Feelings & Co. by Nora McInerny

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suffering is not self-improvement
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suffering is not self-improvement

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13 years ago, I was a deeply insecure 27-year-old walking home from a very good job that I hated with every inch of my being. I was sobbing into the phone to my best friend Dave, who was at Home Depot with his wife.

“I’m lost,” I wept, “I’m exhausted. I don’t want this kind of life and I don’t know how to change it.”

In the background, I could hear his …

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