From no garden in Zone 2 to 6 acres and a farmhouse, Roanna Day has swapped city for country
With the exception of people whose careers really are tied to London e.g. baristas, politicians and some media nearly everyone planned to exit London in the next 5-10 years. I began to call it the exit strategy and took great pleasure in discovering various strategies from our friends and colleagues.
Then it hit. The five-year itch. Spend enough sweaty summers in London and you can’t help but build up a tally of all the compromises you make to be there. A tiny flat in a less than ideal area, a disgusting commute, a furiously fast pace of life – the list goes on. We also, quite accidentally, started having regular weekends away. Every few weeks we’d either escape to Bristol to see my family or book ourselves into a staycation in the Cotswolds.
I’ve been afraid to announce this decision, for fear of being labelled a bad feminist. I was worried it wasn’t cool to prioritise family anymore, rather to rejoice in the juggle. Does it mean I’ve let the side down if I no longer organise my life around work?wrote about her experience post-amputation of assessing what she valued in life, what she wanted to be known for. What words would you like to be used to sum you up? She was asked.
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