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Let’s be honest about something right up front. Most of us could not try something 10,000 times. Ten, maybe. Twelve if there’s coffee. Somewhere around attempt fourteen, a lot of us are on the couch narrating our own downfall to the dog. And the dog is not taking notes. So when the famous Thomas Edison quote comes around, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work,” plenty of us nod along while
There is a kind of hard week that doesn’t look particularly hard from the outside. Nothing is on fire. Nobody would call it a crisis. You get up, you do the things, you answer what needs answering. Maybe someone you love is having a rough go and you’re the one checking in on them, and for the most part, you’re holding things together pretty well. And still, by Thursday, everything can start to feel heavier than
There’s a moment most of us know very well. Someone complains about the thing. The traffic. The group chat. The meeting that should have been an email. The person who took the last cup of coffee and left approximately three drops in the pot, because apparently that counts as “not empty.” Someone else joins in. Then another person has a story. And before you know it, we’re all standing knee-deep in a full-blown complaint fest. For