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The Broken Nail
Not every challenge is a test of character to be conquered. Sometimes, a series of broken nails is just a sign that it’s time to burn the whole thing down.
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Just Dance
This whole business- breathing, reproducing, laughing, talking- it’s pure madness. We’ve just done it so many times that we’ve mistaken the repetition for normal.
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Stitching (Or Not)
So when we face a new challenge, and are putting ourselves back together- what’s the end in aim? The perfect beginning or the pattern just before the new hurt?
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Mirror Mirror On the Wall
Sometimes. But changing relies very heavily on hope. Hope that what we become will be better. But what if it isn’t? What if we’re fixing what’s not broken and making a mess instead?
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Equality, Heavy Boxes, and Everything in Between
The real challenge isn’t deciding whether I am a feminist, a capitalist, or a nationalist. The challenge is resisting the urge to reduce one another to a single word, and instead allowing space for the contradictions that make us whole.
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The Worth-Gap.
There is a part of me that wants to believe worth is like a fuel tank. We start with a heart and mind full of it, but every time we do something “unworthy,” the tank empties.
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The Lesson or the Life?
Are we genuinely unhappy, or are we just busy wanting things we don’t even really want?
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Loving It Doesn’t Make It Easier
Unlike a corporate job with a handbook, passion rarely comes with a manual. The plan is often too wild to even say out loud, which makes it feel fragile.
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Old Self, New Wisdom
That’s the rhythm of becoming: sometimes we move forward, sometimes we circle back, but always we gather pieces of ourselves along the way.
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Lights, Camera, Action.
We throw the word ego around casually, but beneath the accusations and excuses lies something deeper: a director, a mask, a script.
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