Be careful what you wish for

Chris Barbour, 59, Newport, South Wales

Climbing into my car and buckling the seatbelt, I groaned. It was Monday morning in December 2016 and I had another long week of commuting 70 miles each way to my job as a graphic designer ahead of me.

‘I wish I didn’t have to do this,’ I muttered to myself. I hated the job, hated the long hours, hated the commute. My blood pressure was sky-high from the stress of doing a job I loathed.

There was a white blob in myvision

What I really wanted to do was to focus on my own art. But,