⁂ the utter

⁂ the utter

cortisol schmortesol

legal poison

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Apr 27, 2026
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And yeah,

sometimes what one may take as inspiration, waking you up at 4.08, is nothing but a surfeit of survival energy. Can’t even call it discipline or a “good work ethic”. I might say I’m scared. I might say (that) stress, survival energy, trauma,

though I may not wish to feel them, are Real Fuels, and you can either let them eat you, or, look, you can route them into Wildwork. Sometimes they eat you anyway. So many are dying of the things they couldn’t say or tell,

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