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Why Expectations Are Such Little Bitches

And how to beat those bitches at their own game

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Theodora Blanchfield
Mar 11, 2025
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I don’t know why I have such a headache right now, I keep telling myself.

Also me: counting down the seconds until my migraine Botox two days from now. tomorrow.1

I’ve been getting Botox for migraines for years now, and it has ALWAYS followed the same pattern: works amazingly for eight weeks, works so-so for two weeks, and then not at all. And for me, I ve…

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