Airport Therapy

Sometimes you need to borrow some happiness

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Like most of us, I’ve had some really dark days in my lifetime.

Before I lived in China, I lived in Auckland, New Zealand.
I’d moved to Auckland after finishing my 7th and final cruise ship contract.

Although I’d been offered a dream show aboard a ship in the Caribbean, I didn’t want to return to ship life. For some reason, something had begun to feel wrong whenever I was aboard a ship. I just knew deep inside that this time in my life was over.

So I set myself up in Auckland, determined to find and succeed at a new career.

Life in Middle Earth

I spent months playing bit roles on TV shows and driving for Uber Eats.

In spite of my best efforts, I was finishing every month with less money than I had going in.
I was going into debt, and for what? I’d given up a career I’d spent years building on a bad feeling.
I’d never done anything so reckless.

I was spiralling. I needed anything to pull me out of this depression.