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1. If you Google “Radical Honesty” you’re directed to a bunch of different books, articles, and essays all about how the concept will absolutely transform your life.

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Give me something I can do something with

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Just five more minutes. Let’s just stay in this part.

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Someday none of this will matter.

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I just want to stretch the minutes so that I can exist, in this place, with no commitments or destinations, no expectations or places I must go.

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everyone is happy and there’s the exact right amount of groceries and you remember a recipe you saved online that would fit perfectly with the ingredients on hand.

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It’s a nostalgia, really – remembering things from the past and wanting to experience them all over again. And an irony – knowing that you can’t.

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Heresy. You must love pigeons.

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They post on Facebook photos of themselves in bikinis or tie-dye shirts, lying on the grass or drinking a beer by a tent, and they talk about how awesome the experience was in their feed.

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There is no reason to continue. Please quietly click away. (Note: I say to click because I would never expect you to walk away, it requires such an inordinate amount of energy. And really, where are you going to go? Walking is overrated. And judging by the way you have deteriorated since taking that desk job at that company, I worry about your heart.