Perhaps uninspiringly... we met via Bumble! But of course after date 1, your story becomes entirely your own.

I guess we both have a real sense that where we are and what we do now is not where we're going to end up/who we are becoming. I spent my 20s travelling and creating things, studying and living on a shoestring. I've spent the last few years delightedly watching my personal (and to an extent professional) life fall into place, but I'm craving more self-actualisation and creative fulfilment again. I write for a living, but it is VERY corporate (the classic 'shadow artist') and I would like to see this coming more to the fore in the next stage. Matt is somewhat similar; we feel as though this wonderful chapter finally having met each other, and having some financial stability and, dare we say it, comfort - has been a long time coming, so we are honestly just enjoying ourselves.

We are both so, so excited to catapault into the next version of what we are creating - together! Our 'perfect day' is somewhere between where we are and what we are building, but I guess it would be something like... waking up somewhere leafy, peaceful, warm (France?) , within striking distance of a town with some vibrant cultural life and a community we're part of, accompanied by four paws. Matt, our resident gastronome, would probably be deciding on a new recipe to cook in our outdoor kitchen, made chiefly with ingredients I've grown on our semi-self-sufficient plot.

We'd almost certainly wear several hats to keep our whole selves engaged; maybe we'd run a small business together; I'd like to be writing; I'd also want to be doing something a bit more active and purpose-driven, probably which would tap into my masters. I can see Matt pursuing a PhD. I don't know: I want a calm and peaceful inner life which is counterbalanced by something very much engaged and meaningful externally. I've no intention of retreating into life as a self-indulgent hermit, but I don't relate anymore to the 'hustle culture' I bought into for so long.