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The Overachiever’s Secret Burden | Fort Wayne News
Laura Mayer’s gripping memoir “Tryhard” reveals the exhausting cost of perfectionism, tracing her lifelong drive to excel back to childhood efforts to decode her mother’s moods — a pattern born from guilt over her mom’s addiction. From Brownies to Ivy League, internships to dating, Mayer lived by an unrelenting work ethic, equating success with redemption. With raw honesty and surprising warmth, she unpacks the emotional toll of overachievement, workplace pressures, and misogyny — offering both a cautionary tale and a path toward self-compassion for anyone who’s ever pushed too hard to be…
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