🔒 Building Continuum - Chapter 19 — The Temptation to Quit
🔒 Building Continuum - Chapter 19 — The Temptation to Quit
In late July 2025, a close family conversation cast doubt on Continuum’s seriousness. Eight weeks later, Andrew’s father passed away. Financial strain intensified. Writing accelerated. This chapter explores grief, doubt, relief through structure, and the quiet temptation to abandon the work that was simultaneously stabilizing him.
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