New way I just realised I am a fool…
My new boyfriend (I know, I have mentioned him a lot, please feel free to unfollow me if you dislike this sort of thing) reads my blog, and tells me that he likes it. He thinks it is cool that I am good at my job. Internalising this (initially I didn’t believe him) made me realise that this attitude is not something I have ever really expected from partners, even though it’s clearly a really useful gauge of whether they get me as a person.