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Well, yesterday’s cake didn’t go exactly as planned. 

Apologies to the people who have been writing and asking for photos. The cranberry lime cake is currently half made. Layers have been baked and torted, because four layers are fancier than two. Lime curd has been made (oh so tangy!) and chilled. But the Italian buttercream curdled and, despite the recipe writer’s optimistic words, did not come back together.

Apparently, my ingredient temperatures may have been a little off and I corrected in the wrong direction? (Or I mistakenly offended an Italian kitchen fairy?) Either way, the result is the same. 

Downside: the cake is not yet complete.

Upside: I have something new to learn in the world of baking, and that’s always fun. Also, I have a good recipe for buttercreamcheese frosting that I know works.

Win win!

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“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

— Mary Tyler Moore

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“I get it. We all want easy. But that’s the devil talking, because the reality is that the ‘easy’ life is a mirage. People who choose easy end up living a much harder, less joyful life.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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For whatever reason, today has been filled with technical and other issues. I’ve spent the last few hours troubleshooting a number of different problems, but happily have found my way through most of them.  

The lesson? Even if you’ve tried everything, step back, reassess, and try again. You never know when conditions may have changed and that thing you tried half a dozen times will suddenly work. 

Hooray!

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This world belongs to you. You are here to lead, to blossom out in the open, to show your heart to strangers, to fail and fail and fail again — with grace, with humor, with dignity, with joy.

— Heather Havrilesky

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“If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.”

— Maya Angelou

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“Winning is fun… Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point.”

— Pat Summitt

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Getting stuck is part of the process. If you’re never stuck, you’re not doing anything thrilling, important, and/or daunting. Be patient, be kind, and rather than focus on where you’re stuck, do something to shift the stuckness.

— Michael Bungay Stanier

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If you’re stuck on a problem, don’t sit there and think about it; just start working on it. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head.

— Mark Manson

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“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! Today, I plan to celebrate the beauty of dreams, and the satisfaction of bringing those dreams to life.

“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

To learn more about Dr King, his impact, speeches like “I Have a Dream” and more, check out History’s site on Martin Luther King Jr.

I also appreciate this related quote:

“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”

— Anna Wintour

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Photo by Luke Richardson on Unsplash

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