I didn't know that the local paper published a Rich List, and thumbed through it to see who was on it. The usual people were there with a few surprises. Most lists and features ignore me completely (Most Influential People anyone?) but of course I didn't expect to be on this one. Your priority changes with age and at one point in my life I wanted to be a millionaire with a swimming pool in the back garden and a helicopter landing pad on the roof but today I am happy with my lot.
In my late teens I was homeless for a period of time and was saved by a charity in Boston called Centre Point, who found me a room in a house owned by an old lady who helped me enormously by getting me a job and feeding me three meals a day. My life hasn't been without struggle but since that time I have managed to get by, although sometimes I look back and wonder how. I have always been in work but when I was younger I had a pretty slapdash approach to the boring things in life like paying bills so the debts mounted up and played merry fuck with my credit rating. Throughout my working life I have had ups and downs with money, with something unfortunate happening just when I think I am flush with something coming along to wipe things out.
The last time things were really bad was when I escaped from my marital prison, yet it was totally worth it in a strange sort of way. I had been working as a postman, a job I regard as probably the best 'day job' I have had, in fact a day job was all it was as my wife did everything she could (as I have mentioned before) to ruin all of my career aspirations. I had applied through Royal Mail for a transfer to another office, without realising that Royal Mail's transfer system is a myth and this left me with no choice but to quit a well paid job in order to escape. I found myself working at a call centre for BT, a company that has as much consideration for its staff as it does for its customers. This job did not pay a living wage and of course the debts mounted up once again.
Thankfully, those dark days are behind me and I make a comfortable living in the world of medical negligence litigation at the solicitors, and career wise I am in a good place although of course it would be nice to be able to do what I do full time. Maybe if the donations ramp up a bit then I will be able to do so, but I am happy to use the money purely for your sake and make podcasts, films, documentaries and other things that in return for your generosity will be made available online completely free of charge.
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