{"id":22137,"date":"2024-06-26T00:49:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T00:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/?p=22137"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:40:58","slug":"sustainable-habits-of-mind-dont-stress-the-mess-by-britta-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/sustainable-habits-of-mind-dont-stress-the-mess-by-britta-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Habits of Mind: Don&#8217;t Stress the Mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22137\" class=\"elementor elementor-22137\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b4875b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b4875b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33d97da\" data-id=\"33d97da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d57bbf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d57bbf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-73ab752\" data-id=\"73ab752\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0004794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"0004794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5b50795 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/britta-mccarthy-38251647\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritta McCarthy\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-347cb77 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/2024\/06\/26\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>junio 26, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4603326\" data-id=\"4603326\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bab24d elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-share\" data-id=\"2bab24d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-share.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<ul class=\"ekit_socialshare\">\n                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-50d3e2e\" data-social=\"facebook\">\n                    <div class=\"facebook\">\n                        \n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i>                        \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-aded8c5\" data-social=\"twitter\">\n                    <div class=\"twitter\">\n                        \n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>                        \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-b053ca9\" data-social=\"linkedin\">\n                    <div class=\"linkedin\">\n                        \n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>                        \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525f947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"525f947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28bb14a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28bb14a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Acknowledge the messy complexity of the world.<\/strong><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Embrace the web of messy interrelationships in any given system as part of what makes life and our world what it is.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Practice periodically zooming out to see the \u201cbig picture\u201d to consider the dynamics between interconnected elements<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9259349 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9259349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0If you are like me, finding your life balance may feel like a never ending puzzle. I am constantly adjusting the system components and noticing the patterns that make up my life. I juggle how to be a present wife, stay connected and close to family and friends across the world, meet the objectives of my job,\u00a0 get enough sleep, and prepare myself nutritious food. Every week I co-manage our household finances and other \u201cadulting\u201d tasks while also trying to stay spiritually connected, have some fun, and contemplate how to serve a higher purpose with my actions. Like a busy chef, some of those things regularly get moved to the back-burner while I sautee the main course of the moment. Sometimes the back burner\u2019s contents boil over from not watching them for a while, and I have to pause the whole operation for a moment in order to clean up and reorganize the kitchen. Adulting is not easy and many tasks are musts rather than options, so when things become challenging, this is when it is most important to remember to not stress the mess.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, if you watch me scramble through a day as a learning leader,\u00a0 you might witness a blur of meetings, classroom visits, Zoom calls covering programs, standards, professional development, assessments, alignment, data, strategies, and more. I am constantly striving to design systems in order to cause the most purposeful learning, but at the end of each day, the amount of interconnections can feel like more of a foe than friend. This is yet another moment to call in \u201cdon\u2019t stress the mess. \u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t stress the mess\u201d can be there for us in the complexity of our lives and careers, and fortunately it can also serve us in the collective work we do as systems thinkers around local and global sustainability. Sustainability work is more challenging than ever before. It is messier than the chef scene from any of our\u00a0 lives or\u00a0 jobs due to its scope and scale. As you may know, today\u2019s youth (and many adults, myself included) have unprecedented levels of eco-anxiety. It is possible you or your students have perceived an\u00a0 increase in narratives about how humans are not interacting harmoniously with earth systems and each other.\u00a0 When faced with the sheer quantity and gravity of the sustainability problems, it can be challenging for anxiety to not turn into complacency,\u00a0 climate doomism\u2026 or even worse, the mindset, that humans can no longer do any good and somehow deserve an unlivable future on the planet. This is the most critical place to use our habits of mind, in order to move forward with hope and agency. Not stressing the mess allows us\u00a0 to seek to understand the challenges around us,\u00a0 and find our leverage points in order to positively contribute to them in ways that are within our reach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although practicing this habit of mind is not easy for me, here are some connections I have.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2cc80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c2cc80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pay attention to and prioritize what is most urgent and important<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-822ab5a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"822ab5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that non-stop day in\u00a0 my the life as an educator-leader, sometimes paying attention to what is most important has meant letting emails stack up for a couple days in order to have time to focus on\u00a0 creating\u00a0 systems-level policies. From my years working in a sustainability club with students, this once meant pivoting from collaboration with the cafeteria to reduce plastic to focusing on peer education because student actions with the cafeteria utensils was threatening the cafeteria\u2019s commitment to staying single use plastic-free. What is most urgent can change from week to week, so\u00a0 being flexible about priorities is vital to reducing\u00a0 threats in the present, while not neglecting\u00a0 investments into the future of any project or plan. For me, the Iceberg tool helps me keep crescent systems, and mental models that have more impact on a sustainable future than events alone.