Hello readers, this is a little bit about me….I’m 23 and live in London. I’ve been here about 8 months now and the time has just flown by, I love London but can get very frustrated with it at times. Sometimes I think that all I wanna do is to go and live in a little cottage in the country somewhere…but that won’t happen for a while yet. I work for a fashion company and I’m right at the bottom of the career ladder, training to be a buyer. Yes yes yes, I know it sounds glamorous, but honestly, buying shoes and handbags does get boring after a while I promise! I only graduated last summer so I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact that I’m not a student any more, I swear, I didn’t know how good I had it…..I earn a pittance, but I have over 70 pairs of shoes and most of my student loan was spent on my ridiculously large wardrobe full of clothes. I wouldn’t be able to afford to live here if it wasn’t for my extremely generous parents who bought my flat for me to live in last year. But despite what you might think, I’m not spoilt, honestly. My friends mean a lot to me and one of my favourite things to do is to have them all round for dinner parties and pretend I’m grown up. I am weirdly control freakish in the kitchen though and if anyone tries to get involved it can get dangerous. I love cooking. I appreciate good conversation and red wine. I am doing an Indian head massage course and am interested in alternative health and therapies. If I wasn’t doing what I do now I’d be a psychologist or alternative health practitioner, and maybe I still will be one day. I was in a relationship for 4 and a half years and had my heart broken many times, perhaps this is why I am still single two years after we broke up. I have incredibly high standards and I would never settle. I always put 100% into a relationship which means I am vulnerable. I hate judgemental people and I try not to be one because it’s a horrible trait. I work in fashion but my favourite thing to wear is my university hoodie and joggers. I used to play football for a girls team, my friends never believe this. I lived in Barcelona for a year – wicked place. I live in a flat with my flatmate who is 26 and still a student, she is sweet, but really we lives our own lives.
I definitely appreciate the finer things in life, and I like things to be done properly. I can be very bossy and I am critical of a lot of things. My friends find this hilarious. I’d say I am quirky and I like to be a little bit different.
That’s about it really, me in a nutshell. (That would be a pun if you knew my real name..)
I am co-authoring Chicken Soup for the Twenty-Something Soul and am looking to publish stories from people like you. Anything moving, touching, funny, heart-warming or inspiring stories about twenty-something life. A story can be about moments, “ah-ha’s” or events that happened in your twenties or can be about a twenty-something who has impacted your life.
Contributors will receive $200 as well as a bio in the book if their story is published. Also, writers CAN submit works that have been published elsewhere as long as they did not sell their copyright.
The word limit is 300-1200 words and should be submitted by January 7th. Please visit http://www.chickensoup.com to read the “Story Guidelines” and submit a story! We’re looking for stories from people just like you!