Last week was my one year anniversary of being in business on my own. It has been an awesome year and I can’t quite believe it’s passed already. Because I’m feeling super soppy this week (the Post Secrets even drew a tear and don’t get me started on how much i cried when watching Wall-E…) I thought I’d write a quick list of some of the highlights:

• The people I have met. Man has it been good to get out from behind my computer and into the real world again! There are too many awesome people to list here, but I appreciate your ears, words of wisdom and ability to enjoy a beer/wine.
• A stress free office. I used to think it was a myth, but we certainly achieved it. Projects delivered on time, flexible work hours, plenty of sun-time and enough exciting, fascinating customers to make the rest of feel like a holiday too. Can’t complain about my colleagues either, coming to work with friends every day DOES result in a lot of gossip (just ask Ronan), but makes this place a pleasure to be in.
• Getting out of debt. Like many small businesses, we started out with some debt. This year we got rid of it all with room to spare. I think this alone was a sign that we turned DF from a little struggling startup into a tiny web-design powerhouse!
• Weekends off. I don’t think I’ve worked much more than two weekends in the past year. That’s a never seen before stunt!
• Strategising The first 6 months were very much about ‘where’s this going to go’. Now we’re in the middle of getting where we are going into a formalised plan of attack. Super exciting and we’ll have some big news coming up int he next month or so on that topic :)

So happy anniversary to us!!! Lets hope the next year is just as exciting!