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praise for the mundane #4 (opens the original)
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the pink studio - first day of autumn 2026 - the creative mess I worship· post-it notes and a cheap pen - my favorites· one monthly calendar and one master plan - the greatest weapon for making your dreams come true, one post-it note at a time· a lemon water bottle - the relic of a summer spent at the gym· the entire collection of Amélie Nothomb's books, all from the same publisher, arranged by publication date — if you didn't know, I'm the obsessive kind of human. <a href="https://sylvieswan.su
dear diary #3 (opens the original)
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a raw monthly series where I share a page of my personal journal without restraint. darling, to read the entire post -and the ones yet to come- become a paid subscriber.not everyone is entitled to read my diary.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CyWP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%
I distracted myself ... like a girl (opens the original)
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I’ve always hated summer.And I mean, really hated it. With every fiber of my being.The heat. The need to cover your white Belgian skin with sunscreen the minute you step outside. Mosquitoes keeping you awake in a restless hunt at 2 a.m. Ice cream—yeah, I hate it. The neighbors partying until dawn as if you didn’t need your sleep. The pressure to shave your legs every fucking morning.Oh, and did I mention the fucking heat?But this year... something unexpected happened.I fell in love with summer.U
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