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My new post is about love, loneliness and the shame we can feel at this belief that somehow weβre doing love wrong β that we donβt βgetβ it, that we missed a memo somewhere along the line. Itβs about feeling as though you have βfailed at loveβ.
A reader told me this week that βYour politics are a bit too loud right now. Wish we could stay focused on shared faith.β
In case you need a response when people tell you to be quiet or stay in your lane (especially nice Christian folks), I thought Iβd share my response so you could tuck it in your back pocket.
βI'm glad the internet is vast and wide so that you can find other places to nurture you. It's crystal clear to me that right now is a time of widespread injustice that calls for people ofβ¦
I wonβt buy anything today, but that includes the bullshit the βfounderβ of the economic blackout is selling.
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Kanab always takes hold of our hearts. Now we are on to different places and different faces.
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Hard to overstate just how much I needed to hear this:
Excellent and informative article whether you learned on the blackout yesterday (like me) or when it was first announced.
And at the end, there are specific suggestions for what you can do so that this no-spend day actually makes a difference and more impactful places to give your money to create change than this one-man show.
(Coming up β¦
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Absolutely love this by β a brave and nuanced view of friendship in general and also specifically within the writing community. Iβll never forget when a very old friend of mine got in touch after disappearing for about 10 yearsβ¦ to ask if Iβd βskim an eye over their debut novelβ. Um, no? This piece aptly sums up the disappointment and wβ¦
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How convenient that we had a live scheduled with so we could talk about that disastrous meeting right away.
Reporting from the blackout that when I tried to take out cash to pair for my haircut (local business!), the atm gave me $200 all inβ¦five dollar bills. π
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This is an excellent guide with a couple of stellar resources for talking to kids about drug use. Everyone with a teen should read and bookmark it. Thanks for putting this together !
How to brainwash your mind in next 7 days:
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏWake up and don't look at your phone for 1 hour.
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏDrink 3 litres of water every day.
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏDo your most important task in the morning.
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏExercise at least 1 hour per day.
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏReplace social media with knowledge books.
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I feel physically sickened watching Trump and Vance bullying a true hero like that. This feels like a very bleak day. And I feel so much anger. The moral tenor of American leadership today is so very very bleak.
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It appears that yes, we are going to continue to ignore the trafficking of children. Both in the US and in Ukraine.
Be a failure.
Apply for the job and get rejected.
Build something and make 0 money.
Start writing online to share knowledge and watch people criticize your first moves.
Everyone else did it.
And you arenβt an exceptional case.
The bottom line:
Your portfolio of failures will compound to success over time.
So fail fast and learn from it.
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Grow from failure.
Love this mindset, Neo! π
These statements are great to say! For some they work, and for others, itβs the stars that have to line up inspite of oneβs best effort.
When you have several odd balls against, fight against many oddβs after training in all areas one can think of, and looking at the sky to see when these stars will come together, hmm!
please donβt give up, donβt compare with others (as some are lucky but may have failures elsewhere that you are not aware).
Keep on trying!!
Thank you so much for saying it. I really needed someone to tell this, unfortunately no one ever does!
This ,in my experience,works when u have already achieved some level of success.
The obstacle is the way!
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