Fiona looked down at her diary and counted the days until the end of the year—only 41 days until a new year was to begin. Only 41 days to achieve all her goals and resolutions that she had written down at the beginning of the year in January. Fiona could not believe that the…
Claire was so excited. Today, she was going to start her dream job, a job she had worked and dreamed about for so long. Finally, she felt that her talents were recognised, and that she would be able to immerse herself in the work she loved and share it with others. She had always…
Isabel had always admired her friend Justine. They had met at work, both starting off as junior administration officers together, but now their worlds seemed so far apart. Isabel had continued in her employment, becoming a senior administration officer, mentoring junior staff. Whereas Justine had gone off to pursue her idea of scented,…
Carol felt anxious. There was only six weeks left before she would graduate from university with a degree in marketing, that she did not intend on pursuing. It had seemed so right when she first started. She had dreamed of being in advertising, running campaigns, coming up with slogans. However, as her course progressed, Carol…
Louise could not rest. She would not allow herself to stop or relax and have fun. She had to keep on going, to work her two jobs and make more money to buy her own home. Louise worked at her full-time job as a graphic designer from Monday to Friday, and on the weekends,…
Karen waited her turn at the doctor’s surgery center, waiting for her scheduled appointment. As she waited, she scanned the latest magazines and came across a quiz in the doctor’s room, asking, “Do You Suffer from Social Anxiety?” Karen had always suspected that she did, and her answers confirmed it. As she put…
Stacy loved working on her business. She had over the past five years worked on and in her business, getting everything ready and educating herself, and especially, getting herself ready for the big launch date. However, each time the launch date came close to being recognized, Stacy would postpone it, saying that there…
Helen’s parents had never approved of her career choice. She was an artist and loved painting. However, her parents did not believe she could make a living as an artist. For her to succeed, Helen would need to become well known and famous. That belief put a lot of pressure on Helen as she attempted…
Terri looked hopefully across at her desk, which was filled with papers for a novel she was attempting to finish. This was the third week she had not written but still could not find any inspiration. She felt blocked and unable to find that “flow” to complete her book. This was the third novel Terri…
Chloe woke up feeling miserable and groaned as she got out of bed to get ready to go to work. She already knew she was going to struggle today. She always found February 14, Valentine’s Day challenging, especially at work with her colleagues. She was expected to smile and fawn over other’s delivered flowers, cute…