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How to Stop Letting Your Past Run Your Present

How to Stop Letting Your Past Run Your Present

Monday, February 23, 2026
You’re in the kitchen knocking out chores before the day gets away from you, when your roommate walks in, sees the way you’re doing it and says, “Hey, could you not do it like that?” That’s it. No fight. No accusation. And still, something in you snaps awake. Your chest tightens. Your brain starts writing…