HeyJaredThe Anecdotist
Harry - Single mom, fiction writer, and a woman who finally opened her own spreadsheet. Figuring it all out in public, one honest essay at a time.
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Eight Seconds (opens the original)
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How many of you remember that skin is our largest organ? Skin is approximately 22 square feet in surface area and about 16% of your total body weight, and it is the one organ we neglect. Don’t get me wrong, there is an entire industry dedicated to skin care, with a multitude of moisturizers and self-care routines, but nothing that looks into its sensory function. We have panels to track health for other parts of our body ~ cholesterol, thyroid, vitamin D; but nobody ever thought to build a touch
Welcome to The Anecdotist. (opens the original)
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I used to think a newsletter needed one personality. Turns out I contain several, and none of them are willing to be edited out.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="500" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ffoW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progr
44: Here is What I Survived (opens the original)
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Today I turn 44. I have been looking back a lot lately, not with regret exactly. More like the way you look at a photograph and think: oh, the woman had no idea what was coming…When I turned 30, I was a young mother of a 2-month-old baby, and like any other 30‑year‑old, one day I was panicking that my life was over and on another day, thinking that I had everything under control.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q47X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl
The Chaos That Felt Like Home (opens the original)
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My sister moved in last month, her and her three and a half year-old, their bags taking over the guest room, his toys in every corner of the house within forty-eight hours. I’d forgotten how fast a toddler can colonize a space.She came for P’s Arangetram. The kind of milestone you want family around for, even when family means rearranging your whole life to make it fit. My townhome holds two people comfortably. Four, if everyone is easygoing and nobody has opinions about the kitchen. Then her hu
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