When I was a kid, I…

“A toddler standing at the bottom of a tall staircase” by Mikito Tateisi on Unsplash

I was recently in Brighton, and there I tried two things that I failed at. I know, it’s not cool to say that you failed at something, but I’ve never been one to shy away from saying the direct thing (failed) as opposed to the more diplomatic thing like the Brits do (just not as good).

As a kid, I never really had much. After junior school I had no friends as we split up in different high schools and I moved in a new borough…