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Each day, I kept a running list of all my thoughts, feelings, and what I was doing to help myself process and move through the haze.

I used to call myself a “late bloomer” but that’s actually not a title I really identify with. That label implies that we have all agreed to operate on the same schedule in life. I certainly made no such agreement.