Andrew Parsis Conquers

Listen, Please

Growing up, my Mum used to tell me I never listened. I never listened to her, of course, what did she know? Then at school it was the same thing. Of course, I dismissed that.

And I was fine for years, until one day I bumped into someone I hadn’t seen since Sixth Form.

After an awkward conversation where he told me what he’d done with his life – loads – and I said what I’d done with mine – More

The Pressure

There’s a pressure on you all the time to be exciting and different, isn’t there? It’s not enough to have a decent job and be lucky enough to be in a happy relationship any more, no: now you have to have done something outlandish, like wrestling a crocodile or jumping out of a plane or something.

Well, I’m well and truly sick of it. It’s called the journey through life, isn’t it? It’s not called the let’s get on More