Challenge Sis: Life Change #2 May 7, 2008
Spoke to my older sis last night who is planning a complete life change. It’s her second, in the last few years, and I can’t work out if she’s completely bonkers or entirely brave - probably a bit of both.
Sis worked for the BBC for over 10 years in London as a studio manager for the World Service, but then jacked it in, got a redundancy pay-out and had Life Change #1. This involved moving to Carlisle, taking up a new outward-bound instructor job, working shifts at minimum wage, learning archery, climbing and kayaking, and buying a run-down building in France to transform into a gite with her other half.
Surely this is enough of a challenge for one lifetime?
Not for big sis, she informed me last night she’s leaving her outward-bound job (to be fair, it barely pays enough to cover a week’s supply of value beans) - and her and her Boy are buying a wine merchants in Carlisle!
So, Life Change #2 will see Sis moving from a job where she’s had to take 14 over-excited Brownies on a rope walk to one where she’s a leading connoisseur and sales person on fine wines. Cue an intensive wine course, a licensing thingy and a whole lot more enthusiasm.
I don’t know anyone else with the balls to undertake not one, but two complete changes in their lives. You gotta give it to the girl, she’s jumping in with both feet - I just hope the water’s warm!






