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Another very nice article. I know I've said it before, but you have this great voice, and I always look forward to your latest. You probably would cry if I folded your laundry, though. I've had more than one person suggest, forcefully, that doing the washing was enough, just please please take it out of the dryer and leave it in a pile!

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Thank you so, so much, Jack 💛 That really does mean the world. (Look at you making someone’s day….how very in the spirit of the piece haha).

Oh. Oh I’m absolutely right with you there re: laundry. Pretty sure I’ve implored this very thing. To myself.

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You know it's intentional, but I never give a dishonest or insincere compliment.

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Love this list. So simple, so thoughtful, so helpful 😊🙏

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I'm so happy you think so! Crazy, just how much we overcomplicate and mis-compartmentalize these things!

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I loved this, thank you. This is one of my daily goals- to be kinder and more patient. Like any skill, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

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Exactly! Little rewirings and strengthenings are the way.

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Aug 7·edited Aug 7Liked by Amy Mrotek

Thanks for the article. So much to consider, and I know I'll be referring back to it in future - although I couldn't help laughing at the inclusion of that scene from Nights of Cabiria, which becomes very ironic with who that character reveals himself to be.

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Bad, Dan, BAD! Don’t you go calling out how that guy baits and switches against the whole point of this piece 😂

(Jk, jk of course)

Glad this all lands, truly.

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The fact that you just told me off like a dog and it made me smile just shows how creative you can be with making people feel good.

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