{"id":4743,"date":"2025-08-18T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:49:19","slug":"travel-and-routin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/travel-and-routin\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling is taking a vacation from oneself"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4743\" class=\"elementor elementor-4743\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f78a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04f78a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68427d4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68427d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><i>Photo: Stefania Lucchetti o <em>n the Charles Bridge over the Vitava River, Prague<\/em><\/i><\/h6>\n<p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.substack.com\/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Read in Italian\/Leggi in italiano&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.substack.com\/\">Read this essay in Italian\/Leggi questo articolo in italiano<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.substack.com\/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Read in Italian\/Leggi in italiano&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\">Sign up through the form to read my blog on the substack app or receive it by 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de7bb4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de7bb4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header-anchor-post\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1749 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC02946_2.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset pubTheme-yiXxQA\">\n<div id=\"\u00a7love-and-chaos-and-a-room-of-ones-own\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset header-anchor offset-top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/prodotto\/coffee-stains-on-my-books\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Coffee Stains On My Books<\/a> :\u00a0<\/strong>a profound journey of introspection through the imperfections of life.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf3ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faf3ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header-anchor-post\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4310 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-768x961.png 768w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-1228x1536.png 1228w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-1637x2048.png 1637w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges-600x751.png 600w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poetry-is-cyberpunk-english-kindle-cover-soft-edges.png 1985w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/em><\/h1>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset pubTheme-yiXxQA\">\n<div id=\"\u00a7love-and-chaos-and-a-room-of-ones-own\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset header-anchor offset-top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/prodotto\/poetry-is-cyberpunk\/\">Poetry is cyberpunk<\/a>: <\/strong>the new collection which reinvents poetry for the 21st century.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6ccb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b6ccb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header-anchor-post\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4622 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Afternoons-cover-7-2025-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"106\" \/><\/em><\/h1>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset pubTheme-yiXxQA\">\n<div id=\"\u00a7love-and-chaos-and-a-room-of-ones-own\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset header-anchor offset-top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/prodotto\/afternoons-of-suspended-love\/\">Afternoons of Suspended Love (English edition)<\/a> <\/strong>: marital love narrated with a warm and sensual voice.<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9287a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9287a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This summer, for reasons of economy, logistics, and simple weariness, we had at first decided to stay in our beach house and not travel. My husband, who is away every week on work travels, wished to rest in one place. I, on the other hand, too bound to home between children and work, felt an urgent need for change.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, the same discussion comes up every summer: I, worn down by remaining in one place and by the long school holidays, months spent caring for my three children, charming but intense, and he, exhausted by constant movement.<\/p>\n<p>The compromise was a relatively short trip within Europe, to Prague. The drive became our opportunity to exchange our thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4751 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov-600x506.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/prachov.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Hiking in Prachov Rocks,Czech Republic<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8230e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8230e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"header-anchor-post\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Although my husband loves to travel, he confided that the endless succession of hotels feels to him like an existential cry. Wherever he goes, the rooms all look the same. Hotel receptions, the ultimate \u201cnon-places,\u201d merge into an indistinct cultural m\u00e9lange where every specificity is erased. What strikes him most, and disturbs him, are the green shampoo and shower gel dispensers, always identical. With his philosophical temperament, he sees in this a double truth: on the one hand, a lucid metaphor for human existence, repetitive and unchanging; on the other, a symbol of the depersonalizing acceleration of our society.