LIFE LESSONS With Amy Shore / Photographer / Business Owner
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earning things as a grown up is usually far more enjoyable than being forced to retain algebra rules whilst sat in the back of widely feared Mrs Wilcox’s class in school. Yes, we learn crucial life skills when we are young such as the ability to use a spoon (thanks, Mum) but some of the more defining lessons are often
not taken until we forget that we’re still learning at all. The biggest differences are that we now have grown-up-money and more of an idea of what we enjoy in life. So you enjoyed driving fast in your pedal car as a kid? Well now you can practice driving big, grown up cars on big, grown up race tracks. You enjoyed riding your bike up and down your grandma’s street
in the summer? Well now you can ride an 1800cc BMW R18 to visit her. The Victoria sponge cake is just as good, but I can’t deny the motorbike doesn’t help the waistline like the bicycle used to. Then it comes to things that you didn’t expect to learn. These things can either be good or bad, or both. These things are often the most valuable of lessons as they
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