How to Make the Most of Your 20s - Catherine Shannon
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Literally everything I would tell my former self
About a month ago, I became a mother. Words only prove their inadequacy when I attempt to describe the sacrifice, pain, joy, and transcendent beauty of this experience. Throughout my pregnancy, and especially now, as I enter into a new phase of life, I am simply overflowing with thoughts of what I would tell my younger self. What would I tell the 21-year-old, ponytailed undergrad, the 23-year-old homesick grad student living abroad, the 25-year-old who just broke up with her long-term boyfriend, the 26-year-old who moved to New York City to “follow her dreams” but also wanted to “see about…
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