Nine writers recount their search — and what they found
Winning approval is addictive and heady; it becomes an endless cycle. You need to continue exceeding expectations at every test and production. There’s always one more person to impress, one more mountain to climb.
I still remember overhearing a conversation my mother had with a neighbor before a relative’s wedding. “Yes, my daughter is extremely talented, but if only she’d lose five pounds before the wedding,” she said.
I was young. Too young to lose five pounds on my own the healthy way. But everyone was so confident in my abilities; I couldn’t let them down. So what if my plan for losing weight involved sticking a finger down my throat?
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