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Submitted to Contest #45
I sat before my keyboard, paralyzed with indecision. The cursor blinked at the end of the word document of the brief my manager had just sent through.“Write about a negative experience you’ve had recently, how it impacted you, those around you, and what you did to resolve it.” The instructions were concise and clear, its goal achievable, but my mind remained stubbornly blank. I felt the familiar squeeze of anxiety in my stomach, and my breath quickened.“I need a cigarette,” I thought suddenly.I left my makeshift office and stepped outside to...
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