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Hello Substack community and fellow writers!

I recently launched my newsletter Spirit & Sword with the simple mission to tell true stories in hopes of kindling readers’ curiosity. Stories of real people and events — from the dawn of time till present day — to get people to feel, to wonder, to question, to grow.

Because in our ragebait, 2…

The stories we tell ourselves matter
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Be bored more often.

Go for long walks. Meditate. Journal your thoughts. Read new books. Spend time alone without devices. You would get to understand yourself a lot much better. Your brain gets the best ideas when it is left to wander.

In those quiet moments, you'll uncover clarity and inspiration that can't be found in constant stimulation.

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You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.

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Hilliard City Manager Michelle Crandall Resigns
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Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.

Not dying.

Just logging off.

Getting a job no one cares about.

Growing tomatoes.

Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.

Not as a failure.

But as a kind of freedom.

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Best mental reset I’ve learned:

If your mind is loud — Write.

If your mind is empty — Read.

If your mind is racing — Walk.

If your mind is tired — Sleep.

If your mind is sharp — Build.

Most problems are just mismatched energy. Get the inputs right, the rest follows.

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#44) Welcome to  Maidstone, ON. A small village in southwestern Ontario, now part of Tecumseh since 1999. Located off County Road 34, it’s about 10 miles east of Windsor and 4 miles west of Essex. Although no separate census data is kept, the hamlet’s population is a few hundred.

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