Katie

What’s the last thing you Googled?

“What is Rubophen?” It’s the same as Ritalin.

What’s your favourite food?

My favourite food of all time is breakfast out. I’m a slut for brunch! I’m a scrambled eggs and bacon girl…I could make it at home any day of the week but what’s so nice is that I don’t have to cook…I can wake up, shower, head out and relax because I know I’m buying breakfast.

We hear a lot about the youth mental health crisis – are your generation struggling?

I’m just exhausted all the time. 90% of people I know are struggling with mental health issues. Obviously you’re struggling with your own shit. But even when you’re depressed and don’t want to get out of bed, you have to be a good friend and help them…You don’t want to be a shit and say, “Deal with it yourself!’”

Do you feel pressure to live your ‘youth’ before it runs out?

Being young is like having a ticking bomb. I feel I have to maximise my youth but I’m wasting it, I’m working at a sex toy shop! I’m not gonna look this good forever and I want to have cool photos to show my kids. Those cool things probably won’t still exist then because of climate change… It almost gets to the point where it’s almost like, well, what’s the point? Why should I go to university or whatever when in 30 years we’re fucked.

When was the last time you were content?

I came home from work the other day and Joe, my boyfriend, had cleaned my room.
So we just cuddled and watched a movie. I was content because everything’s clean, there’s no laundry, I can just lie down instead of thinking of what I have to do…And any time with Joe I’m happy.

What keeps you up at night?

I’m paranoid all the time about losing people I love. All the time. I just have to always say I love you when I say goodbye, because what if that’s the last time I talk to them?

Can you sum up your life in one word?

Unsatisfactory.

And can you sum that up in a few more?

Ahhh I don’t know. I can’t go to Uni until I know what I want to do. If I go I have to do something I want to do for the rest of my life and that’s stressful…They say do what makes you happy but I don’t know what’s out there and what makes me happy. And also, is what makes me happy helping everyone else? Because if I’m not doing everything in my power to help the world, then I’m fucking over the people who are younger than me. I’ll figure it out, but it’s a big expectation to know your passion. How many times have you gone into a store and seen a middle aged person working and thought, that’s not what you wanted to do?