Death by 1,000 Cuts

How small, repeated disadvantages accumulate into major barriers over time

Related Issues: Systemic issues, privilege, compound effects

Example usage: "It's not one big obstacle—it's 1000 tiny ones adding up"

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🪞 Seeing the System

Honey, You're Just a Spring Chicken

No matter your age, letting go of past traumas or narratives frees up our future. To your future self, you are currently that young, "anything could happen" version of you. There is always possibility.

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💭 Reflection

Slow Productivity is Already Here

Among other things, sustainable productivity requires keeping a larger perspective about the role of work in our lives. It requires maintaining boundaries with your definitions (you are not your job) and your time (recharging is not a luxury).

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