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Fly with me while you read, click. The Hate I don’t like how my body looks in dresses I have despised my body for as long as I remember. It wasn’t until I had to undergo backbone surgery and lost my ability to walk, even if it was only for a short…

“We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on living. Even if our lives are not perfect.” -Haruki Murakami We spend most of our lives trying to figure out how living is greater, or even a tiny…

5 powerful articles that can help you make the most of the current moment. — How is June going for you so far? Here’s how Joan D. Chittister, a Benedictine nun, described this month’s potential: “June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.” No matter what hemisphere you’re on, I bet…

2nd Friday Prompt: Dissociation — Shock leads to the gap, a blanket of clouds thrown on you to protect you, making you temporarily forget. Forgetting the words that were said and the sharpness of jugular veins, bursting with the cacophony of shrieking birds. The gap is a strange place, a limbo of sorts…

It was riddled with anxiety, shame and guilt… before arriving at peace. — My career break was meant to be a time for contemplation, restoration, exploration, and enjoyment, or at least that was the plan. After all, I left my full-time job and my country for this. I’ve been in the creative industry for a decade now, designing for various industries in a…

A demonstration of the power of words when they are felt as you write them — I’m not generally a consumer of romantic content. My appetite is limited for Nicolas Sparks-Esque, “I want all of you, forever, every day. You and me, every day.” It’s mostly a “me” problem. I grew up in a strict military household, where my relationship with male emotions, expressing them, and…

It turns out that the opposite of nihilism is absurdity. — Almost two years ago, I wrote a story about nihilist skin care. My theory was this: nothing matters, and when I put this into practice, said fuck it and stopped putting shit on my face, my skin suddenly improved. This was a revelation, and I wanted to tell everyone that…

nothing like waking up to hear you say I’m going to see you later on today it’s a spirit that fills me up with joy like the smell of brand new books from Barnes & Noble the sip of a Starbucks latte on a former coffee addict’s tongue it’s a…

Time. What is it? It feels like the working of an intangible force which sets a period to life. Whether we like it or not, we are all moving forward. Getting closer and closer to what we consider ‘the end’ (we will all experience, individually, if that is true –…