The Power of Words
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Ashala is my name and nothing particularly my game. Being the eldest of my twin brother and sister with my mom and dad, I had the typical life of a middle-class American. Not really a compelling beginning is it? At least I didn't think so.
Which is why, in a spontaneous moment of teenage emotion, I decided I had not been born to just pay bills and die. I would not fill my days with pointless palaver about politics everyone complained about but never did anything to change, or gossip around celebrities' scandalous love lives. I wanted to be a quaintrelle (n. A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.).
I was given a piece of advice that I never have forgotten; Don't stop working until you no longer have to introduce yourself.
And that's the game plan.
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