Can One Wrong Turn Give You New Direction? - by kashvi
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The more you fuck around, the more you find out.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have strived to make no mistakes. In this pursuit, I made many awful mistakes. Failing exams, working for the wrong people, deprioritising my health, spending way too much time on things that don’t matter - there have been countless wrong turns. But each of these led to the most wonderful detours. I think I used to believe that if I made enough good decisions, I could engineer a life where nothing went terribly wrong. Study hard. Get into the right school. Find the right job. Work hard at said job. Ask for the right things at the right time. Date the…
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