a very messy life

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Remember that time you talked shit about Jessica from high school?

Remember that time you talked shit about Jessica from high school?

What actually happens when you worry about “what people will say”

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Jamie Pei
Aug 13, 2024
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Remember that time you talked shit about Jessica from high school?
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Oh my god, what would people think if you did that?

What would ‘they’ say if they heard what you’d done?!

But aren’t you worried about what people would think?

No, seriously though, aren’t you?

So much of what we do and don’t do is slightly (or highly) influenced by what we’re afraid people are going to think or say about us if we do.

Don’t even try to deny …

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