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Karen Nimmo

May 9

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Stop Trying to Make the Most of Your Life. Enjoy It Instead.

“Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

Sigh. It’s exhausting having to live your best life.

Striving to fulfil your potential. Having to become your finest Future Self. Having to make…

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