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// you should know what to do with that QR code up here, fella ┬┴┬┴┤ ͜ʖ ͡°) ├┬┴┬┴ //

"My book is finally out, wow!" this was the first thought that came to to mind mind that morning. It was supposed to be a tough week. I was about to leave for a short promo tour across Europe. Oslo, Berlin, Warsaw, Dublin and my hometown - London. I have a group of loyal followers in social media. I run a blog and Instagram account about mental health, sport psychology, motivation and self love. There is going to be at least 20 people on each meeting. I'm going to talk about my book and have a short speech about my growth. Of course my meetings are open for everyone so anyone can join them! And I'll make sure to talk with my fans or take a picture with each of them. I took my suitcase which was all packed and left for my train to Oslo. It's going to be a long travel. After that I'm flying to Berlin to continue my tour. Let's do it!

The few first days of the tour went fine. Oslo and Berlin were actually amazing. I had a great time meeting my followers and signing my book for them. Right now I am in Warsaw. I didn't know what to wear today. This meet-up will be the biggest one so far. I have many followers from Poland and I know that there are also some coming from Slovakia and Hungary! I'm very excited but also scared at the same time. I decided to go with this cosy yet elegant look.

I arrived at the venue

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I arrived at the venue. It was a big library in the centre of Warsaw. I walked on the small stage and saw over one hundred people. Wow, damn, that's a lot of people. I was really surprised and I had so many thoughts. Well, I need to do my thing and keep going.

After the speech I had some free time to talk with my audience, take pictures and so on.

"Hi, Agnette. I'm Nicole and I'm a big fan of yours. I've been following you for over a year and I'm so happy I had the chance to meet you!" I heard one girl saying. She was wearing sporty clothes with polish symbols on them. I suppose she's an athlete. But what is her sport? She seems so small and gentle. She's also not tall enough to be a runner or anything like this.

"Hi, Nicole. I really like your name, it's so easy to pronouce for me as an english speaker!" I said. Well, it was true. There were a lot of people with difficult names like Woodsya or Shimon. I couldn't remember more of them, not gonna lie. "Are you a professional athlete? Because your hoodie says so!" I decided to ask.

"Yeah, I'm a ski jumper. I'm not the best, but I do my thing and follow my dreams just like you! Your page has helped me a lot as an athlete!" Ha! I was right!

Nicole started telling me her story in the ski jumping world and I couldn't believe she's been training for such a short time! I couldn't spend more time with her, there were still many people waiting for a picture with me so I asked her to send me an email. She agreed and I promised to reply.

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