1972“My dad, who is a very straight-down-the line lawyer, said this to me in April this year, 2012. I was having a pretty rubbish time at work and in my relationships and he scolded me for being too hard on myself.

”I have it on my phone and I look at it probably once or twice a day and it reminds me to try to be a nicer person generally and be kinder to myself and others.”

Taken in Porto, Portugal during the TBU travel blogging conference.