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New Year. Kind of New Name.
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the new year effect.
...we don’t become someone else overnight.
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how to record a life.
...proof you were here.
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things I've done just to feel something.
... evidence from a season of low-stakes self-resuscitation.
Nov 18, 2025
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a catalogue of well-meaning distractions.
...I tried to write something short. you can guess how that went.
Nov 12, 2025
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the new year effect.
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What To Do With Your Life
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Soft Ambition
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Doing Life Alone
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have I ever felt sexy?
...the brief mercy of forgetting to doubt yourself.
Oct 21, 2025
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a short list of people i've been lately.
...otherwise known as being alive.
Oct 8, 2025
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how to grow a spine.
... i'll have what i'm having, and other small rebellions.
Sep 25, 2025
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the choreography of smallness.
...an exit interview.
Sep 3, 2025
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in case of emergency, break ego.
...I regret to inform you: I cracked.
Aug 19, 2025
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goodbye to all that: los angeles
... I went looking for the dream. all it did was watch me unravel.
Aug 12, 2025
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make mistakes.
... not because you should. just because you will.
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not everything is a trauma response.
... if not therapy, then why therapy-shaped?
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The Terms and Conditions of Being Perceived
...imposter syndrome is a room problem, not a you problem.
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Where life’s unexpected moments get filed away—sometimes neatly, sometimes under “figure it out later.” From writer/creator Ash, expect weekly musings, honest stories, and a reminder that no one has life entirely figured out [least of all me].
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