My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

by Georgia Pritchett

I didn’t like parties when I was a child because, well, who really likes parties? But one time I came back from a party and to my parents’ amazement, I said I had had a good time. ‘Why?’ they asked. ‘I had cake and I didn’t join in any of the games.’ This has very much been my approach to life.