WHO'S TYPING DA WORDS?

Ah me neckkkkk.

So here I am, Bangkok, 8:25pm on the 20th of October 2025, typing away in Google Docs. Bit of a full circle moment really. When I first decided to start teaching people about da herb, Google Docs was where it all began. Been so much trying to get the website looking like I want, functional, videos the way you want, editing written content etc etc. I could fucking ramble honestly but I won't.

As of yesterday, what’s written below was meant for the ‘About’ page. I just didn’t think it fit, it’s more personal, more about the fella typing da words :L Remember sending texts with those lads in them hahaha :L :L :O

Anyway yea I didnt think it fit there so I've given it's own page. Easy to do when you figure out how to build the website. Shoutout Claude and its early coding capabilities. Everything feels like it's moving 100mph these days. It's really just a quick snapshot of what I've been doing for the last while. Not going to add or change things because I can't be arsed and been at this long enough. So yea, a bit about the person who built the first version of this website and what I've been at.

A very quick overview: I grew up in Ireland and got extremely lucky looking back on it. Financial comfort, good education and a stable home. There's nothing more anyone could want growing up, though it only becomes clearer with age.

Growing up I played a lot of sports, mainly hurling & Gaelic football, hung out with the lads, quickscoped some noobs, wiggled my way through the education system and went drinking most weekends. Along with this I probably pushed a few boundaries along the way too. Nothing too wild, just the usual mix of good times and lessons that come with growing up. All of which probably shaped how I think about things today.

After graduating from the University of Limerick, I spent my early career in Dublin's tech scene. Thanks to the Irish government's tax incentives, the city became a magnet for companies like Google and for people like me, chasing opportunity. A short sales contract there turned into a few defining years. I got exposure I couldn't have planned for, and at the time, life felt like it was on track.

Then life did life things. After a period of chaos, reflection & figuring things out, I had lost the love for everything I was doing in my life. The brutal question: was I going to build my entire career around selling things that pretty much meant nothing to me, just because it meant financial security? That vision of my future scared me, so the answer was no.

I wanted to explore my interests. But what the hell were my interests?

Well, while on a walk in Dublin one evening, smoking an auld doobskin, an extremely well timed David McWilliams podcast came my way. That particular podcast sparked something inside me, a direction to start exploring. Cannabis. So to you David, go raibh míle maith agat señor.

Not long after listening to that podcast, I quit my job at Google and spent months traveling through South and Central America. I got to experience places like Colombia, Nicaragua, Belize, Peru & Mexico, honestly such an interesting part of the world. I've written a piece about going there before and I can't recommend it enough. Memories made with some great friends and random strangers along the way.

Then Australia called (as it does to half of Ireland). I ended up working construction, consaw in one hand, jackhammer in the other (are ya ABN or TFN lad). But the other part of Australia was calling, so I bought a 4x4, built a bed in the back, and headed into the countryside. That was also an experience to say the least.. Four months in I broke down in the outback and had to retreat to Sydney, tail between me legs. That humbling experience and setback actually opened the door to Australia's medical cannabis industry. This is where I spent two years acting as a sponge and just learning as much as I could.

For the last eight months I've been traveling through Asia, laptop in hand, working remotely until I recently made the shift to consulting independently. I've been fortunate to live in places like China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Along the way, I played hurling in Hong Kong and Vietnam, and Gaelic football in Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur, injuries included (shoulder and rib, shoutout Asia GAA). It's all been a bit mad tbh, realising what's out there. I'll come back to this but honestly, go live in Asia for a bit. Your communities are already here, waiting.

But yea, all of this connecting the dots to where I am now.

Working in the cannabis space opened my eyes. I saw how many people were using cannabis not to escape, but to manage pain, stress, and illness and how others were using it to slow down, be present, and actually enjoy life a bit more. I also saw how little the wider world understood about it. The conversations were either too clinical or too stoner. There was no middle ground, no space for honest, balanced discussions.

That's what this site is for. This isn't about telling you cannabis is flawless or that it's some miracle cure. I'm here to give people a place to learn, think, question, and maybe see things a little differently than they did before.