All of last week, I lived in dread. Absolute dread. You see, I was up for an award.

I love to win but I hate to lose far more. I would mostly rather not set myself up as a vulnerable, hopeful being if there’s a chance I might be cast asunder, beaten and bloodied by defeat. It’s just too humiliating.

Luckily, that didn’t happen. I won Young Marketer of the Year at the Insurance Marketing & PR Awards and did my first genuine smile of 2017.

Everyone was so kind and it was a definite highlight of my long, weary years.

ingenie also won Brand of the Year which is pretty frickin’ sweet.