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‘I Keep Arguing with People in My Head!'

Instead of trying to care less, ask yourself why you care so much.

Heather Havrilesky
Sep 20, 2021
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Nature Forms - Gaspé (1932) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

I’m haunted by the ghosts of broken relationships with former employees and an ex business partner. My internal life is, in part, an endless ping pong volley between indignation and remorse.  It’s also a theatrical rehearsal wherein I workshop devastating last words in various absurdly implausibl…

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