What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? Wake up either naturally or with an alarm. Make myself a cup of tea, get back into bed, let the dog come up for a cuddle. Walk the dog. When it’s winter and it’s dark outside the dog walking might…

What’s something most people don’t understand? I’ve not been on here for a while. I haven’t written my novel or even in my journal for a while. Life has been busy and tough recently but that’s OK. Taking the break I need and not feeling the ever constant guilt. It’s ok.

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I’ve got nothing.

What activities do you lose yourself in? I wile away at lot of the day daydreaming. It sounds like a cliche, but I can also read for hours on end or making pottery. So many things to do, to little time to do them.

Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Desperate for love but really f***ing annoying.

What is the last thing you learned? The translation of the opening lyrics to circle of life literally means ‘Look! There’s a lion’ Apparently it can be considered more ‘behold, here comes the king’ But I learned that doom scrolling the Internet this morning.

What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Ummm..so everyone knows there is a recruitment and retention issue in the education sector. If being a teacher was so cushy, wouldn’t everyone want to do it? When I first trained to be a teacher, I swore I wouldn’t go down this rabbit hole, but…

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? Bad day at work, this is how I feel…