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Jul 2022
42m 52s

The dangers of future-tripping

KATY BELLOTTE
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Cheers to the present! We will never be able to tell the future, so why spend the energy worrying about it? In this episode of Thick & Thin, my goal is to stop wasting my time trying to control the narrative, but sometimes the anticipatory anxiety and endless what-ifs win. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte / Sources: https://victoriaalbina.com ... Show More
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