One of the surprising plot twists of being a new Dad is the shocking amount of TV I’ve watched since Baby Grundy plopped into the world.

I’ve always enjoyed an hour or two in front of the box.

But seven weeks in and my retinas are begging for mercy.

One show I’ve been tuning into while Baby Grundy snoozes on my tummy and Lauren gets some well earnt rest is the HBO smash hit Industry.

If you haven’t seen the show, it’s about a group of young bankers tootling around London while gorging on high stakes deals, unholy volumes of drugs and ungodly amounts of sex.

The show is hopelessly absurd and grittily realistic.

And no, it’s not autobiographical.

(although I did once wear a mint green shirt to the office – rock and roll stuff)

Still, it’s a good watch.

A couple of episodes into Season 3, there’s a fiery and revealing powwow between a hotshot banker called Rob and his client Henry.

Henry’s about to take his company public:

Rob:  You forget. I’ve sat through all your evangelism. Your fucking soapboxing. I’ve heard you parrot all the literature. It opens people’s wallets.

Henry: That’s called selling the vision you moron. It’s called bringing people with you.

Rob: It’s built on nothing!

Henry: Everything’s built on nothing. That’s how you build something! You talk it into becoming.

Rob: It’s messianic. It’s fake it until you make it. Let me ask you – if you believe in this so much, why is the lock-up period in your shares so short? Is it so you can start selling your shares asap, after the listing?

Henry: So I’m not allowed to be motivated by personal remuneration and reforming an industry for the better? Two things can be true at once!

There are some nuggets of gold tucked away in those lines.

That last line in particular is worthy of any fridge magnet or coffee mug.

Easily overlooked too.

For instance:

*** I can feel uncertain and still take action

*** I can love my job and know it's not where I want to stay

*** I can choose something new and still feel sad about what I leave behind

*** I can make mistakes and still be a thoughtful, reliable person

*** I can be committed and still have doubts

*** I can feel behind and still be right on time for my own personal journey

*** I can think of ten more examples like these and still leave it here

I don’t know about you, but there’s something quietly calming about putting words to these “inner contradictions” which we usually try to fight.

A couple of other things which can also be true at once?

We can appreciate what we have and still want more. We can tick all the right boxes and still feel like something’s missing. 

If you feel this way and you’d like to find that something together, look no further than here:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com