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sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.

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When You're Bored, You're Being Shaped.

Boredom isn’t the absence of stimulation. It’s a test. Of what you reach for. Of what you default to.

Do you grab your phone? Or a pen? Do you scroll? Or sit with your thoughts? Do you numb? Or build?

Because what you do when you're bored becomes who you are when you're not.

Boredom is a doorway. To creativity. To clarity. To the things you keep avoiding.

Stop escaping it.

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My liver’s perfect. My kidneys are divine. My glucose is… a little dramatic. We’re waiting on more tests. And I’m being very brave about it.

Not Everything Is Simple. (Except Me—I’m Perfect.)

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Best advice I received:

If you overthink, Write.

If you underthink, Read.

and that is all.

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AMAZING! A 90 year old Holocaust survivor confronted Trump's ICE director.

What a legend.

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The Time to Resist Is Already Here
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Notice that with the latest 4 egregious nominations, Kristi Noem has dropped off the RADAR of flagrant unfittness. This is the objective of the firehose. Democrats shouldn't try to delay hearings - to what end? - but they should be focused, coordinated and prepared in exposing the very real dangers of these choices, with straightforward explanations of how this would impact the lives of Americans. Of course most Americans will be totally tuned out, but perhaps some of the exposure will seep thr…

Ollie Parks's avatar

Kristi is the personification of toxic red-state femininity that demands women look forever 17 long past when such a thing is possible so as not to threaten their men. During confirmation hearings some brave Democrat should ask Noam whether she'll be able to discharge the duties of office and stay on top of her split ends and broken fingernails.

Some brave Democrat should point out that anyone who gets off on being cruel to animals belongs in splatter movies and not as the Department of Homeland Security secretary.

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