Alea O'Shea

I preach this to everyone is if you feel passionate about something, you need to try it.

Like you actually would rather try and fail than run out of time and regret.

Like that is just my biggest thing.

It sounds crazy, but when I got my diagnosis, I was like,

At first, I was like, you know what?

I've had a pretty good 24 years.

Like, I was like, I'm so glad I did everything I wanted to.

Like, I still have big goals that I'm, like, wanting to achieve.

But I was like, I've lived overseas.

I've told every person I've had a crush on that I have a crush on them.

I'm like, I've, like, I've taken the risks and all that stuff.

And I was like, I'm pretty glad that I'm not standing here going, like, I wish I did that.

I wish I did that.

I wish I did that.

So I think...

just go for it.

And again, take a messy first step.

Don't wait for perfection.

Don't wait for being ready.

And I want to say like, if you have the means to, and obviously that's a thing, but also I don't want to give people an out to wait longer because I've been like that.