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How to Love Your Unsexy Life

Step 1: Berate yourself for not being the best

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Valerie
Feb 27, 2024
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In the past few weeks alone, I’ve become a productive beast. I wrote 30,000 words towards my novel, ran a half-marathon, and completely made amends with my parents, all while working a full-time job and scrolling 3 hours a day on Reddit. You can be this badass too, as long as you read this paid post!

Wait what, you don’t believe me? Well, you should have more trust in all the strangers you encounter on the internet, especially me. And you should think way bigger too, that’s what winners do. Shame on you for having a failure mindset!

Okay fine, I’ll tell you the truth. None of this is real. I still have an inner couch potato who dictates much of my existence. In any given moment, I can think of a billion things I’d rather be doing than things that are good for the soul, and I have no secrets to offer about living a perfect influencer life, but guess what? I’ve still been really happy and shame-free living an unsexy, occasionally lazy life. Now that I can tell you about.

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