Rachel
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I’m supposed to be taking risks, making changes, and if I don’t—if I simply wrap myself in the comfort of a timeline I already know—I’ll just end up where I was at the beginning, and I’ll have wasted my time. Worse: I’ll have wasted all of
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“Sure, sex is fun, but have you ever had a favorite contestant on Top Chef?”
― Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
― Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
“Tunde, life comes in seasons,” she told me. “Everything shifts and changes. I try to get the most out of the season that I’m in, because I know I’ll never get it back.”
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Showing up at a restaurant and hoping for the best is a young person’s game.”
― Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
― Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
“When I look back at the biggest shifts in my life, doubt was always there. Think about the times when there was a big shift in your life. I’m going to guess you felt the same. Uncertainty, I’ve come to learn, has to exist to give you room to shift. To make room for opportunity to walk in the door.”
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“I do so much shit I don't want anyone to see or know about. That I never want to have to explain to another human being. And I want to keep doing that.”
― We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
― We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
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