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The Case For Pointless Side Projects

The Case For Pointless Side Projects

The kind that are just for fun. (Also, a Pasta Girlfriend origin story!)

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Ali LaBelle
Feb 16, 2024
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In the summer of 2017 I was working A LOT, and back then I had a tendency to prioritize my job over a lot of other important things (my mental and physical health, relationships, and work-life balance, for instance). It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing—if ever there’s a time to neglect entire parts of your life in favor of career growth, your mid-twenties…

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