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'How Do I Stop Sabotaging My Career?'

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Heather Havrilesky
Sep 21, 2022
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Cottonwoods (1953) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

Long time reader first time writer here.

I’m reaching out because I have a different kind of problem. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely had mommy issues, accepting breadcrumbs as love, and just general self loathing but I’ve spent basically all of quarantine diving deep with a therapist and am feeling happy…

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