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Recalculating

The destination itself may be borrowed. Did someone else type it in?

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Gregory Ng
Feb 20, 2026
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black android smartphone on car center console
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There’s a quote that I read on someone’s Instagram Stories earlier this week and I love it.

“Notice how the GPS never says ‘I made a mistake.’ It just says ‘recalculating route’. That’s life.”

Simple.

But sit with it for a moment.

The GPS carries no ego investment in the original route. It doesn’t obsess, doesn’t overly consi…

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