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Embrace the Suck
People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to really go with it.

What’s Going On In There?
Getting inside a situation and finding out just how interesting it is.

Plan B
There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing.
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