Hi again, and thank you so much for the welcome!
I’m living in Spain now – having spent 20 years working for financial institutions in London I succumbed to a mixture of terminal boredom and a mid-life crisis and decided to start all over again in Spain. I hedged my bets a bit by taking a sabbatical from my job just in case it all seemed like a catastrophic mistake the moment I stepped off the plane, took a TEFL course with the vague idea of teaching English a few hours a week and flew out to Granada just over a year ago.
It took me about a week to decide to convert my sabbatical into something more permanent and since then I spent about six months learning Spanish in Granada, a couple of months back in the UK tying up loose ends, then moved to a tiny village in Almeria from where I half-heartedly looked for a job for a while before deciding that I didn’t want to work anyway and would write a novel instead.
Needless to say (and fortunately for the people who have to read unsolicited manuscripts sent to publishing companies), as soon as I decided I didn’t want to work I got a job. However, at least it isn’t in a financial institution, the pace of life is lovely, and it still feels like I made the right decision!
Thanks again for the welcome and I look forward to getting to know you all!
Regards
Steph
