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as i record this it's sunday morning i usually don't come into my office on Sundays.

I'd stay at home.

But this week I've won less day to work because this Tuesday I'm in London.

I'm in London at the Grierson Awards.

A documentary I made has been nominated for an award, which if you're listening

to this on Wednesday, that means that was last night, so I don't know whether I won the

award or not. But realistically, that doesn't really matter. I absolutely wasn't expecting to get

nominated and just being nominated. That's enough for me. And I'm really

excited about going to the award ceremony. Not necessarily to win the award. What I'm looking

forward to is I know that I'm going to meet loads of people in the documentary industry, in the

television industry,

and I might have a conversation that will lead to a new piece of work.

I mean, that's why I do it. That's why I do anything.

You know, why do I write books? Why do I make documentaries? Why do I do any of it?

Because I love the doing. I love doing it. I love the bit in the middle, the process.

It's not necessarily about the end result. It's nice to have books that are written and documentaries that are made. But that's not the goal. The goal is the bit in the middle. The experience of

meaning and purpose that comes from waking up every morning

and doing the thing that I love doing. So I make documentaries and write books so that I can have

the opportunity to write another book or make another documentary until such time as I'm ready to die.

Also, I managed to pick out an outfit for the award ceremony.

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