Nov 30 2016
Upstairs, downstairs...
Posted on 30-Nov-2016 at 10:12:001
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I started work in the September. By December I had a flat in an affluent suburb of west London which I shared with two friends and my adult life started. Days of routine. Nights of structure. A life of discipline and responsibility. Financially things were tight. But there was a sense of independence and of growing up. I found trying to come to terms with the understanding that everything I had worked so conscientiously for had led to this. Everything seemed overly-structured, rather too serious and lacked spontaneity. However, I was better off than many and felt duty-bound to accept my lot. At least for now.
I stayed fit by running around the streets of London and, at weekends, played football for my regular team and enjo ... [more]
I stayed fit by running around the streets of London and, at weekends, played football for my regular team and enjo ... [more]