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    I Entered 2000+ Competitions… But Did I Actually Win Anything?

    February 2, 2024 /

    Towards the end of 2022, it felt like everyone and their dog was winning thousands of amazing prizes through comping. From actual thousands in cold hard cash to holidays in the Maldives, these wins were all over my instagram feed and I thought “that’s gonna be me next year”. To the point that I made “enter 10,000 comps” a 2023 goal and added a picture of an over-water villa in the Maldives to my vision board. I was going to win a bunch of incredible prizes and then be the one posting on instagram about the cool wins. Well, that’s not exactly how it went. What is comping? Comping is…

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