I went along to a lovely and very grown up dinner party on Friday night. I felt like a square being jammed into a circle shaped hole!
My accent sounded so broad against their smooth, plummy accents. My stories were tinted with a sense of Australian sarcasm. And they were sooo grown up compared to me! It is curious how different Australians and the English are. Same language but different outlooks on life!
My other reflection on the evening, which was good fun, was the holding pattern I seem to be sitting in. The people round the table were certainly older than me, and so their achievements were quite grand, and not necessarily the direction I would seek to achieve in. But…….I have been living here for over 5 years and I do have some pretty major career changes to claim but really has any other part of my life moved? Probably not. Is this some sort of failing? Is there something I should be doing to have a more rounded list of achievements?
Tough questions for which I remain without a satisfying answer.
