Ash Ford-McAllister

  I had a revelation today. I'm currently reading a book - Managing Complexity , by Robin Wood - which was published in the year 2000. My first thought: Where the heck did that time go? Why haven't I achieved much in a quarter of a century?! My second thought was the revelation: 25 years ago, I was 13. I had five years   before I would even be a legal adult.  It would be two years before I got my first "proper" part-time job (as opposed to earning pocket money doing gardening, car washing, and dog-walking for the predominantly elderly neighbours in the street I grew up in.)  In those twenty-five years, this is what I have achieved: . I've worked in youthwork, retail, business development, finance, marketing, project management and leadership in the non-profit space. . I've survived two major psychotic episodes, and learned to manage schizophrenia alongside the challenges of working full time, and living independently. . I've survived violent abuse, and hom...