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Against Complaining

Let yourself feel, but don’t stop there.

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Nov 03, 2025
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You’re allowed to feel tired. To feel disappointed that things didn’t turn out the way you hoped. Sometimes life just wears you down- the endless work, the misunderstandings in love, the small injustices that no one else seems to notice. You want things to flow, to be easier, to be fair. You want people to act right, opportunities to come when they should, and effort to be enough. But often, it isn’t. And when that gap opens between how things are and…


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