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you have all these rules, and you think they'll save you

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monospace passages taken from undoing the pain. sorry this is a very fragmented and sprawling post! i have too many drafts i want to finish before the end of the year all the ways in which you are not free, all your fears, all your anxieties, all your guilts, all your shames - these are also part of you. they cannot be separated from you. in seeking to free yourself, you will inevitably change yourself. your way of thinking, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and dreams, your way of being “you”, your “raison d’etre” - all of these things may change even without you intending them to. holding onto them too hard will keep you from being free. be wary of this thought: “i want to become more free so that i can better achieve my concrete goals.” goals are often just the chains we have bound ourselves with as we wonder why it’s become so hard to move. you may find new things to love altogether. are you prepared for this? do you value freedom, joy, and love more than anything in your entire

you have all these rules, and you think they'll save you vincent huang Dec 20, 2025 65 12 8 Share monospace passages taken from undoing the pain . sorry this is a very fragmented and sprawling post! i have too many drafts i want to finish before the end of the year all the ways in which you are not free, all your fears, all your anxieties, all your guilts, all your shames - these are also part of you. they cannot be separated from you. in seeking to free yourself, you will inevitably change yourself. your way of thinking, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and dreams, your way of being “you”,

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