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    Taking a CHANCE

    Aug 11, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS: KIM WILLIS

    ‘I was somewhere I didn’t really want to be’

    Harjit Sohotey-Khan, 49, lives in London with husband Asad, 46.

    I had a good job at a bank, but was bored and unfulfilled. Life was a stressful cycle of to-do lists, meetings and commuting, with the occasional holiday so Asad and I had something to look forward to. Really, I needed to reflect on the life I wanted, which would take much more time than a fortnight away.

    I wanted to travel and soak up other cultures, and worried I was never going to follow my dreams. However, I kept making excuses about job security and mortgage payments, anchored by

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