Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 17, 2026
Mastering disappointment is more productive than villainizing it.
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I Believe… [Optimism is a Choice]
...that, at some point, you must choose whether or not to see your past as the glory days or see your future as the best days to come. That choice will determine how bitter or optimistic you become as you grow older.
There was no thunder, no glowing doorway, no mysterious wind blowing through the apartment, and no choir of angels politely alerting me that physics had submitted its resignation.
The deck simply felt heavier.