My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

Winspear’s remark frames travel not as a luxury but as a desire strong enough to shape practical choices. By turning an unaffordable aspiration into employment, she highlights a resourceful, self-directed approach to opportunity: if you can’t pay for access, find a role that grants it. The tone—matter-of-fact and cheerful—also normalizes non-linear beginnings, suggesting that early jobs can be exploratory and formative rather than perfectly aligned with a later vocation. Implicitly, the quote values curiosity and lived experience; the “great fun” underscores that work can be a vehicle for widening one’s world, building confidence, and gathering the kinds of observations that often feed a writer’s imagination.