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My Dragon As we all know many of us have a dragon; something that is holding us back. I myself have a dragon, I have lived with for years. This dragon is the fear of having zero confidence in myself. This dragon drags me down and holds be back from going on with my life. Three things I will be talking about is facing my dragon, and overcoming my dragon, and defeating my dragon. I have always been faced with this dragon; ever since I was younger. I remember I was never an outgoing person and really never believe in myself. As anyone could tell I was a very shy person and had zero confidence in myself, which I still do not but I am working on it. I have always questioned myself if I was ever going to face this dragon face to face and just

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