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Hey friend! I started Stuff in a ten-week gap after being laid off, looking for somewhere to put the anxiety of not working. At issue #100 I compiled the first Stuff 100. At #200 I did the next.My third 100 arrives from a different place. Forty years in the workplace behind me, a fresh redundancy, and this time I'm not job hunting. I'm building something of my own.Thank you for being on this journey with me. This is Stuff, I'm still Matt, and normality returns next week.The journey is only 1% finished. The most important Meta meme.Your job was never your identity. It was a costume. Have a proper look at who's underneath.You already know enough, now it’s time to start.When the external structure disappears, you find out what you were actually made of.Nobody is coming to hand you permission. Write your own.Finding a way to have fun, whilst you are doing the best work of your life is a grail worth fighting for. People think it looks like one thing, but it can also be very different.Your…

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