A One-Step Guide To Finding Yourself

Step One: Unhide Yourself

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I was painfully shy as a child. It was painful for me, anyway. I desperately wanted to come out of my shell, but that process would take years. Decades, in fact.

Flashback to seven-year-old Alla. Midway through math class, she desperately has to pee. The number of class minutes left, minus the size of her bladder, equals a very…