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Punt Kick
n. A quiet jolt of recognition that it's time to become a better version of yourself, sensing that all the strategies that brought you this far are no longer working--that it's not enough anymore to be cute or nice or righteous or tough--as if you've now entered a new phase in the game of life, moving forward with a completely different token.
Etymology
Dutch puntstuk, railway frog, which is the part of a railway switch where two rails intersect. Sometimes you can feel a little kick when your train passes over it, as if the world is trying to signal you’re missing a turn, having traveled too far on the same old track.
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