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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sofie Laguna

MYSTERIOUS: Young lost and unemployed i misread all the signs without realising the value in mistakes - What They Never Told You

Silhouette of a woman in a fairy costume at sunset in a grass field
‘The fairy dust in my clothes, the smeared face-paint and bedraggled fairy wings … all of it counted.’ Photograph: Lynne Gilbert/Getty Images

My first year out of school was not the easiest. I was lost, full of yearning and big dreams.

I didn’t realise the ways in which my time at school had been containing my anxiety. I was too busy, along with all the other girls, being excited about the future. School and its expectations were there to be railed against, and teachers and rules are to be left far behind. Bring on the future! I would leave home and move to the city to study! I would perform in plays! How thrilling! And wonderful!

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