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Head Space

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I live inside my own head most of the time. As such, I talk to myself almost constantly, asking questions of myself, and plotting out how to behave given certain circumstances.

The morning trek from bedroom to home office provides the opportunity for plenty of “Welp, boys, here we go” kinds of talks, as you might expect. There was an era when the persistent thought was, “Time to face the music” These days, I’m not quite so terrified of what I might see in the morning, and it recent days, this has been delightfully the case.

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