No. I have a day job which is running my own business from home, which I’ve been doing since mid-2009.

I quickly found that working from home was quite solitary; at times I could go a week or more without speaking to another human being face to face other than my partner. I’m also not particularly motivated to get fresh air and exercise and so would end up just working and working.

To improve matters I started volunteering at a greyhound rehoming charity and also doing dog walking and dog sitting for friends. My nature is to be organised and work methodically so it made sense to do it as a business.

I take this work seriously and do it professionally, but it doesn’t pay enough to live on and I don’t want to spend too much time away from my partner.