I make the best and most out of everything that comes my way.

Covering someone's maternity leave for seven months is not a career plan. People come out of stretches like that knowing the ordering system, three suppliers by first name, and exactly how the place holds together — none of which they went looking for.

Most of what anyone knows was picked up in situations they did not choose and would not have chosen. Making the most of it is less a matter of enthusiasm than of paying attention while you are in there, and that is available even on the days you would rather be somewhere else entirely.