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Friday Oct. 5, 2018

The morning after the night before.

Might have been a party, a project, a night on the town or pulling an all-nighter. We see things differently after. After we are done. After we’ve had that experience. After we’ve slept a while. After we realize how differently things might have been if only we’d done one or two things (or ten) differently.

If I hadn’t done that, I’d be more rested.

If I hadn’t done that, I’d have more time for __________.

If hadn’t done that, I’d have missed out on __________.

These exercises on mental gymnastics of woulda, coulda, shoulda – happens every day. Sometimes over what we did last night. Sometimes over the meeting we just finished, the call we just hung up from or the email we just sent …

I just hit send …

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The chuckle at the end regarding viagra. I was sipping a coffee reading your post. Hence coffee all over screen. Omg, to funny. Thanks for the laugh. Needed that today, MJ, Calgary, AB


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