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Weekly Contest #261
I Am Grateful That I Am a Failure I am grateful that I am a failure. I’m writing this from my two-person kitchen table in a flat across the world from my family, jobless and without prospects. I failed out of a school programme that I dragged my wife and dog out here to pursue, where I need to retake a whole course before I can even receive the degree. Money is getting tight to the point that I wonder whether I should even pay the $5 to submit this. Yet, I am grateful that I am a failure. I always admired people who talked about their s...
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