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“I have overthought my way into yeses time and time again. Sometimes it's because I doubt that it's my intuition doing the talking but instead other, more negative voices: self doubt, imposter syndrome, anxiety. I hear no, but I think it's a no

I wrote 1200 words today and it felt really heckin’ good.

I’ve always put things into neat boxes and compartmentalised my life whenever possible. As a kid and even later into adulthood I dreaded bringing friends from different “box

To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That’s crudely put, but…
If we’re not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?

— Gregory Orr

I keep thinking about a column from Dolly Alderton that was published in the Times back in 2019 - on that enduring feeling that you’ve done something wrong.

She wrote: “[t]hat feeling of harbouring a shameful secret that you can’t

hello, 2023

i hope you’re a good one.
i hope you treat me and those i love with kindness and with care.

mostly, i hope that i am able to appreciate whatever you have in store for me. that i am able to revel in the highs and show gratitude

“We feel cold, but we don't mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of mo

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Emilie Cotterill | Contre Jours

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