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I had high hopes for you, you know. Hopes that we could all do better and be better people. Hopes that better things would come to the people I love, and that greater things would come to people who truly needed it.

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Conquer your fear of failure. You will remain stuck until you do. Accept your fear is real, embrace it, and move forward in spite of it.

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Every December I fall prey to the New Year’s resolution devil, it tricks me by making it seem so fun and essential to having a better life (more organized, efficient, less depressive or more healthy, or beautiful—because I mechanically think that will fix everything).