Essential Reads

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What the start looks like

What the start looks like

The messiness of trying something new.

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Maria Hyde
Jul 12, 2023
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How many times have you avoided trying something new out of fear of being bad at it?

As someone who has been a perfectionist their whole life, I always shied away from doing anything I wasn’t good at. When I was a kid, I stayed away from all sports (didn’t even try), and I quit ballet, piano and drama because I was too embarrassed when I made mistakes. I…

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