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  • My So Called Life

    The Limerence Relapse

    July 12, 2026 /No Comments

    Round two of the crush I swore I wasn't going to write about, and this time there's no pretending the outfit choice was an accident.

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    Duly Noted

    July 11, 2026 /No Comments

    What’s one habit that has improved your life the most? Journaling has literally saved my life. When I received my first diary in the 3rd grade I didn’t realize how integral to my life this habit would be. Many decades later, writing saved me when nothing else could.

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    The Ultimate Compliment

    July 11, 2026 /No Comments

    A neighbor's offhand compliment becomes proof I escaped my mother's script entirely. On being told you're nothing like the woman who raised you.

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    Dear Stupid Ass Neighbors,

    July 10, 2026 /No Comments

    A letter my neighbors will never read. About gossip, corruption, and the survival logic that outlives the war that made it. Turns out it sounds familiar.

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    Not the Captain

    July 9, 2026 /No Comments

    I took the council seat. I'm not taking the presidency too. On refusing to captain a ship full of people who'd rather go down with it.

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