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I've been my own boss for a year now. A year and a day, actually, given the existence of 29 February. A whole 366 days without pointless meetings, petty office politics, red tape, commuter hell and overpriced coffee. As you can probably tell, I don't miss my old existence at all. It was making me stressed, tired ...
Today is exactly three months since I left my old job to go freelance. I'm significantly poorer financially, but so much happier so I know I made the right choice. There have been a few teething problems as well as the stresses you'd expect about being both my own boss and the only earner in the family, but ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.
I've been writing Diary of the Dad since 2010 and it's gone from a small hobby to my full-time job.
I still have the same enthusiasm for this blog as I did when I wrote my first post and hope you enjoy reading my musings as much as I do writing them.
