As a 28-year-old, my life has often revolved around relationships, sex, work, drinking, money, partying and looking good. She has many terrifying stories of getting the cane for no reason and was left with plenty of Catholic guilt. The lack of mirrors became a positive thing: I began to eradicate the urge to check myself in passing. I realised that I am a master of procrastination and actually, could do with a little more structure. My stay at the abbey might just have been the path to contentment I didn’t realise I needed so much.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2023 06:16 UTC