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Doggone It People Lick Me
So far the most helpful nugget I have taken away from Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory is to wake up and acknowledge that someone might not like me today.
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I'm Back
I have attempted a new writing piece for this blog over forty times in the past ten months.
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