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December 11, 2025

The Value of Saying No

Or, even better: I Don't Know!

In my natural state, I’m a people pleaser. I want people to like me, I want to live a calm and peaceful life, I want to avoid all drama like the plague.

I avoid conflict, I sugarcoat, I turn on my headphones, and I try to just… exist.

It’s really annoying that I’ll probably have CoStar tell me all of this too, because I want it to not be true. I want to be the truth telling, fire breathing, rageaholic that just allows situations to be shitty. But it’s not my natural state.

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