ambitious women - by Nix 🕊 - starting from nix

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What have I noticed? Achieving the vision of ease is ironically arduous. It’s diligence and conscientiousness behind the scenes. Behind glamor is effort. I absorbed early that beauty and competence aren’t heaven-sent but goals to continuously chip away at. Many of us silently believe the promise that if you work hard enough, you could have it all. A well paid career with upward trajectory, loving partner, meticulously trained body, coveted home. I am piloting my own body, I am stewarding my own soul. That’s what it means to be an Independent Woman Who Knows What She Wants! But in between the literature and ashtanga yoga and weight training and meal prepping and work meetings, I kept scraping up against the simple idea: What does it mean to be ambitious? To me and not to anyone else. What does this mean professionally (becoming a deliberate and seasoned investor) and personally (an ambitious friend, partner, writer)? There are tradeoffs even if I pretend they don’t exist. We’re often tr

Cecily Brown - Darling I’ve spent a lot of time with intelligent and determined women. What have I noticed? Achieving the vision of ease is ironically arduous. It’s diligence and conscientiousness behind the scenes. Behind glamor is effort. I absorbed early that beauty and competence aren’t heaven-sent but goals to continuously chip away at. Many of us silently believe the promise that if you work hard enough, you could have it all. A well paid career with upward trajectory, loving partner, meticulously trained body, coveted home. I am piloting my own body, I am stewarding my own soul.…

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