Not for lack of achievements. For twenty years of hearing a version of yourself that doesn’t fit.

A trait with only costs wouldn’t have survived. The missing half explains why it is still here.

The first thing you feel afterwards isn’t sadness, it’s shame. Crying easily doesn’t indicate weakness, it indicates intensity.

By the time you have the answer ordered, the subject has moved on twice. The problem isn’t the pace, it’s the silence.

The cost isn’t the delay. It’s the half hour beforehand, running scenarios.

You walk out of the supermarket and need to sit in the car for five minutes. You did nothing physical. You bought milk.