What does it sound like when you’re at your breaking point? For many of us, it’s not a scream, it’s a ticking clock. It’s the white-hot rage over a stuck drawer. It’s the feeling that your last nerve is now a public highway. In this raw, deeply personal episode, we are not talking about grand failures or dramatic rock-bottom moments. We are talking about the slow, quiet suffocation of accepting a client who pays just enough to make you swallow your own principles.

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