I’m kind, reasonably funny, inquisitive and perpetually guilt-ridden.

I’m not great with details and my memory is shocking. I’m super organised and proactive to make up for it and everyone around me thinks it’s an A-type personality trait, but really they are skills I’ve developed to make up for my short comings and manage the anxiety I create from my own expectations.

I’m extremely introspective. It’s exhausting.

I’m the person who tells you the same story three times and forgets to ask how your holiday was. But I love wholly and deeply.

I’m a wife to a very loving husband. We are chalk and cheese, but we very much make it work. I’m a Mum to an energetic and intelligent little boy. My life gained a depth of meaning that cannot be accurately captured in words when he came along, but I’m still learning how to balance that new meaning with the other parts of me and my life that are also important.

That is my goal at the moment. And I’ll be working on that while I’m writing here.