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A follow up post in a way

Here is where I am at:

For about the last two weeks I feel like everything I have been writing is garbage, but that is really to be expected sometimes. I don't think I can expect one thing to be better than the last one all the time and what matters, anyway, is practice and building up a good habit.

Habit is a good transition because I feel like I am just now realizing how many bad or unproductive habits I have maintained for God knows how many years without being aware of them. In a sense, I try to fix everything at one. In other words that is just leaving out things that I don't feel so strongly about now out of my daily routine and see how that makes me feel.

Yesterday that maybe was a soul-crushing realization, however, today it is an electrifying mist of opportunity. I am remodelling my or rather refocusing my habits to become happier and more successful at the things I care about, including myself.

Lastly, I am considering removing my work from wattpad because I had a conversation about theft yesterday and now I am really scared about making somebody else's life a whole lot better without them actually working for it. Also, my credit card info was stolen from somebody and they tried to take away my money from an ATM in India, so it feels like a good time to make some decisions.

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