Send This To Your Annoyingly Optimistic Friends, Then Laugh As They Cry

If one more person tells me problems are just “opportunities in disguise” I’m gonna get really, really, REALLY angry … and send them a link to this snarky semi-motivational video … maybe with a nice note or a muffin basket. You know, to apologize for the whole laughing-while-they-cry thing.

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Aug 31, 2012

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