Max

‘For a long time, I used Edinburgh as a base. I worked as a tour guide and travelled in the off seasons. I lived in Guatemala for seven months, then Melbourne for seven months, and travelled around South America for another few months, as well.

When I was twenty-seven though, a friend of mine died and I kind of felt like I should be doing more with my life. Then the pandemic started, and that brought some things with my family to the fore. I realised that behind all the travelling was the fact that I didn’t want to face some truths in my life. So I moved to Edinburgh, and since then, I’ve been here permanently.

Once you decide where home is, you can build it to look like whatever you want it to look like. You can really invest in your community. Deciding to make Edinburgh my home was seminal.’

Max

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