At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing,…

David Sedaris
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At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself that if I failed, at least I took a few trees down with me. ✨ David Sedaris (2000). Me talk pretty one day
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At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself that if I failed, at least I took a few trees down with me. ✨ David Sedaris (2000). Me talk pretty one day

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