That the idea of a constant Barbie-box description "self" is a fiction. Failure to discover "who I really am" wasn't proof that I was faulty, just the normal human experience before cultural and social conditioning.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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To put everything into a calendar app, so that I don't forget even basic stuff
(doesn't mean that I still don't)
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