Almost exactly 7 years today, I created this blog in the hope that it would help me get a career in advertising. With no degree or experience in that field, a blog seemed a good starting point; somewhere to share my thoughts, work and progress with potential employers to at least show passionate I was. I remember debating whether or not to bother start a blog - " At 24, I am too late for a career change?" ...... .......... My first post was about one of the many ad grad schemes I applied to and, honestly, the amount of effort and thought I put into them was stellar. But after a while, I started a career client side and I'd basically accepted the closest I'd get to ads were briefing them into agencies. Funnily enough, it was this blog which took me down that different path, yet it's still resulted in what I originally wanted to do. How neat. So, 7 years later, (sorry for the wait guys...), here I am, finally writing a post about my first nationwi