Micro Shifts & Life Lifts

Micro Shifts & Life Lifts

Always running, but getting nowhere fast

When change sneaks up on you, wearing comfortable shoes

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Rachel Lawlan
Jan 22, 2025
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Last December, I had one of those moments where you catch yourself becoming someone you never expected to be.

I was walking down Regent Street in London, heading to meet a friend at my favourite restaurant of all time, Bentley's Oyster Bar. The Christmas lights were twinkling, shop windows glowing, and behind me... a chorus of increasingly dramatic tutti…

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