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Every single thing I’ve ever done has been messy. It’s just the way it goes.
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The speaker says that everything they have done has turned out untidy, complicated, or imperfect. “It’s just the way it goes” treats this messiness as a recurring part of life rather than an unusual exception. The quote expresses acceptance of that pattern without explaining why it happens.
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