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In defence of failure

Why failing is good for your mental health

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Stefan de Villiers
Jun 12, 2022
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One thing I learned working a corporate 9-5 job is that it wasn’t a 9-5 job. For me, that supposedly 9-5 job was taking up a lot of mental real estate it had no right to. Working a 9-5 job usually means working 8-6 or longer, catching up on emails on the weekend because you run out of time during the week, and using your off time ruminating about all th…

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