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Jun 2023
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Little Happier: A Jammed Zipper Teaches ...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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If I’m complaining about a problem and asking other people to help me solve it, I should ask myself: Have I, myself, actually taken the time and energy to focus on the problem, to try to solve it?

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