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A year of learning, rather than living.
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A year of learning, rather than living.

Here are some of the lessons I've learned.

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Dec 18, 2024
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I suppose I thought that when I returned to London, my hometown, life would be perfect, once again. Not that it had ever been perfect before, but we rose-tint to persuade ourselves that things were better back then. And we believe our own lies.

We’d spent seven years living in a nice house in a friendly neighbourhood in London. Our children had friends; …

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