{"id":5513,"date":"2026-10-16T17:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/?page_id=5513"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:28:07","slug":"meaning-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/meaning-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning &#038; change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zo\" id=\"meaning-change\">\n<div class=\"zo-hero\"><label class=\"zo-hero-hide\"><input type=\"checkbox\" data-zo-hide=\"meaning-change\">Hide this block<\/label><div class=\"zo-hero-in\"><p class=\"zo-hero-greet zo-hero-greet-brique\">Good that you&#039;re taking a moment for what matters to you.<\/p><p class=\"zo-hero-tag\">Theme<\/p><h1 class=\"zo-h1\">Meaning &amp; <em>change.<\/em><\/h1><p class=\"zo-hero-lead\">Sometimes things just don&#039;t fit any more: your work, your relationship, the way you live. You feel that something has to change, but you don&#039;t know what or how. Or something changes that you didn&#039;t choose: a reorganisation, a loss, an illness. In this theme you&#039;ll find everything together on meaning, values, making choices and coping with change and loss.<\/p><p class=\"zo-hero-hand\">Good luck!<\/p><\/div><span class=\"zo-hero-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACT-cursus-hero.-les-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"someone looking out over a landscape at the start of a path\" loading=\"eager\"><span class=\"zo-hero-note\">Your own course, even when things go against you.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-sec\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4 5.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 3H20v15H6.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 0 4 20.5z\"\/><path d=\"M4 20.5V5.5M20 18H6.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 0 4 20.5\"\/><path d=\"M8 7.5h8\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Courses<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/courses\/\">More courses<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-course\"><span class=\"zo-course-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACT-les-1-zware-last-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"zo-course-body\"><div class=\"zo-course-head\"><p class=\"zo-course-tag\">Course \u00b7 8 lessons \u00b7 in Dutch<\/p><h3>ACT: Setting your own course<\/h3><p>For anyone who notices they&#039;re avoiding things, fighting what they feel or no longer knowing what they stand for. Eight lessons on acceptance, your thoughts, your values and taking the step together with the discomfort, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).<\/p><a class=\"zo-course-start\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/inleiding-wat-je-meedraagt-en-hoe\/\">Start with lesson 1<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><ol class=\"zo-lessons\" style=\"grid-template-rows:repeat(4,auto)\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/inleiding-wat-je-meedraagt-en-hoe\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">1<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Inleiding: wat je meedraagt en hoe<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\">11 min lezen<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/wat-is-act\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">2<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Wat is ACT?<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/acceptatie-en-aandacht\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">3<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Acceptatie en aandacht<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/je-gedachten-luisteren-zonder-alles-te-geloven\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">4<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Je gedachten: luisteren zonder alles te geloven<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/je-wetboek-de-regels-in-je-hoofd\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">5<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Je wetboek: de regels in je hoofd<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/je-waarden-waar-wil-je-voor-staan\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">6<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Je waarden: waar wil je voor staan?<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/bereidheid-en-toegewijd-handelen\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">7<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Bereidheid en toegewijd handelen<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/zingeving-verandering\/act-je-eigen-koers-bepalen\/afsluiting-hoe-je-verder-gaat\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">8<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Afsluiting: hoe je verder gaat<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" 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data-zo-pdf=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACT-Vermijden.pdf\"><span class=\"zo-tag\">PDF<\/span><h3>Avoidance<\/h3><span>exercise \u00b7 pdf \u00b7 in Dutch<\/span><\/button>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tile zo-tile-sand zo-tile-btn\" data-zo-pdf=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACT-waarden.pdf\"><span class=\"zo-tag\">PDF<\/span><h3>Values<\/h3><span>exercise \u00b7 pdf \u00b7 in Dutch<\/span><\/button>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tile zo-tile-sand zo-tile-btn\" data-zo-pdf=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACT-Bereidheid.pdf\"><span class=\"zo-tag\">PDF<\/span><h3>Willingness<\/h3><span>exercise \u00b7 pdf \u00b7 in Dutch<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-c2\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" 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alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"zo-play\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M8.5 5.5v13l10-6.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-video-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Video \u00b7 in Dutch<\/span><strong>What gives life meaning?