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17. Crumpled Dress Energy
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17. Crumpled Dress Energy

My first professional interview, and the fine art of falling apart.

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Kate Speer
Aug 18, 2023
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As I walked up the stairs to my interview with Bob Drake’s colleague that day, I felt my anxiety pulsing within me. I was no stranger to this feeling, of course. Anxiety first appeared in my life decades earlier and had been near me constantly ever since. But my anxiety was not formally diagnosed, even then, so as my legs turned to jelly and the onset o…

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