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Unwritten Potential

Is it just me, or everything feels a little fucked?

Published 12 days ago • 1 min read

Is it just me, or everything feels a little fucked?

Is it just me or is everyone a little bit over... everything right now?

It’s like a constant dread in the background. A constant what the fuck is happening that doesn’t switch off.

You open your phone and there’s multiple wars, climate crisis, something unhinged someone said, and a grocery receipt that makes you want to lie down on the floor.

And then, at the same time, everything is also incredibly stupid.

Oracle just laid off 30,000 people via a 6am email signed by “Oracle Leadership.”

Not a person. A concept.

Someone raised $4 million to put an AI camera inside your toilet so it can photograph your poop and analyse your “gut intelligence.”

Oranges are up 75% at the supermarket but the wellness industry is selling a $900 mirror that uses AI to tell you how fast you’re ageing.

The world is on fire and also deeply, profoundly ridiculous.

Both at the same time. All the time.

And somehow you’re just supposed to keep going. Make dinner. Answer the email. Look after yourself. Be normal about all of it.

So I’ve been trying to figure out what actually helps.

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Unwritten Potential

by Noemie Mooney

⚡ Ex-corporate burnout turned Certified Health Coach. Every week I help 1500+ burned-out humans build sustainable habits using my MAKE SPACE Method™, a 7-step, subtraction-first framework for real, messy life. No toxic wellness. No hustle culture. No BS. ⚡️Let's goooo!

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