the weddings-and-babies phase of life. Single and 31, I couldn’t help feeling stuck, but Katie was having none of it. “We’re the ones that are stuck,” she said. “You can do whatever you want.” Back then, I was working as a news editor at The Independent.
Budgets were tight and expectations high. Where scoring a great story had once left me exhilarated, I now felt jaded by the pressure and long hours.
As I drove home that evening, Katie’s comment played on a loop in my mind. She was right – I could do anything, so what should I do?At the time, I’d been on a few sailing courses and had fallen in love with it.
Being on the open sea, connected with nature – the moon, the tides, the wind – felt like such a contrast to being tied to a desk and relentless rolling news.
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