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I call it “sweeping back the desert.”

The sand blows in endlessly. You don’t aim for a pristine, sandless land. But you can’t ignore it or it takes over.

I’ll just pick up a few things and ferry them towards their “home.” Or go do a small amount of yard work. Etc.

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weeding the garden is another analogy.



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