HeyJareddisco in the deep end
Micro reminders that we're doing better than we thought. 3x a week I write 350-word essays about self-trust, becoming, and the strange, beautiful work of building a life that feels like your own.
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wait, I can’t (opens the original)
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This week, I devoured The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, on audiobook, mainly because it’s narrated by the same woman who did the voice-over for Desperate Housewives, and who doesn’t love a little auditory nostalgia?At one point in the book, they’re talking about newspaper articles and the character, Olivia writes a listicle of her “Ins and Outs.”The word listicle did two things to me: A) Confirmed that Shelby had a lot more to do with this book than perha
how keeping the peace kept me from telling the truth (opens the original)
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over the weekend, I decided to schedule out my social media posts. it feels even cringe to admit that, to admit that I care about my social media, but I do. because I care about building a community, and I know that social media is a conduit to that dream.before I scheduled it, I asked my very well-trained AI to analyze me and help me outline what to post.now, before you descend from your soapbox to chastise me for using AI, let’s remember that these posts are always 100% human written.<a class=
Wait, I Can’t. (opens the original)
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Happy Friday, loves!LOL, it’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting on the new bed in our second bedroom finishing this up. Was this genius piece of literature ready on Friday? Probably. did this recently unearthed fear of visibility give me an excuse not to publish? Definitely. Back in the blogger days, I had a blog called Wait, I Can’t, dedicated entirely to the things I simply could not. It was fun! It inspired the purchase of my first camera, and kept me entertained/working toward the goal of becom
A Penny for Your Thoughts (opens the original)
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I had this image of what would happen once we moved: I would write to you that first Sunday about the chaos of moving, the excitement about our new place, and how I feel ::energetically:: better.I thought, and you can judge me for this, that moving was going to be easy. I had moved plenty of times before, and had already sorted through my ::trauma:: around moving. This time, I was moving purely because we wanted to. Better financial situation, better life situation, and we were moving into somet
the last sunday (opens the original)
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it’s all happening… it’s moving week.I feel like I’ve been talking about this move forever, and also not enough. We officially signed our new lease back in June, but we waited for the ::right:: apartment, which wasn’t available until September 4th.yes, if you’re wondering, we are moving in sight unseen.does that make me nervous? strangely, no. we saw other apartments, and we all know they use the same materials, so between a floor plan and seeing the finishes in other units, I feel like we got a
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