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Can You Forgive Yourself?

Can You Forgive Yourself?

Even when you're doing your best, some days it's just a clown show.

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 18, 2025
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Avatar (1947), Dorothea Tanning

Yesterday morning, I ran the same letter I’d run a month ago, but with a different response. I had to rush out the door after posting, so I didn’t discover my mistake until the afternoon. At that point I was so disgusted with myself that I deleted the repeated column and then crumpled into a self-recriminating heap on my m…

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