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great idea! I struggled after changing the filter in my large water purifier. I couldn't get the part back on that secures it together after over an hour. I walked away & did some chores. When i returned to it voilà! that part went on almost immediately. Will remember that next time around.

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Yep, I've had that challenge as well and stepping away and coming back fresh works!

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I recognized years ago that, at least for me, "being stuck" was an aspect of movement in itself. Like when you're in a conversation and you ask a question and you have to wait for the response and you need time to think about it. It might appear that I'm "stuck" in that space of waiting, but the box that I'm inside of, thinking about the question and the response, just needs to be experienced being BIGGER, such that the "outside-the-box" is found to be "inside-the-box", albeit on a much smaller scale. For me, the creative process would be disappointingly vacant, like an abandoned motel, without "being stuck" from time to time. "Being stuck" is a small price to pay for experiencing completeness.

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True. Stuckness is frequently part of the process of whatever it is we're doing!

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