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Life: Not Exactly What I Had In Mind
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winter is not necessarily the time to analyse your life choices
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to be honest: most things don't work out
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I often wonder why I'm not THERE yet and I'm afraid: I know now why.
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tightrope act
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Facts & Feelings
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5 Lessons I Learned From Teaching Creative Writing
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Halcyon Days
The Muse Letter No. 177
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Things I Have Loved This Week #4
the crying edition x
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Meditations in an emergency
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planetary alignment
On Having Goals That Scare You | The Muse Letter No. 176
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Things I Have Loved This Week #3
where I invent a new productivity method and completely change my life x
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This Is Still Winter
The Muse Letter No. 175
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I can feel the longing of a future self waiting impatiently to take me to the other side of things.
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