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How to Get Through These Hard Times
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How to Get Through These Hard Times

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Aug 08, 2025
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What the Fundamentalist?! is a reader-supported publication. The Happy Half is behind a privacy screen and included in a paid subscription.

The seven days after my last update to The Happy Half have been a lesson in perspective. Outlook is what one makes of their life situation, which is never as stark, flat, or one-dimensional as it may seem.

If you’re heavy-hearted and concerned, unsure of how to get through these hard times, don’t take life at first glance. Look closer.

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