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Look at Me, Ma, I’m King of the World!

Confidence is an elusive ally in life, isn’t it? I pad downstairs at six each morning accompanied by a gnawing dread that the day’s demands will be beyond me.

5 min read

Episode 4

12 June 2022

Confidence is an elusive ally in life, isn’t it?[1] I pad downstairs at six each morning accompanied by a gnawing dread that the day’s demands will be beyond me. As the kettle boils, a kaleidoscopic whirl of unpaid bills, monthly appraisals and weekly timesheets conspire with inexplicable aches and nausea to suggest that the next few hours will include destitution, hospitalisation and death before lunch.