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Sundays in high school

A weekly newsletter featuring the thoughts and musings of a thirty something in the midst of an existential crisis.

Newsletter · By Alexa Spiegel · English · Official site

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Aug 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    Spotted: Lonely Stay-At-Home-Mom trolling Substack for connection (opens the original)

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    The baby is asleep and my cortisol just spiked. The countdown clock has begun. I race to my laptop and open a fresh page, adrenaline pouring out through my fingers (I did have a second coffee today). Gone are the days of carefully typing drafts into Google Docs first, spending time re-reading and editing, crafting each sentence into the purest and concisest version of meaning before scheduling a post to go live at the most optimal time. Quick! Quick! It’s time to write! Don’t think too hard (or

  2. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    What do you call a writer who doesn’t write? (opens the original)

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    Ughhhh I don’t know how to start this newsletter. Even calling it a newsletter feels too daunting, too “official.” It’s more of a scattered mumbo jumbo collection of incoherent ramblings. Sounds appealing, right? I type, I delete, I type, I delete, I type, I delete. Nothing feels quite right. A million thoughts and topics swirl around in my brain. I picture it a bit like that scene from Hercules the 1997 animated classic where Hercules travels to the underworld to save Meg and all the souls are

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