Quick update on myself before I write the actually blog post: Hi, everyone! I’m not dead yet. I’m gearing myself up to resume writing. I am working on a big writing project. I am praying this one continues its current trajectory. I am keeping the podcast on hold for now. I do have some thoughts on it for the future. In the meantime, while I wax and wane on the amount of pushing I do to myself, I want to write up a post about use of the word “no.” Yes, I have already writt

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