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Everything I Loved in Spring

Mari Andrew · 18 May 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Growth is nonlinear and full of contradictions.

    Their wordsSpring in all her manic pixie unpredictability and dreamgirl flakiness models for us that growth is nonlinear and full of contradictions.

  2. Our reading

    Every act of desire involves giving something up, though it rarely feels like sacrifice when you're happy with what you chose.

    Mental modelTrade-offs

    Their wordsEvery act of desire involves giving something up, and we don't usually call it sacrifice because we're too busy being delighted by what we picked!

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