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaeb1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4eaeb1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice habit-of-mind and tool stacking<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1700bc7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1700bc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get maximum benefit as systems thinkers, we can pair \u201cdon\u2019t stress the mess,\u201d with other habits of mind and systems thinking tools. Each year I worked with students to identify the most needed and potentially impactful sustainability projects might be the school community&#8211; a greenhouse? Campaigns on waste reduction? Meatless Mondays? This generative phase usually created a larger-than-practical list. To not stress the possibilities of all the things that\u00a0 could be tackled, you can rely on other habits of mind. What might it mean\u00a0 to \u201c get perspective\u201d\u00a0 in this situation? We frequently asked members of the parent community,\u00a0 maintenance staff or the DEI committee for input on what is best and why. We often used surveys to further broaden that perspective. Now we sometimes even yse AI to consider another perspective. Once we get our top ideas, we use a Compass to with our ideas on it to\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/sustainable-habits-of-mind-look-for-loops-by-nicole-swedlow\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">look for loops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d or use an Iceberg to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/sustainable-habits-of-mind-imagine-the-possibilities-by-caitlin-barnum\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cimagine the possibilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d of innovating new systems and mental models.\u00a0 If you have experienced the magic of one tool or habit alone, then you can understand how stacking them can feel like a big jump in clarity and strategy. Working through Compass Education\u2019s Pyramid Lite\u00a0 brings home this point about how using multiple tools and habits of mind together can create more sustainable reality from an initial vision.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2b5bab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2b5bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Avoid the trap of perfectionism<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29cb93b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29cb93b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t stress the mess\u201d reminds me to not act as a perfectionists, nor seek perfection in others or within\u00a0 systems. Even if we employ every Compass tool, our personal lives, our relationships, our jobs, and our roles as agents of sustainability change, they are going to keep being messy, non-linear, and containing many things we can\u2019t control.\u00a0 This may be intimidating, and although we may not get everything perfect, we can always try our best and continue our learning. For many years in facilitating youth in sustainability work, I feared what might go wrong as they implemented their ideas, especially within large, public-facing events. What I learned is that the opportunity to try things and even\u00a0 discover how imperfect our planning was, pushed us all to learn more and understand all the interconnections more deeply while also growing greater trust for each other in our interconnectedness. I stopped needing to try to manage everything to perfection, and\u00a0 as they grew in their ability to work as a team and solve problems together on the spot, I became a true facilitator for them and the work itself became more sustainable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Systems work isn\u2019t meant to live in theory. It exists to empower us to take the most appropriate actions we can each day for ourselves, and to share that empowerment with our communities. In the course of writing this article, I found myself feeling very stuck and was precisely<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stressing a mess<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I thought about quitting and wondered why I even signed up to tell people about \u201cdon\u2019t stress the mess\u201d when I have such a hard time with it myself. But the next day after a bit of rest, my question became my answer. I ended up laughing at myself at the realization that I\u2019m writing this article because it is precisely what I need to remember to do, and because we all won\u2019t get better at this habit of mind if we give up on it when things get hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So whether you are about to tackle your own finances, or a school compost project, \u201cdon\u2019t stress the mess\u201d is there to ground you with the idea that a complex challenge\u00a0 won\u2019t be easy to solve, but you have strategies and tools as systems thinkers that can always help you to sort things out.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb29a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3eb29a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e72e61e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e72e61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522cff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"522cff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-485dcff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"485dcff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a616f\" data-id=\"64a616f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94035e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"d94035e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/britta-mccarthy-38251647\/\" class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brittas-image-for-blog-post.png\" alt=\"Imagen de Britta McCarthy\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/britta-mccarthy-38251647\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBritta McCarthy\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Britta is a nature-lover from Flagstaff, Arizona currently located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia serving as the Learning Director of the American International School of Jeddah. Prior to that, she lived and worked in Latin America for 12 years.<br \/>\nBritta has been a long time champion of sustainability work as part of her education career as a science and social studies teacher. She began her Compass journey in 2017, and now considers it one of her main tools for learning about and solving complex problems in the academic curriculum and as part of school leadership.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54a1e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-media\" data-id=\"a54a1e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-media.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t\t <ul class=\"ekit_social_media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6807902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/britta-mccarthy-38251647\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"in\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\n                                                                                                            <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-cedb5ef\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bri_ha_ha\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"1\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-instagram-1\"><\/i>\n                                                                                                            <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acknowledge the messy complexity of the world. 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