Dear Unlearners,
I took a mini break from publishing these past few days. The last 10 days have been a blur of government offices, bureaucratic paperwork, and those dreaded words: "Please come back tomorrow."
Like thousands of others, I got caught in the chaos of new e-government regulations. I went to bed at 3 AM only to wake up at 5 AM, hoping to be first in line when offices opened at 8. Sometimes it worked. Usually it didn't. On days when I wasn't editing or publishing, I was just catching up on sleep.
Between the sleep deprivation and frustration, I wrote 1-2 posts a day while waiting in lines. They're all sitting in my drafts folder, unfinished and unpublished. But I've learned that the best work often comes from having the courage to wait.
And you know what? That's perfectly fine.
The modern world worships speed like it's the only god worth believing in. We've turned urgency into a virtue and patience into a weakness. But watching hundreds of frustrated faces in government offices …
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