It comes in phases. Each phase fulfills a different purpose and is timed precisely to meet my needs for any important event. Early stages often coincide with interviews, presentations or other formal events. They allow for the essence of professionalism and formality to take precedence. Later stages aid my pondering while caught in a moment of existential angst or render me impervious to a bitter gust of wind while out for an early-morning jog in the last week of November....

College is really hard...

I thought living in the city...

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Hard-working, motivated,...

I should have sent...