“Don’t care what other people think.” That’s the advice we hear every time we’re rejected, excluded, or criticized: “Just stop caring.” Yeah, good luck with that. That’s like saying, “Just stop being human.” Because if you’re human, it’s natural to care about what people think. That’s not a bug in the system. It is the […]
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A few years ago, I had a dream that has stayed with me. I parked my car in a perfectly normal spot. But when I came back after running errands, another car had blocked me in completely. My first reaction? Blame. “You should’ve parked somewhere else,” my inner critic snapped, working overtime even in dream-land. […]
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If I could sum this year up in one word, it’d be impermanence. More than ever, I’ve begun to feel how temporary everything is. It sounds morbid, but it’s had the opposite effect: I’ve never felt more alive. I look at my dogs and hear the clock ticking louder than it used to. Their lives […]
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