HeyJaredBrilliance in Recovery
unlearning the scripts i was handed about culture, love, identity, and who i'm supposed to be. honest essays for people who can hold nuance and are recovering from self-loss
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the sounds I keep returning to (opens the original)
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I promised myself I would dig deep into the why behind the things I like, instead of just liking them and moving on. Today the subject is Dwin the Stoic, and the wider pocket of Afro swing and soul that keeps pulling me back in.I have wondered for a while why I lean toward a certain brand of music, a certain listening niche that on the surface looks like it cannot be explained. Just taste, the kind people shrug off with “I just like what I like.” But when I actually sit with it and dig, somethin
Past The Age of Excuses (opens the original)
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There is an age in life where it feels like you are clashing with everyone. Friends, teachers, family, the people closest to you. You say the wrong thing, you react the wrong way, you misjudge a situation, and somehow it keeps happening. But there is a grace that comes with that age. Logically, truthfully, people forgive you because of it. You are young. You lack experience. You have not had enough interactions with the world to know when your own actions are the problem.That grace is real, and
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