Hi, I'm Sarah.

And I'm Helen.

And this is the Squiggly Careers podcast, where every week we talk about a different topic to do with work and discuss ideas for action and advice that we hope will help you and definitely us to navigate our squiggly careers.

And this is our first episode of 2022.

Woohoo. Is that exciting? I don't know. Not really.

But if you are listening after your Christmas break, because we know lots of people do listen like episode after episode, but some people just listen in a random or squiggly order, which is fine too.

But if you're one of the people who is listening after the Christmas break, we do hope that

you feel rested. And I guess this is the Christmas break, we do hope that you feel rested.

And I guess this is a January episode and we recognise that that can feel a sluggish start for some people, but also a clean slate for others.

I feel we all come to January and our careers slightly differently.

It's my birthday.

Will this come out on my birthday?

I think it might do.

Is it just before? Is it your birthday? So I just come at it thinking, it's my birthday. Will this come out on my birthday? I think it might do. Is it just before? Is it your birthday? So I just come at it thinking it's my birthday. Very selfishly. Thanks.

Hope you had a nice day. So other than Sarah's birthday, which I feel you did also mention, you're very fixated on your birthday being in January. It came up in one of our Instagram videos.

It was because it's a rubbish time to have a birthday because it's too close to Christmas.

And also early January is not exactly celebration.

It's like grey days.

It's pretty cold.

So I feel like I have to talk myself into having a good birthday.

So Sarah is probably one of the sluggish starters, whereas I am an exuberant clean slater.

Shocker. Shocker. What a surprise. Hello to new listeners. That's probably Sarah and I in a nutshell

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