That version of me was anxious, socially awkward, and dealing with lots of personal baggage. I was also trying not to think about what came after college, because the prospect of finding a job in journalism just a couple years after a massive recession was terrifying.
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Here's one of the most recent photos of me. Technically, it's terrible — blurry, poorly lit. But I love it. My husband and I were on the Ferris wheel in Las Vegas at the end of a really fun road trip. The version of me in this picture was genuinely happy.pic.twitter.com/tK0alWbQLT
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I'm still anxious (sometimes) and socially awkward (often). But I'm also a political reporter for the New York Times, living in NYC with a cat whose photo I'm OBVIOUSLY posting, married to a guy I met 6 months after that first photo, who loves me in all my anxiety & awkwardness.pic.twitter.com/MEkjEhQfMP
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In between, I went to the Netherlands to interview voters, wrote a thesis on the PVV, graduated college, spent 5 years as a copy editor at NYT, went to 16 states and 5 countries, saw the Spice Girls live, spoke at my high school, and focused on my mental health when I needed to.
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This has not been an easy decade, and 2019 hasn't been an easy year. I'm not sorry to say goodbye to either of them. There are new fears and new uncertainty. But I know I'm coming out stronger than I came in, and I'm grateful for that.
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