How was your first day back to work/school? (for those of you who had the summer off)

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It turned out great although I didn’t sleep much last night from anxiety (mainly about getting enough sleep, ironically enough.) It was good to see people, I got a new interesting project and it felt surprisingly good to be back in “professional garb” so to speak. I had too much time in my own head this summer.

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