HeyJaredFeeling everything, very deeply
A column on singlehood, female friendships, career growth and self discovery from a twenty something learning that the best relationship might be the one she has with herself
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how the girls are out there making friends in their 20s (opens the original)
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I was lonely, despite having a boyfriend and I felt so guilty for it. I see him twice a week, we go to see movies, go on hikes and he even comes shopping with me but something was missing. I needed female friendshipsI relied so heavily on my boyfriend for my social interaction of the week that if he was late, canceled or everything didn’t go to plan I was a wreck. Disappointment and loneliness weighed heavy on me as I went back to working from home, not knowing the people I work with and waiting
If I tell him how I feel, will he leave me? (opens the original)
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I’ll paint you a scene. Each table has a lit taper with couples giggling over the flitting flame. Our table sits on the edge of the glass balcony, overlooking the restaurant below of more couples twirling pasta on their fork in a romantic dance. However I’m failing to feel ‘wooed’ by the gentle music and Italian waiters because all I’m thinking is how the menu is too complex. My finger drags down the list before I settle on an arribiata with a ridiculous price next to it and I groan into my all
Forget a writing prompt, you need a life prompt (opens the original)
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All blocks whether that be writers, mental, health or career blocks I believe all come from an absence of experience. The only time I’ve felt stuck chewing my pen with the cursor flicking on my screen is when my life has been particularly boring. Same goes for my mental state. If I notice myself slipping into a rut where days flatline and blend into the next I realise it’s because everyday is like the last. Nothing note able, out of the ordinary, or to write home about. When I’m drowning in a ru
The ‘Cozy Life’ is Making you Boring and Depressed (opens the original)
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It started Halloween 2023 when I proclaimed ‘I. don’t. drink.’ to my friends from high school who looked at me like I was surely drunk. I spent a couple of months justifying my decision to them and then it was just a given. Holly doesn’t drink. Then I started proclaiming about how it’s far better to leave the club at 1am because I could get home at 1:30 and still make it up for my 9am lecture. Besides the club was too busy and my bed was just too inviting. I got some eye rolls and some groans wh
Your guide to a scroll free summer (opens the original)
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Our phones are greedy little energy vampires. With each scroll, like and repost they feed off our joy and keep us trapped in a blue light daze. I don’t want to look back on my summer and feel like I wasted time that could have been spent outside in the sun trapped under my covers with my phone. By the end of this guide you will be equipped with too many ideas and activities to keep you off your phone this summer it won’t even cross your mind if he viewed your story or if one more TikTok edit wou
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