Living Life the Essex Way by Sam Faiers

Author:Sam Faiers [Faiers, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781849839808
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

8

MY BUSINESS MIND

I am not the brainiest person on the planet, but I have always prided myself on being business-minded.

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t bottom of the class at school or anything, but nor was I a brain box. I was probably hovering around the middle most of the time. I wasn’t massive on studying, but I got away with it, and was just pretty average. I did love school, but it was more about the social aspects for me – the friends and the fun. Having said that, I was good at sport and art, and I liked science.

But doing A-levels was never going to be an option for me. Billie had decided to stay on and do them, but I couldn’t wait to leave and go to work. I was ready to get out into the real world and earn money as soon as I hit 16.

I think I was partly influenced by my boyfriend at the time, Frazer, who I mentioned earlier. He was 18 and had a car, and I loved the independence he had. As soon as I was old enough, I made sure I passed my test, and I got the money together to buy myself my first car – a Mini. That’s how I have always been. If I want something, I will work hard, save up, and make it happen.

That way of thinking has always seemed pretty obvious to me. Money isn’t everything, but it makes things happen for you, and I realised that from a young age. We did have money as kids, but it wasn’t just handed to us to do what we liked with; we had to explain why we needed it. We weren’t spoilt – it was probably like £10–15 at a time – and as soon as we were old enough to have Saturday jobs, we earned a lot of our own pocket money. Other than the farm job which I mentioned in the last chapter, I worked behind the reception in my Aunt Libby’s beauty salon in Billericay for a bit. We also did chores for our parents if we wanted more. I would get a couple of quid at a time from Mum for doing the ironing, which I guess was the job she hated most!

My first real job though was when I left school at 16. Looking back, I am really proud of myself – no one pushed me to do so, but I went out and got myself a job almost straightaway. It was at Connexions, an agency that helps young people with the basics in life, such as education, housing and money. My role was basically inputting data, but it was actually quite good fun. I had to ring everyone around my age in the area who had left school and find out if they had jobs, or if they wanted help with courses or apprenticeships. I felt really grown up doing it, and I ended up speaking to a lot of people from my own school and hearing all sorts of stories.

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