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The friends you keep meaning to call, the places you used to see people, and how a guy ends up knowing a lot of people without feeling known by any of them.

Putting things off, keeping the peace, waiting until we're ready. The stuff we keep doing even after we've explained to somebody else why it's a bad idea.

Too old. Too late. Just being responsible. Some of these explanations hold up. Some get a lot less convincing when you say them out loud.

The bills are paid. You're doing what you're supposed to. And somehow you're still wondering if this is what you signed up for.

Changing careers, being useful, worrying about AI, and trying to answer "What do you do?" without giving somebody your whole identity.