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By Shelby Stewart ·Updated February 9, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
February is a month heavy with meaning. It’s Black History Month—a time of reflection and reckoning—but it’s also when the optimism of New Year’s resolutions either begins to solidify or quietly slips away. By now, many have already abandoned their goals (Quitter’s Day, after all, lands in early January), but this year, I approached things differently.
Instead of grand
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