Paolo

I currently live in Highgate and it’s very pretty but I’m in a flatshare and have decided that I’m too old for this and want a place for just me! I am also in a state of passionate hatred against the Northern line which is evil. Where to live? Right now I’m thinking:

*Little Venice
*Notting Hill
*Hampstead Village
*Marylebone

What these places have in common is that they’re damned expensive…hmmm. The main aim is to live somewhere nice, easily enough to get to the City for work and close enough to my girlfriend so that I can take a bus there.

Must look harder.

Currently I have a beard…next week I shall have just a moustache and will look like an idiot but at least it shall be for a good cause:

Movember is a charitable event in which people adorn themselves with facial hair in aid of prostate cancer.

You can donate to the cause here

I shall put up a photo just as soon as I get around to it.

I need a job that’s more me…I’ve known this since I started working in insurance 15 months ago and it becomes more pressing as time goes by. I’ve had two promotions in that time and am due a raise next month. I get my bonus next march and then I want out so I had better start thinking now so that the next job is not just a job but something I can enjoy.

• I don’t want to work in the ‘square mile’ any longer.
• I’d prefer not to have to wear a suit but I can be flexible.
• I want to feel like I am working to some positive good rather than lining the pockets of shareholders.
• Perhaps something political but maybe not party political.

I’ll have to add to this list as I narrow down my options and focus my ideas.