We call it strength.
But it doesn’t land the same on everyone.
Some people are allowed to break.
Others are expected to carry on.
This piece follows that difference, and what it reveals about care, power, and who gets to be human in public.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/the-world-runs-on-other-peoples-strength?r=6l8ed8
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This is worth a read: AI filling the function of "wife". It goes in several interesting directions that I can't comment on because I haven't used and compared the various LLMs. Thought-provoking.
https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called
‘I Am Begging You to Listen’ A Nurse Exposes Systemic Healthcare Failure
This response amplifies a nurse’s plea for change as healthcare workers face trauma, abuse, and systemic neglect across America.
#careEconomy #EconomicJustice #emotionalLabor #healthcareCrisis #healthcareReform #hospitalStaffing #IndependentMedia #nurseBurnout #nursingShortage #profitDrivenHealthcare #publicPolicy #workplaceViolence https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oJO
The Myth of the Real Grown-Up
What responsibility did you assume would magically disappear by now? Here’s the thing nobody warned us about. The responsibility I assumed would magically disappear by now is being the adult in the room. I thought that was a temporary assignment. A shift you clock out of. A prank played on you in your 20s that eventually gets revealed with a laugh track. Nope. It stuck. I assumed that by now there’d be someone else. Someone with more authority, better handwriting, and a binder. Some […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/11/the-myth-of-the-real-grown-up/
Happiness Doesn’t Come From Trying Harder
What’s something you thought would make you happy but didn’t? I really believed the first marriage would make me happy. Not in a fairytale way. In a shut-the-noise-off way. I thought if I locked in the job, the ring, the shared calendar, the adult furniture, my brain would finally stop pacing the room at 3 a.m. Like happiness was a receipt you get for following instructions. Wrong. My ex-wife didn’t make me happy. That’s not an insult. It’s a fact. We were two people forcing a […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/29/happiness-doesnt-come-from-trying-harder/
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