Here’s the Flipside of What Happened After I Stopped Making Excuses for Myself

There’s been a lot of good, but I want to be realistic—it’s never just the sunshine and daisies you see on social media.

Leigh Fisher
Nov 8 · 6 min read
Photo by KS KYUNG on Unsplash

In the process of pushing myself forward, I’ve accomplished some cool things. I lost over 30 pounds, wrote over 200 poems, wrote…

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Leigh Fisher

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Writer and poet from Neptune. No, not the farthest planet from the sun, but Neptune, New Jersey. I work in communications and instructional design in NYC.

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