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Laetitia Mugerwa: At What Point Do We Start Living for Ourselves?

There is a unique kind of exhaustion that adults experience, one that no amount of sleep can remedy. You wake up, check your phone, and before you've even gotten out of bed, life has already hit you with an invoice.

Laetitia Mugerwa: At What Point Do We Start Living for Ourselves?

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There is a unique kind of exhaustion that adults experience, one that no amount of sleep can remedy.

You wake up, check your phone, and before you've even gotten out of bed, life has already hit you with an invoice.

Welcome to adulthood: work hard, pay bills, take care of everyone, and just keep going.

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There is a unique kind of exhaustion that adults experience, one that no amount of sleep can remedy. You wake up, check your phone, and before you've even gotten out of bed, life has already hit you with an invoice. Welcome to adulthood: work hard, pay bills, take care of everyone, and just keep going.

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