Nobody Announces the Things You've Stopped Doing

Kathryn Dunn

Published on: 20/09/2026

There was no last time, or there was and it didn't feel like one. Every no you gave had a good reason behind it, which is why you've never gone back to count.

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Two Conversations and Then You Can Leave

Kathryn Dunn

Published on: 13/09/2026

Decide the number before you go. Two proper conversations, and then you can leave. What empties you out at a networking morning is not knowing when it ends.

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It's Okay To Be Careful

Kathryn Dunn

Published on: 09/08/2026

Somebody said it about you recently, kindly, over lunch. Oh, she will not, she is careful. You smiled and agreed, and something very small went past you at the same moment.

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