Our Messy Thoughts
Our Messy Thoughts is a substack that goes into the not so polished thoughts we all have, but are hesitant to share.
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- Sep 22, 2026
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A Series of Unfortunate Events (opens the original)
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Reading: Summer Edition! (opens the original)
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Volunteering (opens the original)
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Grieving (opens the original)
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Summer Vacation (opens the original)
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I have 51 summers left.Hopefully there are more, but according to the averages, I have about 51 more summers before…I die. That feels dramatic to write, but I’ve been thinking about how sometimes I keep living as if I have all this time. In some ways that’s the right way to think because I don’t need to be a mother right away or have a million dollars saved. But, I keep thinking about the things I don’t say or do and moments I stop myself from asking someone to hang out because, “they’re probabl
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