Mining the Gold

Mining the Gold

Observing Shoulds

Contemplations from 9.7 and 9.8

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Ashley Wynn
Sep 09, 2025
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There should be no “Shoulds.”

Only Me.

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Only I want.

Yesterday I was doing chores. All of them had Shoulds attached to them from the past. All of the tasks had their own silent monologues starting up: “You should be better…

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