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club reticent

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making the most of feeling stuck

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Valerie
Jan 20, 2025
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“I’d like to stop feeling like a cog in the machine,” I pause, annoyed with the sound of my voice, realizing I sound more ungrateful than frustrated, “If that makes sense, of course.”1

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