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Last week, I hopped on a call with Sarah, a talented architect who’d been running her firm for years. “I’m putting out fires constantly,” she told me, her voice carrying that familiar mix of exhaustion and frustration I hear so often. “I feel like I’m spread so thin, and honestly? I’m starting to wonder if […]
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Last week, I hopped on a call with Sarah, a talented architect who’d been running her firm for years. “I’m putting out fires constantly,” she told me, her voice carrying that familiar mix of exhaustion and frustration I hear so often. “I feel like I’m spread so thin, and honestly? I’m starting to wonder if […]
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