Balanced Living Insights For You
Explore travel stories that share valuable personal growth tips, guiding you towards a balanced lifestyle and a fulfilling life.
Who Is Col Thomson?
An Introduction
Col Thomson is the inspiring voice and creator behind colthomson.com, home of “Balanced Living Insights For You.” His clear mission is to empower individuals to embrace a balanced lifestyle by sharing practical personal growth tips drawn from his own experiences in travel, personal growth, life, faith, and health. Through authentic storytelling and actionable advice, Col helps readers find harmony in a fast-paced world.
An Australian “Sparkie” (Electrician) with over 40 years in the trade, Col has turned his profession into a true passport to the world. He has worked extensively across Western Australia, South Australia, and Queensland, as well as in England and Scotland. His career has taken him to bustling construction sites, remote mining projects, and international opportunities—from high-rise building works in London to running his own business on the west coast of Scotland.
This adventurous career has shaped everything Col now shares. With his wife by his side—captured enjoying life at the Beautiful Little Beach near Albany in Western Australia—he lives the balanced lifestyle he promotes. His blog posts reveal a thoughtful explorer: celebrating the wonder of air travel, sharing travel stories, finding peace by the ocean’s edge, applying the 1% rule for steady personal growth, recording thoughts and learnings as a personal growth tool, and thoughtfully balancing faith with wanderlust.
Whether motivating young tradespeople to see the world or guiding anyone toward wellness, growth, and spiritual depth, Col Thomson’s genuine, experience-backed insights make him a trusted companion on the journey to a richer, more balanced life.
His website is an open invitation to discover how small, consistent steps—rooted in real adventure—can transform how we live.
Just one sentence spoken and received.
Just one sentence read and accepted.
Just one whispered word of encouragement received.
Can change a person's life forever.
That is my hope for you!
Colin Thomson March 2026