G.M. Sturm | The 10% Window

Stability feels normal.

It isn’t.

Across history, most people lived in it less than 10% of the time.

What happens when it disappears?

→ The 10% Window

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Stability doesn't send a warning before it ends. It just quietly leaves while you still think everything's fine.

Historically, most people spend less than 10% of their lives actually inside it.

How to catch that 10% before it's gone — that's exactly what my book, The 10% Window, gets into. The other 90% is just cleanup. Available now in Kindle and Hardcover.
👉 https://t.co/12XDBpWjoy

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Ever notice how the messiest roommate suddenly becomes the most responsible one right after they almost get evicted? They actually start cleaning for once.

@10PercentWindow

#Entropy
#The10PercentWindow

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@Chris_Hackney_ Actually, the drama invents itself. We just need to stop feeding it.

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@TheGBreaker Found out the hard way. Nobody cares about the weird stuff I post anyway.

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@itsyaboidougie Exhaustion hits harder when you feel like you are running a race with a weight others don't carry.

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@anah_sahh True. But the silence when nobody likes it for weeks is what actually kills the plan.

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@Markmanson Pain becomes background noise after a while.

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@Loi_cee Some books are just comfort food. Not every single page needs to be a fight.

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@Favwontmiss Five pages? I once knocked out a ten-page paper in two hours flat. Pure panic is a hell of a fuel.

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Nothing makes you feel ancient like realizing the subscription list for your phone apps costs more than your first car payment.

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#HumanNature
#The10PercentWindow

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Built an entire life where food comes in boxes and the lights just turn on, totally forgetting how easily a heavy wind knocks the whole thing sideways.

@10PercentWindow

#Philosophy
#The10PercentWindow

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When the ground outside is always shaking, you start building your whole life inside your head where no one can touch it.

@10PercentWindow

#Existence
#The10PercentWindow

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@velvetstarh Sunlight disinfects, but burning your eyes on the truth isn't exactly fun either

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You can say all the right things, but your shoulders always give away how terrified you actually are.

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#Entropy
#The10PercentWindow

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@velvetstarh Making things visible stops the rot, though seeing the mess clearly for the first time hurts like hell.

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@fvckdiamond Being the 'problem' usually means you stopped playing along with their game.

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@FactBuff Maybe they copy you. Still, the bigger problem is losing yourself while watching them do it.

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@rajshamani And then you forget why you're even doing it, just automatic.

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@mynamebedan Extended timelines are just the price of admission

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@delonperc Hyper-analyzing the door closing angle just to survive a casual chat

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@Codie_Sanchez Nothing drains a room faster than someone who treats a chat like a lecture.