a very messy life

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What I learnt from working in religion, writing for a glamour magazine and getting a PhD
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What I learnt from working in religion, writing for a glamour magazine and getting a PhD

Short story: it's not all that

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Jamie Pei
Sep 09, 2024
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What I learnt from working in religion, writing for a glamour magazine and getting a PhD
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It doesn’t matter how impressive your job title sounds, what glamorous things your work entails or how much prestige you have.

If your personal values, desires, wants and needs are being trampled on and disregarded, all of that fancy shit is just… shit.

I worked in:

  • highly-controlled religious organisation

  • a glossy glamorous magazine (and before that, one …

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