Men in Black II. My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Sweeping forest fires in Colorado. Snipers in DC. The Euro becomes official. Queen Elizabeth dies. No Child Left Behind act signed into law by President George W. Bush. Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT.
Remember the year? Remember the decade?
I do, quite well.
The year was 2002. In addition to those events of significance there was also a much smaller decision, made in the living room of a small house in Holland, MI.
With a 3 and 5 year old scurrying about the house playing, with the security of a corporate job disintegrating at our feet, and with a insecure job market offering little in the way of options, together with my wife I decided to start a small business named Boyink Interactive. I chose the name because I had no idea if I would be doing software/database or web development and I had already purchased the boyink.com domain name in earlier years (totally on a whim).
Every year around this time I write these posts, always feeling incredibly blessed and humbled that yet again, for another year, God’s chosen to allow us to continue to make a go of it. Not only have I been able to provide for my family, I’ve gotten to do work I choose and love for people that are a pleasure to work with. I get to follow whims that become additional businesses like Train-ee, and I get to choose to enter a period of full-time family travel while continuing to work.
It pleases me to no end to celebrate 10 years - a decade - in business as Boyink Interactive.
Even if it is considered the “Tin Anniversary”..
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