Sep 5, 2022

A cure for dependency creep

It had been over 4 years since I last took some proper time off work, but the last 6 weeks have been great. I saw some amazing places, met some interesting people, spent time with some of my closest friends, ate some great food, and discovered some lovely alcohol (mezcal & pisco for the win!).

Now that I'm back, I have the rare opportunity to press the reset button on my routine. The old normal has been forced to figure out how to exist without my presence, and I get to redetermine where I reinsert myself into it.

Dependency creep is at an all time low.

Thank God for vacations.

Louis Pereira

Building. Writing. Thinking. Navigating the perils of abundance. Sometimes, unsuccessfully.

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