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Beth Lindop & Zahna Eklund

'I ditched fast-paced job for quiet life after finding love - I'm so much happier now'

A man who quit his high-flying job for a quiet life in a seaside town has said he's "so much happier now" after settling down with a woman he met online.

Richard Fergie helped to build the award-winning chain of American-style restaurants named Monterey Jack's, and despite being honoured with several accolades in his role - which saw him oversee more than 150 staff at 12 sites throughout Scotland - the man was left struggling as the pressure left him unable to sleep.

His life may have seemed "great" to people who knew Richard, from Stirling, at the time, but he insisted he could feel that he was "really lacking something" that was keeping him from being truly happy, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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