Can you believe it? I - clumsy, clanger dropping, bookish, pale, freckly (in the summer), long-nosed Angie - have been called a trendsetter!
Of all the things I have been called - nice and bad ones - trendsetter was not among them. I have been called boring, interesting, creative, strong-minded, not as fat as you think, lazy, uninspiring, great, suberb, excellent, etc, etc, etc...but never a trendsetter or in any way related to trendy. Actually, that is not true. Only recently one of the other nannies pointed out that I am very well dressed - especially for a nanny - so I guess there is something to my style that appeals to some people, though I still feel like I cannot get it right. I don't know whether you experience this similarly but I spend about half an hour choosing my outfit, walk out confidently and as soon as the first woman crosses my path, I deeply regret my choice. Either I have chosen a really posh, featuring high heels outfit and see a woman owning casual with a divine style, or I have gone on the casual side myself and see posh women wandering around intimidating me. I also go and buy things constantly (seriously, constantly) and never seem to have anything worth wearing in my closet - I know, the oldest cliche circling around women of all, but it is true. However, back to the start. At the moment I am doing an internship with an international media company, and recently I have seen a lot of people coming in doing "work experience". I asked one of my colleagues whether that was something they do regularly and he said it all started with me. Apparently, I set off a trend and every team gets people in now slaving away for experience points. See, trendsetter. He also said I should regard it as a huge compliment, as the team I am working with was apparently so pleased with my work that other teams have taken up the trend. Well, that makes 1:0 for me, world.
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AuthorIn September 2015 I started a new chapter of my life by moving (temporarily or permanently, not yet decided) to England where I work and socialise now. Archives
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