Passionate, mum, green.
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Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
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Quietly somewhat funny.
Passionate, loving, driven.
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A great education.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
They tend to say it behind my back.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
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