integration - by vincent huang - a slice of my mind

seeing the forest for the trees

And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. i’ve been quite happy for the past six weeks and i don’t really understand why. i recall being vaguely miserable throughout most of 2025 (and most of 2024, and most of 2023, and…) but i cannot for the life of me figure out what caused the misery to stop. for the most part i’m the same person i’ve always been. maybe the only…

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