It’s been a while.

The last post on this blog was March 2023 — a hair transplant update from the Philippines. After that, life got busy. Work ramped up. The Europe trip started taking shape. And somewhere in the noise, the blog went quiet.

I’ve been thinking about that for some time now. Not just maintaining a presence, but actually saying something worth reading.

What This Site Is Now For

tani.com.au is going to be the home for writing that doesn’t fit on LinkedIn — longer-form thinking, travel planning deep dives, money stuff I’m figuring out in public, and the odd story from a ServiceNow consultant trying to build something meaningful.

This isn’t a diary. It’s closer to a lab notebook — what I learn, what I research, what I get wrong and correct.

What’s Coming

The Europe 2026 trip is the big narrative thread right now. 52 days, starting late September. Athens, an 11-night Princess Cruise through the Eastern Mediterranean, then Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, London, Paris, and Barcelona.

I’m writing about the planning as I go — the ItaliaPass research, the train booking logic, the hotel decisions. Stuff I wish someone had published clearly when I was researching it myself.

Beyond travel: financial independence, ServiceNow and ITSM, and what it looks like to try and build a different kind of life while working a demanding consulting career and raising a family.

The Rule I’m Setting for Myself

Nothing goes live here without passing a basic reputational check. If it could hurt my career, my relationships, or my financial positions — it doesn’t publish. This isn’t a擦边球 site. I’m not interested in clicks over credibility.

That probably means I’ll publish less. I’m comfortable with that.

Welcome along.