Perfectly Cromulent

Perfectly Cromulent

Next month won't be as busy...

and other magical thinking

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Leslie Kern
Jul 14, 2025
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How often do we find ourselves saying something like:

  • I’ll have more time in a few weeks…

  • Things at work will calm down next month…

  • I’ll do that in the summer when things slow down…

And how often, exactly, does that calm, slow, extra time arrive? That’s what I thought.

It strikes me that we all engage in this kind of magic…

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