Oh hiiii! How are we all? Happy nearly Jubilee holiday!
Wow it has been a LONG time since I last blogged… In my defence, lots has been going on! Shall I fill you in?
My new job is fab – but a lot
In case you didn’t see on my Instagram, after a lovely three years at BCLP, I felt it was time to move on and take up a fresh challenge.
I’m absolutely delighted to now be part of the RTI team at HSF – an incredible firm I genuinely never thought would have wanted me, as a grad.
The work I’m doing is great, there’s lots of it, and the team are lush – overall it’s been a fantastic move!
However I’m now in the office most days (a maaaajor adjustment from my mostly WFH life, since 2020!), which means I’m up at 06.30 and regularly home late, due to busy workloads (and a crappy commute). It’s also been quite full-on while I establish myself in the team, build up credibility with the partners, and get my head around some of the pretty complex matters. Most days, I leave the office with maaajor brain drain.
So you might have noticed I’m less present on stories etc. (Not least because it’s not really possible to pop on and show my face in the office, obvs!)
As I settle in, I’m hoping to maybe move to 3 days a week in the office and 2 days WFH – so I should have more time/ability to say hello and keep in touch day-to-day.
Thanks for bearing with me! And as always, I’m always on the other end of a DM, even if I’m not posting.
The Legal Cheek awards
It would be absolutely remiss of me not to mention to the fantastic evening that was the Legal Cheek awards in this round up. What a fantastic evening! I was honoured to be nominated in the ‘Best Use of Social Media Category’. The fantastic Amelia was the winner – very well deserved! And I got to see lots of my fave legal Insta pals. Lovely!
Staycations galore… and a few special overseas trips
After the last few years of restrictions (and frantically saving my pennies), it’s been so, so lovely for 2022 to signal the return of travel. And boy… have I absolutely gone for it!
My camera roll informs me that between March and May, I’ve made trips to:
Manchester (twice); Hampshire; Somerset; Marrakech; York; Norfolk; Brighton (twice); the Cotswolds; Cambridge; and Mykonos. Phewwww.
I have literally barely had a weekend in London!
After everything, it’s been glorious to make all these trips and to celebrate various things (anniversaries, new jobs, babies, birthdays, bank holidays) but, combined with moving jobs, it has also been a LOT!
This is also another reason for a bit of (relative) inactivity on the ol’ gram – as weekends are generally when I feel most inspired to shoot content or to sit down and write! But after a manic period with all these trips, I’m back and raring to go with some legal content.
Scroll for some of my fave snaps from my travels, the last few months…
By the way, if you fancy keeping up to date with my travels, I created a new little page over on @wheresophwent. I’m being a bit shy about it because I basically created it on a whim in an overexcited moment about all these trips! – and because it feels a bit like my baby/a passion project. But I’m really enjoying dabbling in a bit of photography and sharing my love for these beautiful locations 🙂
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Thanks for reading, and I hope you’re all doing great!
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