This week is a tale of two completely different vibes and honestly, thank god for that, because if it were just the first half on repeat for seven days we'd be unwell. We're starting the week locked in, jaw set, ready to fight whoever needs fighting. And we're ending the week stumbling out of somewhere at 1am yelling that we love our friends. Both versions of you are correct. Both versions of you are needed. The trick is just knowing which days are which.

The throughline, if there is one, is that some stuff that's been sitting under the surface for a while — a power imbalance, an unfair arrangement, a creeping resentment about something that's actually yours and you've been polite about — is going to come up to be dealt with, and not in a "let's circle back about this" way. More like a "we are going to settle this today" way. The good news  ...