Tag: Work

Finding My Forte

September 15, 2017

It all began with the stroke of a pen aged a little more than six, and it was while I wrote those silly stories that I knew I’d got my fix. I spent my childhood and teenage years writing convoluted prose, questioning teachers, swotting up, in books I stuck my nose. I studied hard at … More Finding My Forte

To Be A Melburnian Or A Mancunian: Are They One And The Same?

November 24, 2016

I’ve been in Australia almost four months now, and in Melbourne just over a month, and I’ve been thinking. A lot. So I thought it was about time I wrote something about what’s been happening in my wonderfully exciting life since I left the delights of Marvel Loch and WA. Following a successful and enjoyable … More To Be A Melburnian Or A Mancunian: Are They One And The Same?

How to remain positive when you’ve fallen (or jumped) from grace.

August 14, 2014

For a while there, maybe a good few years, I’m pretty sure that I was the ‘Golden Child’ in our family: I was a straight-A student who’d gone to Uni and actually gained a degree. I’d worked since the age of 13 and had never really asked for much financial help. I’d joined the Fire … More How to remain positive when you’ve fallen (or jumped) from grace.