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Are You in the Right Job?
Cool jobs, cool work, cool self, cool cool cool!!!
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The Absurdity of the Organized Pantry
We have an aesthetically organized stuff problem, and it’s making our homes/parties/spending/class consciousness/self image weird.
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August 2024

Real You vs. Vacation You
I went on vacation.
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Brownie Points and Booty Calls
Is it wrong to do things to curry social favor when we're not all rewarded — or punished — the same?
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Stop Overthinking Kindness
Wanna make someone’s day? It’s really not that hard.
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July 2024

Who Gets a Paying Audience?
Why Substack, Medium, and other platforms purporting an egalitarian message but a for-profit model drives us all into an early grave. Does it have to?
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The Scariest Thing About Scary Movies Isn't What You Think
Uh oh! The call is most definitely always coming from inside the house
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I Want You to Think of Your Childhood Blankie
Hold it. Press it to your nose. Now follow along.
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Why Don't More Adults Have Creative Hobbies?
Look around. How many grown-ups in your circles take time to create?
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June 2024

What Is Community?
Several theories, many distractions, and one touching moment that changed my definition.
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The Friday of It All
What do Chappell Roan and anticipatory anxiety have in common?
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Sharing Is Caring Except of Course When It Comes to Writing & Creative Arts & Vulnerable Yearnings & What the Hell Am I Even Doing Here
On hiding my writing (and even this Substack) from loved ones. For now. Okay? Okay?!
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