Introduction
I’ve had this blog now for a few months and I thought it was high time that I should introduce myself to you all and tell you a little bit more about myself.
Name: Carol Williams
Birthday: April 5th
Location: Lancashire, in the North West of England
Myers Briggs personality test result: The Advocate (INFJ-T)
Pets: None
Potted history: My Dad was in the British Army and I lived in Germany for eight years while he was stationed out there, I moved back to the UK when I was eight.
After graduating high school, I did a year of GSCE retakes as I didn’t get my English or Maths at a C or above at school. (It would take me another few years and attempts to get a C in English. I never did manage a GCSE in Maths) Then I did an ACEC Art Foundation course before getting on a two year BTEC GNVQ Art and Design course. I went away to Mid-Cheshire College to do a HND in Fashion Design which I didn’t complete.
I moved back to my parents and got a job working in a call centre for a seasonal catalogue company. There I met a man who would shape the next 20 or so years of my life. I went back to college to do a couple more years of art education to get on to a degree course at the local Uni. After three years I graduated with a 2:2 BA (Hons) in surface Patten with Crafts.
While I was at Uni I worked in a local outdoor clothing and equipment store. After I’d graduated I worked my way up to Supervisor in the store before moving to a different company, doing the same job but selling higher-end kit.
There, I met a colleague who helped me see that the man I had been with for the last ten years wasn’t a nice one and that I wasn’t in a healthy relationship. A year after starting this job I finally realised that I had to leave him, for my mental health.
The last ten years have been spent getting myself happy and healthy again. It’s been a long and difficult path but one which I am stronger for having taken. I’ve had a handful of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) sessions, one round of counselling and been on antidepressants twice in the earlier years of this journey.
I am currently happy and healthy.
Important people, I'll mention are my friends, family.
Random Stuff:
Height: Five foot six inches.
I grew up to love reading.
I’m a journaler.
I love travelling and seeing new places with the possibility of meeting new people.
I’m a Harry Potter geek.
I’ve been a vegetarian for the last few years.
I love listening to music and my current favourites are; P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Adele.
I’m a tea drinker (Blank tea with milk, or peppermint tea)
I also love milky hot chocolate in the cooler months.
My current TV obsessions: Chicago Med, Fire and PD, Game of Thrones, 911.
I have a few tattoos and piercings.
I passed my driving test just over four years ago on St Patrick’s day and have had my first car for almost a year now.
I have moved fifteen times in my lifetime, and have been in my current home for the last six years.
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