<\/strong><span class=\"zo-video-cta\">Watch the video<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-row zo-row-media\">\n<div class=\"zo-c2\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"9\" cy=\"8\" r=\"3.2\"\/><path d=\"M3.5 19a5.5 5.5 0 0 1 11 0\"\/><circle cx=\"17\" cy=\"9\" r=\"2.6\"\/><path d=\"M15.5 14.2A4.5 4.5 0 0 1 21 18.5\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Searching? You&#039;re really not the only one<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"zo-tabs\" data-zo-tabs=\"\"><p class=\"zo-tabs-intro\">Questions about meaning and direction, or a change you didn&#039;t choose: it happens to people you&#039;d never expect, too. A few of them:<\/p><div class=\"zo-tablist\" role=\"tablist\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab is-on\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-0\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-meaning-change-0\" aria-selected=\"true\">Viktor Frankl<small>psychiatrist<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-1\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-meaning-change-1\" aria-selected=\"false\">Michelle Obama<small>former First Lady<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-2\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-meaning-change-2\" aria-selected=\"false\">Maarten van der Weijden<small>swimmer<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-3\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-meaning-change-3\" aria-selected=\"false\">Wim Hof<small>extreme athlete<\/small><\/button><\/div><div class=\"zo-tabpanel is-on\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-meaning-change-0\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-0\"><p>Between 1942 and 1945 the Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and lost his wife, his parents and his brother there. In 1946 he wrote, in nine days, the book known in English as Man&#039;s Search for Meaning. His conclusion, borrowing a line from Nietzsche: he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. It isn&#039;t your circumstances that decide whether your life has meaning, but how you relate to them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-meaning-change-1\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-1\"><p>Michelle Obama was working as a lawyer at a large Chicago firm when her best friend Suzanne died at 25 in 1990, and her father in 1991. In her memoir Becoming (2018) she writes that only then did she dare admit she didn&#039;t enjoy the work she had studied so hard for. She resigned, took a big pay cut and went to work for the City of Chicago. A swerve, she calls it: not the path laid out for her, but her own.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-meaning-change-2\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-2\"><p>Maarten van der Weijden was nineteen when he was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in 2001. After chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant he returned to the pool, and in 2008 he won Olympic gold in the ten-kilometre open water race. He says he doesn&#039;t believe he beat the disease by fighting; he was lucky and had good doctors. In 2019 he swam the Elfstedentocht, almost two hundred kilometres in three days, raising millions for cancer research.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-meaning-change-3\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-meaning-change-3\"><p>In 1995 Wim Hof lost his wife Olaya, who took her own life after years of mental health problems. He was left with four young children and a grief he had no words for. The cold water he had been swimming in for years became his anchor: there, his head went quiet. From that daily plunge grew the method that made him world-famous as The Iceman.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-c2\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"4\" y=\"3.5\" width=\"16\" height=\"17\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 9l1.5 1.5L12 8M14 9h3M8 15l1.5 1.5L12 14M14 15h3\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Self-tests<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/self-tests\/\">More self-tests<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-tiles zo-tiles-1 zo-tiles-solo\"><a class=\"zo-tile zo-tile-cream zo-tile-i\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelftesten\/hoe-ga-jij-om-met-verandering\/\"><span class=\"zo-tile-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 3.5h6v3H9z\"\/><path d=\"M15 5h2.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 19 6.5v12.8a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-1.5 1.5h-11A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 5 19.3V6.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 6.5 5H9\"\/><path d=\"M8.5 13.2l2.5 2.5 4.5-5\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"zo-tile-txt\"><h3>How do you deal with change?<\/h3><span class=\"zo-blurb\">Fifteen familiar moments: do you sidestep the discomfort, fight it, or take it with you and choose your own course?<\/span><span>15 questions \u00b7 \u00b1 4 min \u00b7 self-test \u00b7 in Dutch<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-sec zo-sec-books\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 6.5C10.5 5 8.5 4.5 3 4.5v14c5.5 0 7.5.5 9 2 1.5-1.5 3.5-2 9-2v-14c-5.5 0-7.5.5-9 2z\"\/><path d=\"M12 6.5v14\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Reading tips<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/reading-tips\/\">More reading tips<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-books\"><a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/de-valstrik-van-het-geluk\/9300000101407013\/?referrer=socialshare_pdp_www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/valstrik-van-het-geluk.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of De valstrik van het geluk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>De valstrik van het geluk<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Russ Harris<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">Almost everything you thought you knew about happiness is wrong, says doctor and psychotherapist Russ Harris. Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), practical exercises teach you to fight your thoughts and feelings less and to lead a meaningful life, even when setbacks come.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/4000-weken\/9300000043307451\/?referrer=socialshare_pdp_www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4000-weken.webp\" alt=\"Cover of 4000 weken\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>4000 weken<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Oliver Burkeman<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">If you live to eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Yet we&#039;re busy busy busy, fixated on productivity and looking for meaning in our holidays. Guardian journalist Oliver Burkeman shows how to lead a meaningful life by embracing your finitude: choosing more consciously where your time goes.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/de-moed-van-imperfectie\/9200000017733488\/?referrer=socialshare_pdp_www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/moed-van-imperfectie.webp\" alt=\"Cover of De moed van imperfectie\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>De moed van imperfectie<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">Bren\u00e9 Brown shows how courage, compassion and connection can find a place in your life. Drawing on years of research, she sets out ten guideposts for a wholehearted life: living from the sense that you are worthy. 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