Thank you @snook, and thank you for the idea to get people to give an account of how they arrived and their motivations for still being around - original community building stuff 😁
I’m an IT guy by trade, not a jeweller, and so the UN was a move back to the norm after the crazy shop idea. It was a lot of fun while it lasted! X
It makes me happy to know that you took the chance to live a different lifestyle then your normal one. No one can take away what you learned by living another way for a while and you will always have those times to look back on and not regret that you didn't try.
Not many people can say that so, in the end, it's a happy fun life story that didn't hurt anyone.
Kudo's to your Mom for making you go back to work though LOLL
Yeah it was a gamble and now I have a story to tell and some nice memories to look back on. Mum was right as usual, that role at the UN was a good one and I’ll not rule out a return at some point in time :)