The Taylor Trash

1. Applied to do a postgraduate degree
2. Became a venue press officer during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
3. Had eyes opened
4. Worried constantly about postgraduate degree application
5. Got accepted onto chosen postgraduate course
6. Freelanced for a charity
7. Started going to university
8. Felt really fucking old
9. Freelanced for an online marketing company
10. Slept
11. Didn’t sleep enough
12. Stayed up too late
13. Went to bed too early
14. Drank too much
15. Felt out of place
16. Felt normal again
17. Realised my priorities were different to those of my new university chums
18. Got through the first semester
19. Staggered through the second semester
20. Thought of a dissertation topic
21. Neglected my house
22. Neglected my partner
23. Arsed about on Twitter
24. Saw some theatre
25. Saw some more theatre
26. Stressed about essays
27. Wrote essays anyway
28. Designed a book
29. Started walking more
30. Lost 14 lbs
31. Wondered what life would be like if everything were different
32. Doubted my abilities as a mother
33. Worried I was failing my child somehow
34. Continued to doubt my abilities as a mother
35. Withdrew, isolated myself
36. Lost track of time
37. Procrastinated
38. Cried
39. Cried
40. Cried
41. Learned little about my chosen course, and more about the people on it
42. Became theatre editor at The Skinny
43. Danced
44. Went to London
45. Went to London again
46. Found myself in Yorkshire
47. Wondered where the time went
48. Thought about blogging
49. Worried that I had nothing to blog about
50. Ate some pizza
51. Danced
52. Lived in my head
53. Didn’t get out my pyjamas
54. Thought about eating pizza
55. Drank too much coffee
56. Got annoyed when they put a Starbucks on campus with no warning
57. Got introduced to Indesign
58. Immediately hated Indesign
59. Accepted that Indesign exists
60. Danced
61. Interviewed great people
62. Wrote more features
63. Remembered who I was
64. And I wouldn’t change a damn thing. Not a damn thing.

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