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“In terms of instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.”
So says modern-day sage and tall child John Mulaney in his stand-up special New In Town. And while I have no experience with heroin, if it’s anything like the whole-body, bone-deep sense of release you get when you were going to have to go and do things and now you don’t have to go do anything … I’ll still take canceling plans. It’s cheaper.
Most of us say yes to too many things. As I write this I have one eye on the clock because I’m supposed to go to a tech talk, then meet someone for drinks, before going home to keep packing before I move house this weekend. I’d enjoy all of that (except the packing) but at this moment in time, I would enjoy not doing it more (especially the packing) — so I’m going to bail. Read more…
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