u/-Londoneer-

Where is the rain that was promised? The once and future weather?

There’s another golden dusk over the Thames (very pretty) but honestly, I was excited for a bit of rain today. Not a drop.

Did we use our allocation over winter?

Just your friendly reminder that many years ago, I totally screwed up my a-levels.

I scraped into a university via clearing whilst my friends all went to top-flight universities (or so i perceived). I thought I was ruined.

I’m in my 40s now, I have three excellent degrees and I employ young people in the architecture practice I am a lead in. I was a hard-working student at university because I knew what it was like to fail, I knew what it was to be humble and I was a better and more empathetic person, a better student and a better employer because of it.

If you got into university through clearing, be excited, congratulate yourself, no one but you will care. If you didn’t make it through clearing you have so many options and noone of any value will hold that against you. How you handle adversity is more important than how you found yourself in adversity.

Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others who face adversity too.

[47F] Hello, I live in Central London and I’d love to exchange messages or snail mail with people near my age or a little more from all over the world. I think everyone has something interesting to say whatever your circumstances or however you live your life. I don’t mind if people have different views to me as long as we’re genuinely curious and respectful when exploring them - it’s healthy to talk

Regrettably it would have to be English or terrible German.

I read; like art; architecture; walking; hiking; science; the natural world and all sorts of discussion. I don’t have a lot of spare income so it would be great to travel in words.

I think the universe has a sense of humour and I try to keep a light-hearted if stoic approach to life. I do drink industrial amounts of tea so I am doing my bit to maintain national stereotypes.