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I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Trying
Willpower
Unconscious
Stay
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Start
Reality
Change
Problem

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