Hello!

Hi, and thanks for stopping by to read this. I haven't had a chance to get to this as yet; there will hopefully be plenty of time for this upon arrival. I plan on using this blog to let those who are interested stay on top of what's happening to me while I'm in Sweden.

In the next posting, I'll start going through some of the reasons I've decided to head over to Karlskrona, Sweden, to do a Master's in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability at the Blekinge Institute of Technology. There are both professional and personal reasons for this voyage.

I debated about whether I should stay in my well-paying, secure, and occasionally high-profile position. But I felt that this would not have been the right decision for me for now - there is a professional path I wish to follow, one that leads me to a sustainable design field. At present, I'm not sure which sustainable design path, exactly; I could do product, industrial or urban design, though my heart is pulling me towards urban design. I feel this path is best served by taking this challenge on at this point. I feel that my location in southern Sweden environment will be an excellent jumping point to see what is being done to move towards sustainability in the countries that are leading the charge towards sustainability (Sweden as well as Denmark, Norway and Germany).

Personally, I would regret not taking this opportunity. One of my former bosses has written, on his Facebook page, "Sixty years old, now trying to do all the things I should have done thirty years ago!" I want to do those things now, before I'm tied down by a mortgage, car payments, screaming child(ren)...

Anyhow, I'll go into greater detail in the next post - planning on a top five reasons in both realms.