These Are The Days For Tragic Optimism.

Viktor Frankl, finding meaning, getting through.

Mindy Stern
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readAug 17, 2023

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Photo of me by my half-sister.

I’m sitting on my bed, still groggy, under-rested, over-caffeinated; legs outstretched on crumpled white sheets and a grey blanket sprinkled with dog hair and gluten free pretzel crumbs. I want to be one of those people who never eats in bed, irons their sheets (has them ironed by someone else!) but I’m not, never…

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