The Remarkable Fools Letter

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The Remarkable Fools Letter
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When plans b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z don't work
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When plans b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z don't work

put it all back together with rubber chickens and duct tape.

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Jim Dalling
Dec 19, 2024
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What do you do

When everything you put all of your effort into comes out half baked and half assed?

What do you do

When everything you put time, energy and effort into comes out in a way that people think its cute or charming and comment that it looks like a kid did it?

What do you do when ever you attempt to fit into the world of polite society, you’re able to sustain things for a bit but ultimately they fall appart?

What do you do when you’re middle aged and face the fact that your entire career has been pretty much a bust?

This is the work of someone with late diagnosed ADHD whose struggled at every turn.

One?

At least it’s been interesting.

Delight in the fact that somehow you’ve been able to survive DESPITE the fact that you couldn’t organize a search party for a shopping bag.

Marvel at how lucky you’ve been! You live inside! You get to eat!

How strange!

But most of all?

Thank your family for loving you all this time.

Then?

See the success that you’ve had in being able to mend the things that…

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