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one small thing - by Ava - bookbear express

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I’ve been traveling too much lately. Right now I’m pretty bad at maintaining my daily routine when I’m away from home—my sleep schedule gets messed up, I eat out and go to too many bars, I meet a flood of new people. When I travel I’m always reminded of how vast the world is, and I end up feeling like I’m not doing enough. Thoughts that go through my head: should I learn about the creator economy, since I’m apparently part of the creator economy? Should I learn about NFTs? I order 15 things from Chewy every week and buy DTC human-grade dog food, should I learn more about that? All my friends can talk in-depth about the serotonin 2A receptor—am I ignorant because I can’t give you an on-the-spot explanation of how tryptamines work? Self-help seems overplayed—should I analyze tech companies instead? I’m curious about the world, and sometimes there seems no end to what I could be doing, what I could be researching, what my attention could be focused on. When I’m overwhelmed by the range of

by Gerhard Richter I’ve been traveling too much lately. Right now I’m pretty bad at maintaining my daily routine when I’m away from home—my sleep schedule gets messed up, I eat out and go to too many bars, I meet a flood of new people. When I travel I’m always reminded of how vast the world is, and I end up feeling like I’m not doing enough. Thoughts that go through my head: should I learn about the creator economy, since I’m apparently part of the creator economy? Should I learn about NFTs? I order 15 things from Chewy every week and buy DTC human-grade dog food, should I learn more about…

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