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Quotable: Why What ‘Almost’ Happened Is Irrelevant

by Mike Richard

Don’t almost take your trip of a lifetime. Don’t almost quit your job, or your relationship, or whatever’s holding you back to follow your dreams.

What almost happened is irrelevant. What actually did happen is everything.
- JJG

Mama always said: “Almost only counts in darts and hand grenades.” And Mama was always right.

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About the Author


Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.

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Debo Hobo
October 26th, 2007

Very true…

Eliza Amos
November 5th, 2007

Argh … just when I thought I could get away with maintaining a shred of normalcy in my life, I realize I must to surrender to that voice that’s telling me to let it all go.

Or is that like some kind of almost-midlife crisis!?! Hard to tell.





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