We’ve all heard the mantra ‘know your worth then add tax’ haven’t we? It’s essentially small business 101, but I think we sometimes forget just what that worth is. Yes, it is your skills and your time, but it is also your mental health.

Let’s start this with the unequivocal fact that I did not die that night. This is not one of those existential films where the narrator leads you through their life, lulling you into a false sense of security, only to reveal they are actually narrating from beyond the grave…Spoiler alert. No, I didn’t die, but I honestly thought I would.

I have a very distinct memory of sitting on a school bus one afternoon upset because a boy I liked had made a passing joke about the size of my eyes. One of the older girls on the bus – the pretty girl with the cool hair and the awesome clothes (we all know her)- asked me what was wrong, and what she said next has stuck with me ever since.