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1 [1] Jack Baty baty.net 2 3 • [2]Posts 4 • [3]Journal 5 • [4]Notes 6 • [5]About 7 • [6]Search 8 • [7]RSS 9 10 June 10, 2026 [8]Culture 11 12 Just Be Normal About Things - Westenberg 13 14 [9]JA Westenberg: 15 16 To be normal about things is to preserve a private center that doesn’t get 17 annexed by every passing demand. I can care about this without becoming it. 18 I can improve this without worshiping it. I can be concerned without being 19 consumed. I can participate without surrendering judgment. I can change my 20 mind without staging a conversion narrative. I can be imperfect without 21 making imperfection my brand. I can be serious without being unbearable. 22 23 A normal life has room for contradiction. 24 25 I know I quote Joan a lot, but I can't help it, they think like I do, and write 26 well about it. 27 28 [10]✍️ Reply by email 29 30 © Jack Baty 31 32 [11] [12] [13] [14] 33 34 [15]About · [16]RSS · [17]Search 35 36 37 References: 38 39 [1] https://baty.net/ 40 [2] https://baty.net/posts/ 41 [3] https://baty.net/journal/ 42 [4] https://baty.net/notes/ 43 [5] https://baty.net/about/ 44 [6] https://baty.net/search/ 45 [7] https://baty.net/index.xml 46 [8] https://baty.net/tags/culture/ 47 [9] https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/just-be-normal-about-st 48 [10] mailto:[email protected]?subject=[Baty.net]%20Re:%20Just%20Be%20Normal%20About%20Things%20-%20Westenberg 49 [11] mailto:[email protected] 50 [12] https://social.lol/@jbaty 51 [13] https://flickr.com/photos/jbaty 52 [14] https://baty.net/index.xml 53 [15] https://baty.net/about/ 54 [16] https://baty.net/index.xml 55 [17] https://baty.net/search/