• I just click buttons has been my way to move forward through seemingly complex situations rather than overcomplicating them; it's my version of Dori's "just keep swimming", my HS wrestling coach's version of "just put on your pants one leg at a time" or whoever said "just put one foot in front of the other" (I think that was my drill sergeant)

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