I used to be a terrible hypochondriac when I was young and a great reader of medical dictionaries. One day I realised that I was not actually frightened of terminal illness but of not getting done the things I wanted to get done.
(My interpretation: remember that our various seemingly nonsensical personality tics can mask other, more addressable concerns.)
(Last month's started a little late, I thought I'd bring it back to its original schedule.)
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