Today’s official excuse
- Action avoided
- Reply to the message
- Excuse filed
- “I need the right mood.”
- Diagnosis
- Waiting for a mood that has stopped taking your calls.
- Tiny next step
- Open the thread. Write one sentence.
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Catch it before it gets promoted to a personality trait.