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There will never be a “perfect time.” It simply does not exist.

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I don’t think there is such a thing as doing it wrong, only doing it better.

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Just when I thought I lost my spark. I got back up and started a whole damn fire.

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” My boyfriend asked me at the age of 27, and I could not find him an answer.

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Follow your heart and your passions. Never give up on your dreams. Be brave. Take chances. Meet new people. Travel.

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You don’t have to feel tied down by the idea of somebody else’s profession. You don’t need to feel scared that things won’t work out. You can literally just decide what you want to do…and do it.

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Motherhood changed my life, but it did not end it. I think we, as mothers, need to remind ourselves of this more often.

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2017 is the year that I accept, that even if I never have a New Year’s kiss again, I’ll have 365 days of creativity in the books that satisfied me better than anyone else could.