Everyone is building startups and side hustles and I just want a quiet ordinary life
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A lot of people replay the same thoughts and still show up tomorrow.
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Sometimes the bravest thing is simply admitting how heavy it has been. You just did that. That counts for so much more than it feels like.
I needed to read this more than you know. Bookmarking it for my own hard nights. Thank you for trusting this space with something so real.
The version of you on the other side of this is going to be so grateful you kept going on the days it felt pointless. Please keep going.
I do not have advice, just solidarity. Sometimes being witnessed is the whole medicine. I see you and I am glad you are still here.
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