Articles tagged with: work
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If you could do anything in the world for a job what would it be?
Writing.
If you were given £10 million tomorrow would you still want to do it?
Yes.
I started writing because it was a release. I have kept diaries on and off throughout the years. Until fairly recently, when I started seriously thinking of moving into a career in writing, the writing came easiest when I was anxious or depressed.
I think too much. I am well known for over thinking and anyone who’s made the mistake of asking me ‘why’ …
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After a few slightly more serious blogs I thought it was a time to lighten things up a notch or two. Something I’m apparently very good at according to my colleagues.
Take the situation on Friday morning. There were interviews, two candidates for a role within my team. When the team and candidates got together for our morning tea we found ourselves sat in a fairly big circle. After the introduction there was nothing to say. Uncomfortable silences are bad at the best of times, but with the memory still clear …
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When I told people my intention to move to Durham, a city I had visited only three times in my life (as a child, as a drunken student and for my job interview), on more than one occasion I was told that I was brave. I didn’t think it was particularly brave. I was moving for a job that was a lot less stressful than my current one, to a place that would allow me to be lazier than I ever was in London. As for making friends, how hard …
