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𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚:⁠⠀
Lauren C. ⁠⠀
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𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚:⁠⠀
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𝙒𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚/𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜/𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩⁠⠀
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𝙎𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘?? 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙨! 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨?⁠⠀
I started the process in April at the encouragement of my family and friends. I was living in a one bedroom apartment, single, and the isolation in such a small space was getting really difficult. I originally felt extremely guilty and struggled with feeling that I was taking advantage of a market that was impacted by the pandemic. [MORE IN THE FULL INTERVIEW]⁠⠀
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𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥?⁠⠀
Yes. When the first house didn’t work out, I absolutely took this as a sign that I shouldn’t be doing this and maybe I should wait. Ultimately I decided to keep looking in the hope that having more space would be better for my emotional ability to isolate in place if that were needed again. Isolating in my small apartment was so difficult and claustrophobic so I hoped that I was preparing myself to isolate better if the pandemic got worse. Plus I knew having this distraction would help too. ⁠⠀
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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢) 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.⁠⠀
To those who have gotten sick, lost a job, lost a loved one, or have been otherwise impacted by this year, I am thinking of you. ❤️ ⁠⠀
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While we remain on our coronavirus/covid-19 pause, we'll spend the next few weeks getting to know players, local business owners, brand partners, and more! ⁠⠀⁠⠀
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𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲:⁠⠀
Lindsey⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆:⁠⠀
Volleyball⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵:⁠⠀
Volleyball & Football⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆:⁠⠀
Designing earrings⁠⠀
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𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺/𝗨𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻/𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂:⁠⠀
I’m double jointed in arms, legs, feet ⁠⠀
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𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱-𝟭𝟵 & 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.⁠⠀
Not playing volleyball is the hardest thing, and having to work from home. ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?⁠⠀
It’s going to be a while. Maybe winter. ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲?⁠⠀
Price reduction. While some leagues are too expensive for what you get out of it, I do play in other leagues that are much more reasonable. ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱?⁠⠀
Take the time to enjoy life⁠⠀
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@ Atlanta, Georgia

While we remain on our coronavirus/covid-19 pause, we'll spend the next few weeks getting to know players, local business owners, brand partners, and more! ⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Check out today's feature: ⁠⠀⁠⁠⠀
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𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲:⁠⠀
Xavier⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆:⁠⠀
Football⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵:⁠⠀
Football⁠⠀
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𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆:⁠⠀
Writing stories ⁠⠀
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𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺/𝗨𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻/𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂:⁠⠀
I like to play soccer⁠⠀
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𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱-𝟭𝟵 & 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.⁠⠀
Haven’t had much of social life outside of working ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?⁠⠀
As soon as possible ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲? 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲?⁠⠀
1. Trophies or metals given out instead of just shirts. ⁠⠀
2. Keep [team/player] stats ⁠⠀
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱?⁠⠀
Never stress anything you have no control over ⁠⠀
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@ Atlanta, Georgia