This week: “I’m a 27-year-old living in the Midlands with my dad and his cat, B. I moved back in with him two-and-a-bit years ago following the breakdown of my long-term relationship with my first boyfriend. Since the split, I have been trying to release my equity in the property we jointly own with little input from him. During this time I got a promotion at work, I’m the head of marketing, which now sees me working from home (instead of a 500-mile-a-week commute!). I love my new job; it comes with challenges as we are a small division of a global corporation, but I’m excited to see how this role develops. I have a really great group of friends who have kept me afloat while I’ve had a tough few years and I love the time I spend with them. I have a bit of an affliction for shoes and since discovering Vinted and Vestiaire Collective, I have grown a wonderful designer shoe collection, some that I have restored and some I have always dreamed of owning! I spend my evenings doing a lot of doom-scrolling, which is a habit I hope to break in favour of exercise classes when I move, but where I live now restricts that unless I travel quite a way out. I’m a bit nervous about money. I like to hoard it and I’m a bit scared of spending it right now, but I love to buy little treats every now and then. I went through a reckless phase just after my breakup and spent all the money I’d make in a month but have since reigned myself in and enjoy a healthy balance.”
