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Ripped up the life script, twice Awareness → Agency → Freedom @bbcfoodprog @masterchefuk 'I did no work for a year, no one noticed' viral essay ↓ 🇬🇧↔️🇵🇹
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A Day Well Spent

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By Leyla Kazim Verified
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And how this keeps you working until you're 65 You’re not taught how to build wealth from your money because financially independent people don’t stay in bullshit jobs until they’re 65 — and this is highly inconvenient for society. You’ve got one or two savings accounts with a pot of money. You look at it every month and you see it goes up a bit. Maybe you even move your money around to chase good interest rates. It makes you feel good that there’s stuff in there and that you keep adding to it.
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A Day Well Spent

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By Leyla Kazim Verified
| A Day Well Spent with Leyla Kazim
Intrepid Travel approached me with a commission: to write about my past travel experiences as part of the launch of their new Women's Expeditions in Peru, Bhutan and Cambodia. I said yes immediately because comfort zones — and what’s on the other side of them — is a topic I think about a lot. Plus, my relationship with Intrepid goes back years and I’ve been on many trips with them, including to the Peruvian Amazon. They’re awesome. I hope you enjoy this essay.
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I did no work for a year and no one noticed

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By Leyla Kazim Verified
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Leyla Kazim For nearly a decade, I was a London corporate worker with a shiny BMW on the driveway, spending sunny days indoors staring at a computer screen. I'd arrived at the company, which sold software, straight from university, lured in by a friend who'd graduated a year ahead of me and promised it'd be “just like uni”. Those first few years were genuinely good. We had a senior manager who was great. He'd challenge you, but also acknowledge when you did well.
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