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    The Mirror

    Why Does Work Reward the Performance of Performance?

    August 15, 2026 /

    The cover becomes part of the assessment. Eventually, it can become difficult to tell whether someone is being recognised for what they did or for how convincingly they made it look important.

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    What Losing Friends Taught Me About Friendship

    June 8, 2026
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    Why Do Adult Friendships End Without a Breakup?

    May 22, 2026
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    The Hearth

    Passed Over for Promotion: The Silent Frustration of Being an Overlooked Employee

    April 27, 2026 /

    Does my silence make them see me as just an "insignificant staff" member? When there are only a handful of spots on that promotion list, maybe they just give them to the names and faces they actually chat with...

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    The Older I Get, the More Underachieved I Feel – What That Really Means

    March 5, 2026

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    The Thirty-Minute Buffer: How Email Scheduling Helped Me Reclaim My Peace

    March 9, 2026
  • The Mirror

    Why Being Kind Doesn’t Make Life Easier (And Why It’s Still Worth It)

    March 20, 2026 /

    We like to imagine integrity as something noble and rewarding. In reality, it often feels socially inconvenient. Especially in workplaces. People stopped giving quiet warnings before work problems escalated...

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    When Was the Last Time You Were Truly Happy? Rethinking Happiness in Adulthood

    February 24, 2026

    Time Feels Faster as We Age? Why Our Brains Start Losing Track of the Years

    April 6, 2026
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    What Losing Friends Taught Me About Friendship

    June 8, 2026
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    The Hearth

    The Thirty-Minute Buffer: How Email Scheduling Helped Me Reclaim My Peace

    March 9, 2026 /

    If I schedule a reply for tomorrow and nobody follows up, it quietly reveals something: the task was never urgent in the first place. Workplace urgency is often theatre. Scheduling emails is simply drawing boundaries...

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    Some Friendships End the Moment Fake Peace Surfaces

    May 20, 2026
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