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Chase the flip flop! - by Hannah Kirkbride

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A lesson in vulnerability and going after what you want

At the start of this year, I went on a solo holiday. I’ve written a whole post about solo holidays and why I love them so much, it’s linked it below if you’re interested. One evening, after dinner, I went for a walk along the beach. The beachfront was busy with restaurants of people enjoying dinner whilst soaking up the sunset. The waves were big and breaking hard onto the sand. As I was walking, a powerful wave crashed onto the sand, rushed up the beach and swept a flip-flop right off my foot. My instant reaction was, “oh well, that’s gone forever now”, and I just carried on walking. I…

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