HeyJaredroaring twenties?
all things pop culture, dating & relationships and navigating the panic years (i'm basically publishing diary entries online)
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Please tell me you like me, before you go (opens the original)
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I don’t remember a lot about the first night we met, but I do remember this: lukewarm pints half drunk in a bar I’d never been to before, tailor-made cigarettes in the left hand pocket of a canvas coat, Carhartt, probably, or another brand I can’t recall the name of now.I remember that I spoke to strangers, as I often do, a promise of a night out and new company ever-exciting to me; a few sickly sweet drinks deep and glossy eyes and oh God, where is he? I can’t see him. Oh, there he is. Messy ha
The dangers of dating in a dopamine deficit (opens the original)
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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter made in your brain. It plays a role as a “reward centre” and in many body functions, including memory, movement, motivation, mood, attention and more. High or low dopamine levels are associated with diseases including Parkinson’s disease, restless legs syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).When I was 13 years old, I had a crush on a boy. He wore beige chinos on non-uniform day and played football at lunchtimes. He wasn’t my friend - in fact,
Is it possible to age out of yourself? (opens the original)
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We’re all speeding towards the end of a long, hot, and scary summer; back to school displays scattered in supermarkets across the country, littered with pencil cases and glittery gel pens that sparkle underneath the artificial light of the big open buildings, liminal and echoey and comforting in how they always, more or less, stay the same.I think about being 15, or 12, or 18, at this time of year, I always do - but I’m probably repeating myself, anyway. I wrote an essay around this time last ye
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