When the Money’s Just Too Damn Good

Be careful how you pay the bills

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

I’ve tried to seriously pursue writing a few times.

Every time, I’ve given up. Not in an explicit “I SURRENDER” moment of defeat, but through a subtle sliding away.

The kind of sliding where you wake up a year later and wonder “when did I make this decision?” Maybe you’ve experienced that, too. That moment when you realize the current of life carried you somewhere you never fully chose to go.

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