Life Lessons

I took a risk leaving the city for a tiny town... and it paid off! Zoe Carney, 30, Charlton, Vic. I dropped my bags in my old bedroom at my parents’ place and sighed. “I might be here a while,” I told my mum, Roslyn and dad, John. “That’s all right, love,” Mum said. “You’ll figure it out.” It was 2020, and aged 25, I hadn’t imagined living back with my folks. Years earlier, after completing a psychology degree, I’d taken off backpacking before moving to the UAE as an Emirates flight attendant. I worked in my new career for six months, exploring different cities and cultures. Then, COVID grounded planes indefinitely, forcing me back to Melbourne without a job. Now what am I supposed to do? I wondered. While…

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