For 23 years, Tim Njiru indulged in the amazing spotlight where electronic cameras clicked and taped, fans increased and acknowledgment streamed like a river.
He made his mark as a television speaker and manufacturer at Standard Group's KTN, Nation Media Group's NTV and Al Jazeera where he produced programs focusing on art and travel.
Below the glamour, a quiet yearning simmered and the yearning for a life less regular grew more powerful with each passing day.
In the middle of a prospering media profession, Tim's heart desired solace outdoors skies. These yearnings were rejected by the seasonal media market in Kenya, where media homes charmed brand-new skill in the very first quarter of the year and spent for their air journeys to conferences throughout the nation.
Unpredicted to him, in 2015, his profession was affected by the television signal switch from analogue to digital in 2015 and his agreement halted. It was then that he chose to re-establish himself in the media market as a television manufacturer. New doors opened for him following the switch.
“Aviation has actually been mt life long dream because I was a kid. There's something about flight– a boarding pass, the airport, an airplane and individuals around it– that continued to engrave itself in my mind,” Njiru states.
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“All that activated me to where the dream was. Half of the time throughout travel, my mind kept stating ‘I wish to be here and I wish to know more about flight and many of all, see the world from a front view, not a profile. I wish to influence and move the dreams I had actually developed for the world on television and make them truths.' Individuals take a trip for lots of factors. My television programs had actually all that encapsulated in art. I wished to move art and creative expressions throughout borders,” he states.
Ultimately, he discovered solace outdoors skies, as the attraction of air travel beckoned, providing an opportunity to skyrocket beyond the boundaries of star status, into the limitless worlds of the unidentified.
At age 38, the choice to leave the glare of the spotlight 3 years ago for the cockpit was absolutely nothing except adventurous, a departure from the familiar into the uncharted.
It is specifically in this audacity that Tim's journey discovers its amazing essence– a shift from popularity to liberty, from media experience to the experience of flight. All done through the motivation of friends and family.
“Family constantly. Daddy, mum and my brother or sisters; nephews and nieces, all the kids that call me Uncle Tim. The Family has actually been number 1 in this. Constantly been my greatest assistance. They have actually existed from day 1 till today. They did it all within their reach. I owe them whatever I have. My buddies too. They were not amazed at all. This little circle is most remarkable set of young boys and women in my life,” Njiru states.
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According to Mr Njiru, his media experience was a fantastic increase to him in making the shift to air travel. By communicating with individuals throughout the world, he had the ability to discover who he is, how to deal with individuals and ‘sign up with the dots' in transitioning to any market of option– all paired with his interest in discovering how things work.
“I now sleep much better, consume much better, handle cash much better, travel lighter in heart and mind, plus there's that space in my life that merely states ‘remain fascinating',” discusses Mr Njiru.
What's his recommendations to individuals who hope to make profession modifications later on in life?
“It begins when you state ‘I wish to begin' and if you feel you wish to begin, then begin. Take the initial step. You may not see completion of the staircase, however it is essential to begin. Welcome light and some love. The torch on your phone can just light up a specific radius. That's all it requires to make the action ahead of you. Love what you wish to do and have a basic understanding of what it is,” he states.
Mr Njiru hopes that with his brand-new profession in air travel paired with his abilities in videography and story informing, he will turn into one of the leading African air travel writers around.
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