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How to Be Courageous

These ghosts don't want you to have any fun.

Heather Havrilesky
Apr 26, 2021
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Star Yard (1932-87) by Clarence Holbrook Carter

One of the central goals of this newsletter is to explore major obstacles to joy and how to overcome them. Having pushed through the Abusive Inner Boss phase, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to keep coming back to the same project with enthusiasm. The ability to keep working on new things (and to keep ma…

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