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On opting out of trying to be 'happier'
and trying my best to tease apart the unique and varied experience of actual joy
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Self-care culture is gaslighting us.
Maybe the deepest form of self love is allowing ourselves our humanness.
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When the cold air comes.
a poem, maybe a prayer, but mostly a reminder
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Dear freckles,
a love-ish letter from the part I love the least to the part I love the most.
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Doing it badly.
turns out my aesthetic doesn't need to be aesthetic, after all
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Grapefruit skies.
on the magic that is an untouched summer morning.
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Who you really are.
to grieve the versions of ourselves that will never be is a brave thing to do.
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Is "getting off social" trending?
On unintentionally recreating the systems we're trying to escape.
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Making friends.
Mid-30's, highly sensitive, introverted, only wanna talk if we're going slightly dark and a little socially risky. kthxbye.
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Girl dinner.
a reclamation of sorts
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Release | a reading
a quiet exploration of all the forms release can take and our inner reckoning with it
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Soften | a reading
a sweet reminder that the option to soften into your experience is always available.
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Another week, another layer
on moments we cannot escape yet dare not look directly at.
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You can't outrun change.
on turning towards and celebrating its poor timing, the hilarity of its inevitability, and the complexity it adds to our life.
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a salve for the softies.

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