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Don't Aim For Resilience

Back To Baseline Isn't A Worthwhile Target

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Steve Bechtel
Aug 29, 2025
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I hate the term “resilience.” Resilient is defined as “able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.” Getting back to baseline? Fuck that. I don’t want to ever get back to baseline. I want every hardship to make me better. In fact, understanding that hardships are what do make us better, perhaps we should even want more of them?

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