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The Worst Version of You Is Getting All the Practice

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Your Tired Self is who you are when it matters.

My friend was a lawyer for 10 years. Most of the time, she’s charming and easygoing. She’s the kind of friend you’d call if you needed help moving or to dish about your breakup. You would not know, chilling on the couch with her watching “Love on the Spectrum” on a Tuesday afternoon, that she can also argue like a pit-bull prosecutor billing by the minute. One time, she and her husband were visiting. Both were exhausted, trying to plan a vacation at 11pm, when the Sabrina Carpenter mid-show costume change happened. Stage lights go down, and suddenly we’re in a courtroom. The evidence for…

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