The Bet
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Last published Thu, Jul 15, 2021
After so years of chasing her dreams she decided to stop... being perfectionist, to stop be the best in everything many she was doing... Jo decided to put her big dreams aside, just for a little while and live life to the fullest, and first of all - forget about perfection. After all nobody is perfect and nothing is perfect in that world.
Jo needed a real reset far from home, work, daily life and routine. She took a few days off and decided to visit friends, most of who, she didn't see for years. That was the beginning of her trouble...
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