Carrying another load of dirty plates back to the kitchen, I sighed.
This wasn’t the life I wanted.
At 19, I was working as a waitress, doing long shifts for a measly £6 an hour.
The evening work meant I didn’t have much of a social life and didn’t get to see my friends as often as I would have liked.
I loved travelling but the poor pay and lack of holiday stopped me going on trips.
And by summer 2020, I’d had enough.
But what could I do instead?
Scrolling through articles on my phone, I kept noticing women who had made a