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There are so many insightful, funny, and worthy quotes I want to pull out from here. Just when you think Substack has talked about most topics to death, you come across one that has hardly been touched; one that you are writing about so relatably and poignantly.

Btw, I see “trust-fall” and I’m immediately taken back to theatre school and doing those exercises, you know, THOSE exercises where we fall and blindly trust our classmates will catch us- the meaning of trust fall being the opposite of how the world understands that phrase and how you use it here.

Fantastic piece!!

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Aw thanks, Tonika. I used to love THOSE exercises. Maybe because I'm preternaturally optimistic...? It actually never dawned on me that I could hit the floor 😅. That's probably why it took me longer than my wary hubby to figure out what was going on in 2020...

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I have witnessed someone get dropped during one of those exercises. Not intentionally. But still. 😬

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Yeesh. That might've dampened my enthusiasm for them a bit 😜

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