I do this all the time. I don't want to sound like a prick, so I try to make it sound like life is more difficult than it is. - Adam J. Cheshier - Medium

As a result, I often feel I have to make it sound like I’m actually still “busy.”

At 38 I Finally Realized a Simpler Life Is More Fulfilling

Sam Dixon Brown

Adam J. Cheshier

May 11, 2021

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I do this all the time. I don't want to sound like a prick, so I try to make it sound like life is more difficult than it is.

Adam J. Cheshier

Written by Adam J. Cheshier

Documenting obscure pockets of the world across long-distance overland expeditions. Recently celebrated 7 years of nomadism. https://linktr.ee/adam.cheshier

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