My whole life I’ve been a goody two shoes. I never got a detention. I’ve never broken the law. When I was in my 20s, while everyone else was off having a wild time, I was at home reading maths textbooks.
I inherited my work ethic from my mum. She left school at 16 and was very insistent on education. My two sisters and I didn’t get the opportunity to socialise the way our classmates did. We were isolated, competitive and we developed an unhealthy respect for authority.
I got cancer when I was 36. It was this really big moment that made me pause and think: “Stop, smell the roses,
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