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Mike Wiser

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Maybe I didn't need contingency plans for how I'd support myself if I got rejected from every single grad school I applied to, given that I applied to over a dozen and was offered fellowships at most of them ... (My contingency was teaching test prep, while volunteering in a lab)

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Wendy Sparrow's avatar Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social
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I have made so many unnecessary contingencies for contingencies for contingencies. They were my security blanket and they have inhaled my energy and time. I'm better on meds, but anything that causes a surge in my OCD or shifts my meds' efficacy can plunge me back into hell.

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