I tend to avoid books by celebrity authors; they never seem to live up to the hype. But because I have a lot of respect for Arianna, and because becoming fearless, or at least getting closer to it, is one of the big things I’m working on right now, I decided to give this book a try.

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People always look at me funny when I mention ice skating and kickball. Then I get to bootcamp and their eyes start to take on that “she’s crazy!” look. Sometimes they take it in a positive way, other times they clearly think the divorce has affected my brain, but I always get some variation of “gee, that’s great… I wish I had the guts to do something like that”. By which they usually really mean “you wouldn’t catch me dead doing any of that”. So I thought it might be interesting to write about why I do the things I do. I’m not exactly sure myself, so maybe I can figure it out along the way…

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