"11pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">For years now I have carried a 3b1 notebook with me to\u00a0take notes, write down ideas and organise my thoughts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem;\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">Turning these thoughts and ideas into a formal collection of writing has been something I have wanted to do for a while now, but I have been procrastinating, looking for the perfect way to start, waiting for the perfect thing to write about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem;\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">As one of the quotes on my wall says<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem;\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">&#8220;Strive for progress, not perfection&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem;\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">I just needed to start somewhere. A friend Geoff set this blog up for me and gave me helped me the push I needed to start writing. (thanks Geoff)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I knew I wanted to add to the conversation but was waiting to be more &#8220;successful&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I didn&#8217;t have anything to offer? I don\u2019t have a university degree.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; transition: all 0s ease-in-out; text-decoration: none; color: #1e73be;\" href=\"https:\/\/joshfrom.nz\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/dropping-out-of-high-school-to-clean-toilets\/\">In fact I dropped out of school in my first term of sixth form and went to work at McDonalds full time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am a typical New Zealander, a husband, father, son, brother, friend, builder, and businessman.<\/p>\n<p>I am also passionate about life, learning to be as effective as possible and making the most of my time here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It took a while to hit me that perhaps this is the exact perspective that I can share.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I just needed to start somewhere so I pictured myself having a conversation with one of my friends about 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