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'I Have to Quit This Job Or I'll Lose My Mind!'

Life is too short to be miserable.

Heather Havrilesky
Oct 23, 2025
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Last Pleasure (1962), Jane Graverol

Dear Polly,

I’m writing to you from a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. My car is my safe place and I like to sit here in contained-ness and quiet and anonymity while cars drive past. I always wanted to own a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise. I think I could be happy doing that. I don’t have the money to do that, however. That’s okay.

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