When I was growing up, my mother often said that writers and artists have more mealtimes than meals and that I should aim to get a real job. I became a writer and an artist after sampling a few 'real' jobs en route. This podcast looks at three of those ventures... as a chef in a bistro, as a painter in butcher shops and as a public servant. Sometimes what you did and how you did it says a lot about who you are as a person.