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About Me — Em Fin
I am fine… and finally writing
For years and years, from when I was still in school, through to university and post-graduate degrees, jobs and a period of unemployment even, I have had an itch to write. I didn’t know what exactly, still don’t know the specifics, but I’ve finally put my fingers down to tap the necessary set of keys to create a Medium account and start writing this “about me”.
I am a woman in my early 30s. A scientist on a working day, adventurer at all other times, where I define “adventurer” very, very broadly. My adventures sometimes happen on my desk with pen and paint, or as an experiment in the kitchen developing unique (mostly delicious!) plant-based recipes, or else in the garden as I refuse to give up on subtropical plants in a temperate climate. Every now and again, I do find myself running or hiking up a hill too, usually in the comfy company of my husband.
What can I say? I enjoy doing lots of things and it’s only recently that I’ve realized that that’s not a bad thing after all!
Oprah said, “You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
Another way of looking at these powerful words is:
“You can do anything you want. Just not everything at once.”
