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When obligation masquerades as generosity and creates resentment

I said yes to hosting Thanksgiving because I thought I should but I'm already dreading the month of preparation it will require.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A gift given from duty rather than joy serves no one well.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined calendar — whose time is it??”

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