Welcome to the personal site of Owen Drury.
Why Am I Doing This?
Good question. I live a hectic life (who doesn’t) and need help finding the time. But the idea of starting a personal site has been nagging me for months and years, and now is the right time (the fact I started writing this in August 2022 and finished in June 2023 worries me…).
Over the last 2-3 years, my life has changed dramatically. I finally feel like I’m living a life worthy of documentation, whatever that means, and things are starting to move in the direction that once felt like a pipe dream.
Moreover, my continued pursuit of entrepreneurship means things change almost overnight, every night, and I feel getting things out of my head onto paper can do wonders for the mind.
But really, the real reason is simply: “Because I want to”.
Who Am I?
I am Owen, age 29 (June 2023). I am 5ft 6ish (shorty) and 141 lbs.
My life is very much centred around my passions:
- Entrepreneurship
- Health & Fitness
- Family
- Holidays
And my core values:
- Kaizen
- Vitality
- Warmth
- Discipline
- Wonder
My favourite hobbies are:
- Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (or BJJ)
- Travelling
- Mindfulness
- Fitness
- Books
- Parenting
- Podcasts
- Music
- Art
- Family
- Chelsea FC
- Personal Development
- Psychology & Human Nature
- Creativity
Personality type:
- ENF-J – Protagonist.
Vocation:
- QS/Project Manager – http://www.odqs.co.uk
- Podcast Host – www.bricksbytes.show
- Startup Founder – www.biltrenovation.co.uk
The Journey So Far:
Below is a very brief timeline of my life so far. I’ll start from when life ‘gets serious, that time around 18 years old when you realise you need to fend for yourself:
- 2012: Turn 18
- 2012 – 2017: Started a job as a quantity surveyor
- 2017: Earned first-class degree in quantity surveying
- 2017: Travelled America for a month and realised ‘This is life’
- 2019: Failed work charter-ship qualification 3x times
- 2019: 2020: Depressed and soul searching
- 2020: Discovered Joe Rogan. Mind expanded exponentially
- 2020: Started web design business amidst COVID
- 2020: Quit employment, started self-employment
- 2020: Started ODQS
- 2022: Started Bricks & Bytes podcast
- 2023: Birth of my daughter Olivia
- 2024: Birth of my son Max
- 2026: Birth of my second son Louie
- 2026 onward: Dadlife
A Day In The Life:
As of July 2026, a (week)day in the life of me:
- 4am: Wake Up
- 4-9am (‘Me-Time’ – Day Dependent): Consists of:
- House Chores
- Empty Dishwasher
- Prep dinner
- Workout
- Mindfulness
- BJJ
- Passion Projects / Personal Development
- Kids
- House Chores
- 9am-11am: Work Time
- 11am: Breakfast
- 11am – 1pm: Work Time
- 1pm – 2pm: Lunch
- 2pm-5pm: Work Time
- 5pm – 5.30pm: Day Shutdown
- 5.30pm – 8pm: Dinner & Family Time
- 7pm-8pm: Wind down with family
- 8pm(ish): Lights out
A To The Point Summary Of Me
That’s as much as I feel I will share right now without boring you (and myself) to death.
If you got this far, thank you! Here’s a present. My high-school band’s pages from 2010: