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Days 1,314 to 1,323 symbolized another milestone in this journey: my first international trip as a sober person. For comparison purposes, the last international trip I took was to Ireland, where we toured three different distilleries and visited the oldest pub. For this trip, we visited Croatia in celebration of turning 40. I intentionally ran. On vacation. In an organized event. Once you read the book, you will understand how monumental this moment was for me. This is me run

Yesterday, I decided to push back my release date - again. On a call with my editor, she said, "if the deadline is taking more focus than the actual work, then it's time to move the deadline." While that seemed to be a fairly direct and logical answer to the question, let me share a few more questions that we talked through. What are the personal constraints? She shared with me that while many authors would probably like to perform a second developmental edit, only about 10%

Where to start? After I had a draft of the memoir, I thought I was well on my way to being ready to publish. That was the furthest thing from the truth. So far, writing the first draft has been the easiest part of the process. I knew a few things either from research or from talking to other writing communities: I knew I needed to research and decide on a publishing platform, to put the draft through beta readers, and that I would need to put it through editing. I also knew a