Thank god, is what I said and how I felt when NYT accepted this essay.
I was grateful for the opportunity to get my message out — which is to fix yourself by joining an adult sports team. But I was most happy to have broken a three-year-long curse of not publishing anything in traditional media—once a source of pride (and income!).
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