Making It Count ...

Whistlestop snapshot of the highlights and lowlights of the life of Chrissie Lightfoot aged 38 going on 360:

> Age 0 - born smiling; peachy complexion; thick jet black hair (eager to start).
> Age 2 - my first bed; redecorated the bedroom (mum was not impressed).
> Age 3 - went on my first sabbatical (mum and dad were not impressed).
> Age 4 - 1st competition in life (pushchair derby).
> Age 5 - 2nd competition (racing greyhounds - dogs not buses!).
> Age 6 - chipping bricks (defining moment); mowed down by a greyhound (should have seen that coming - 2nd defining
  moment).
> Age 6-11 - living in a caravan; swam and played football a lot; tomboy.

Managed to make it to puberty ... just.

> Age 11-14 - the 'big' school; swot; played lots of hockey (swapped one rough game for another!).
> Age 14-18 - all girls private school (Durham, England); bigger swot and geek; sporty - hockey, tennis, squash, running and rowing.
> Age 16 - 140mph down the M1 in a very fast sports car (dad - don't ask)!
> Age 17 - passed my driving test and pillioned motorbike (got the motor bug).
> Age 18-22 - working in a country club (sabbatical 1 year).
> Age 19-20 - backpacked around the world - Bangkok, Australia (big time), New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, West Coast USA, Florida. Stint
  in the Outback (bar-tender) - accosted by an aborigine; experienced parenthood (stint as a nanny) - survived;
  experienced Surfers Paradise, Bells Beach, the Ningaloo Reaf, Great Barrier Reaf, Shark Bay, Monkey Mia, Magnetic
  Island (found myself and the meaning of life. Oh ... and hammocks are really cool!), Ayers Rock, the 'Bungle Bungles'
  (look like upside down ice-cream cones), Kakadu (try canoeing during the dry season - hrumph!),'Broom Time', the
  Blue Mountains, 12 Apostles, Kanagroo Island (mauled by kangaroos!), Koala bears, the tasmanian devil (cute),
  'Fiji Time', Alcatraz, The Pink Elephant, Hurricane George ... to name a few.

Survived my teen years pretty much unscathed I reckon ... just

> Age 21-24 - University (first degree - Leisure & Business), Leeds, England.
  The portfolio career begins:
  worked as a gym instructor, sales membership advisor and receptionist in a health club; worked as a cocktail bartender
  in a country hotel; worked as front of house, receptionist, cashier, marketing & PR, trainee club and restaurant manager
  in a country club; dabbled in modeling (wedding and evening wear boutique); freelance innovation, sales and
  marketing consultant (age 22-360)
> Age 24-27 - self employed (digital design, print and marketing company); won £1000 in the Cafe de Paris casino, Monte Carlo; won
  £1000 at the Gala Bingo (Teesside Park) - not quite Monaco!
> Age 28 - working in Cannons Health & Fitness Club (Surrey, England) - DGM Sales, Marketing and Innovation.
> Age 29-32 - self employed (internet / new media company); dabbled in modeling and magazine work (again); married at 32.
> Age 32-37 - working in the legal world; various placements in the UK and USA (Georgetown, Washington D.C); involved in "Big
  Rocks: Balancing Life & Work" publication; Masters in Law degree (Sheffield Law School); Legal Practice Certificate
  (Nottingham Law School); working as a trainee solicitor in a mid-tier UK law firm (Leeds - Lee & Priestley LLP);
  divorced at 36.
> Age 35 - Ran the London Marathon; realised my purpose in life and what I wanted most of all out of living; became a woman
  ambassador.
> Age 37 - qualified as a solicitor; summer of 2009 cycled the pyrennes and surfed (well, attempted to) west coast France
  (fulfilled some dreams).
> Age 38 - self employed; bringing lawyers and entrepreneurs together in a positive way; return to modeling - you'll find it here!

> Age 38|360 and a bit - a blank page waiting to be scribbled on ...

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