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A simple plan for living - by Yew Jin Lim - What YJ Thinks

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Five ideas that aren't complicated but aren't easy either

About Life A simple plan for living Five ideas that aren't complicated but aren't easy either Yew Jin Lim Feb 06, 2026 70 4 9 Share The hardest part of most things isn’t the work. It’s the story I tell myself about the work. That’s the pattern I keep noticing across work, rest, and everything in between. Most of our dissatisfaction comes from fighting our own limitations instead of working with them. We fight what we have, how much we can do, how hard it feels, and how uncertain it all is. And the fighting is what exhausts us, not the living. I’ve been circling this theme for a while. Not new

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