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I'm Stella Bugbee, editor-in-chief of the cut on Tuesdays on Thursday. I'm Stella Bugbee, editor and chief of the cut.

Tumble out of bed and a stumble to the kitchen for myself a cup of ambition and yawning stretch and try to come to life. This is how I get it done. The Cut series about ambitious women and the way they live.

How they deal with their inboxes, people's feelings, their grocery shopping, their morning routines.

It's part advice column, part love letter, part voyeurism. Getting by, it's all taking and no giving.

It's enough to find you crazy if you love it.

This week I spoke with fashion designer Cynthia Raleigh.

I've been wearing Cynthia's clothes since I was in high school.

They're whimsical and arty and I guess for a lack of better word spunky.

She's also designed home accessories, co-written books, and she makes the best

wet suit money can buy. Despite not having a background in business, Cynthia is also

a remarkably successful businesswoman.

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