It’s so nice to have days off and not have to study. Or to continually push myself whilst at work. I may earn a third of what I did last year but I am ten times more fulfilled. It was as if I hit a moment of clarity- where I couldn’t see how carrying on would realistically...

Influence the changes I wanted to see. Whether this be because of the amount of resources going into Brexit, or the constant pressure to reduce spending in the public sector forcing change. I felt like a minnow. And a dried husk of myself before getting...

So fully sucked into the sector I worked in. There was a point where I thought to branch out I’d have to move and then I thought I don’t want to put family through anymore. I love where we live. We’ve worked hard to get to this stage. The daughters were about to...

Start their next chapter (end of A levels) and If I’m honest since they were 6 I’ve constantly ‘self improved’. Getting more hours, learning welsh, doing an MA. I no longer felt I wanted to give anymore. Now the giving I do is to myself and my family...

It’s been hard and I wanted to share because I met many people who I also suspect have travelled a similar road. Be kind to yourselves out there... give yourself time. We may be less well off in monetary terms but life feels more full.