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset pubTheme-yiXxQA\">\n<p>On the other hand, I always travel with great enthusiasm at the moment. For me, travel is tension and discovery. A simple change of scene, even dinner somewhere new, not necessarily exceptional but different, brings a rush of mental freshness. It is a chance to step away from routines, even the most virtuous and healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>I love being carried away, for a set time, by constant movement, which frees me not only from the need but also from the possibility of doing what I always do. Traveling with three children disrupts my routines. The day turns chaotic, and I cannot complete tasks that in my restless working mind I decided need to be done even during travel. While this inevitably frustrates me, deep inside it is what I strive to accept as I believe that in order to change one must accept becoming messy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3a768 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce3a768\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46f200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46f200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4749 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2160-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: the perfectly symmetrical structure of the historical ceiling of the National Museum in Prague<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our daily routines, which are necessary to be functional and productive, are\u00a0<strong>safe, clean, and productive, but travel breaks the daily loop and forces us to see ourselves with new eyes.<\/strong>\u00a0Rather than being a holiday to find oneself, for me\u00a0<strong>travel<\/strong>, no matter how tiring,\u00a0<strong>is a holiday from oneself<\/strong>. From our routines, whether functional or dysfunctional, virtuous or chaotic, it does not matter: they are always the pre-recorded video of our life, a mirror that reflects the same image. Stepping outside ourselves forces us to reconsider both them and ourselves. It obliges us to\u00a0<strong>waste time<\/strong>, as one might get lost in an unfamiliar city, or linger over breakfast in a garden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the words of philosopher <strong>Alan Watts<\/strong> (The Wisdom of Insecurity, 1951): \u201c<em><strong>We must repeat: memory, thought, language and logic are essential to human life. But a person, a society, which is only half sane is insane<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the same way, spending more time together, even with older children who, when we are at home, are often occupied with friends and sports, makes me think about arguments. Remaining in the same relational patterns, even when they work, is tidy and ordered, but it keeps us on the surface. We hold back from saying certain things for fear of disturbing the balance. Arguing, instead, is like traveling: it inevitably changes you, makes you messy, and forces you to go deeper.<\/p>\n<p>And if you are looking to see a romantic twist in a good argument, the poem\u00a0<em><strong>All the Dirt<\/strong><\/em>, in the collection\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/prodotto\/afternoons-of-suspended-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Afternoons of Suspended Love<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, speaks precisely of this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d871e7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d871e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Afternoons-Suspended-Love-English-language-contemporary\/dp\/B0F1K18M4B\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4622 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Afternoons-cover-7-2025-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/>Afternoons of Suspended Love (English edition) <\/strong><\/a>: marital love narrated with a warm and sensual voice<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca03218 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca03218\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdac0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7cdac0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Afternoons-Suspended-Love-English-language-contemporary\/dp\/B0F1K18M4B\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Afternoons-cover-7-2025.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5591c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5591c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/who-i-am\/\"><strong>Stefania Lucchetti<\/strong><\/a> is a CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POET. She is bilingual (Italian-English) and writes in both languages, curating her own translations.<\/p><p>Her bibliographical profile is listed in the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italian-poetry.org\/stefania-lucchetti\/\">Italian Poetry Org<\/a>. Stefania Lucchetti&#8217;s books have been tagged as \u201cthe message of the times\u201d and regularly defined as \u201clife changing\u201d by readers. Born in 1975 in Verona, Italy, she saw her first poetry published at 13 while living in the US with her family, marking the beginning of a long journey as wordsmith. In adulthood, Stefania pursued a remarkable career in international law, traversing through Milan, London and Hong Kong as a respected international commercial lawyer. While during her professional years she authored business books and essays, she is now back to her first love: poetry.<\/p><p>Lucchetti is author of the poetry collections: La poesia \u00e8 cyberpunk (Albatros, 2025) &#8211; bilingual, Pomeriggi di amore sospeso (Albatros, 2025) &#8211; bilingual, Macchie di caff\u00e8 sui miei libri (Albatros, 2024) &#8211; bilingual.<\/p><p>She also published: Women Breaking Though Leadership (Hong Kong, 2012); The Principle of Relevance &#8211; The Essential Strategy to Navigate Through the Information Age (Hong Kong, 2010); Ideas in Reality (Hong Kong, 2011); Dinamiche relazionali e decisionali dei gruppi di lavoro virtuali (Milano, 2024).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ef32f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19ef32f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105da9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"105da9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_1523-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8ac71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f8ac71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6094ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6094ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Stefania Lucchetti o n the Charles Bridge over the Vitava River, Prague Read this essay in Italian\/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up through the form to read my blog on the substack app or receive it by email. Coffee Stains On My Books :\u00a0a profound journey of introspection through the imperfections of life. 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