I was tagged a while back by @Kateab over at The Five F’s in this meme which originated from @himupnorth and The Blog Up North. It’s taken me a while to get round to posting it as I’ve been having a busy teething time with Z recently but I’ve eventually managed it

When I look in the mirror now, do I see what I thought I’d see all those years ago when all those childhood dreams were fresh in my mind and the world was mine to conquer? Gosh that is such a tough question!

I guess I have to go back many years now and try and remember what it is I wanted when I was young. I don’t think I was ever one of those people who knew from an early age what they wanted to do career wise. My career just kind of happened because I was good at Maths and Business Studies and going on to become an accountant just seemed the logical thing to do. I’m very logical like that, if you’re good at something then use it to your advantage. I don’t really see this meme as being about my career though, I’m going to go a bit deeper with it and talk about my childhood aspirations.

In these days of divorce and broken families I guess I’m unusual in that my parents have been married almost 45 years now and are very happy together (don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t always a bowl of cherries but compared to a lot of my friends it seemed like heaven!). Growing up I think I wanted that stability and love for myself although it took until only 4 years ago for me to find it. It took a lot of searching but I think I’ve finally found my soulmate and with just starting our own little family I hope my children grow up in a happy and secure environment aswell.

We grew up in deepest, darkest Derbyshire in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere so had a relatively sheltered childhood. Lots of climbing trees, playing in the countryside and generally spending 90% of our time outdoors whether it be on bikes, rollerskates, skateboards or just walking for miles. I always wanted a similar lifestyle when I was older, living in the countryside, owning a horse, small village life etc and when I first graduated and started work I resigned myself to city life. I still got my horse though but I lived in a 2 bedroom flat on the waterfront in Hull, surrounded by other business people. I missed being able to look out of my windows and see miles of green but I just accepted that it was part of my new life. Of course now I live in a little village, just outside of Durham. I have miles of countryside on my doorstep and when I look outside I see green. I haven’t got a horse up here yet but give me time, I’m already itching to buy Zara her first pony lol.

I think I’ve done pretty well for myself really, I’m financially stable, in a very happy relationship, have a beautiful daughter and a gorgeous house. I think the one thing I would have liked to have seen which I currently don’t have is job satisfaction but that’s going to take a bit more work on building up my little accountancy business

Now I know it’s the usual to tag people now but I’m not going to tag people as I’m a bit shy so if you’d like to pick up this meme from me then just comment below