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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 30, 2026
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There Is Always a Before (opens the original)
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I Did Enough. I Think. (opens the original)
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The Things I Don’t Want to Optimize (opens the original)
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Merriam-Webster defines optimize as “to make as perfect, effective, or functional as possible.”When reading this definition, I stopped at two words:As possible.According to what?What is the standard of better?Because better can be so subjective. What is better for me might mean something completely different to someone else. We all have our own priorities and our own sense of what a better version of something should look like.But the more I stayed with this word, the more I started thinking abo
The Day I Met My Greatest Teacher (opens the original)
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