You are only what you put your mind to - A fresh start

Hi Everyone

I am Andrew Childs. I am 27 and live in Wellington, New Zealand (in case anyone reading this did not already know. I am about to embark on a great new adventure. I am going from being a Policy Analyst for a large New Zealand Government Crown entity to being a bar-tender and hopefully sometime assistant-brewer in Bond st here in Wellington. It is going to be a huge change in life-style, from 8:30am-5pmish to well I don't know what the new hours will be! But is exciting. Since I am a qualified lawyer I get a lot of questions asking, why did I do this, what drives you to take a 50 percent pay cut. Well to them I say you have to do what you love. Do I want to be a bartender forever? no. I want to create something that I will love, that others will love. Be that beer, a place that people will come to and enjoy themselves and hang out with friends or meet new friends, this would make me happy.

I had to come to realize what I want in life, what is important to me, what I am passionate about. All signs point to beer, good beer!

I have come along way from drinking $5 jugs of tui at the Victoria University, I have tried many beers from around the world, have developed a taste for what I like and what I don't. Come for this ride with me... While I take you through my life. It will not be all beer all the time, I like to think I am much more rounded than that, but it will defiantly be the major theme of this blog. It has taken me a long time from being a facebook addict to getting to this blog. So I shall try and inform and entertain all of you who are cool enough to follow me in my adventure, any feedback or comments would be awesome, and I will make sure I get pictures and stuff on here soon.

Before I go a couple of thank yous. Thank you to Stella for the idea for the blog name, thanks to Paul for getting me into homebrewing and paying for my craft beers as a poor student, Ben for inspiring me with his blog and to you all for reading.

Chur and talk to you all soon

Andrew