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Text on a gray page, like a book excerpt: "Was it hard?" I ask. "Letting go?" I nodded. "Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real."

Letting Go Hurts Less Than Holding On

A quiet quote about letting go: it hurts less than clinging to something that was never real. A reflective, grown-up moment for Xennials on moving on.

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Text on a gray page, like a book excerpt: "Was it hard?" I ask. "Letting go?" I nodded. "Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real."

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