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Author’s note: I drafted this in 2023 and decided to publish today after I heard a friend humming Set Fire To The Rain. Today I listened to ‘Set Fire To The Rain’ by Adele and tears welled up in my eyes. It’s not because I find the song emotional, it’s because of all the memories…
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How do you turn a heart of flesh to stone? In my teenage years, I would chastise myself for having feelings because I should instead be focused on my studies. I would remind myself this was the time for books, not love. I fed myself with guilt, and that guilt gave me the drive to…
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REJECTION The action of spurning a person’s affections. I fear this blog is becoming a place for me to dump sadness in. I don’t want it to be that way but I can’t help it. I no longer share links to blog posts and so I can safely assume not more than five people who…
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Ghosting Ghosting: Cutting off communication with a person without an explanation or prior warning. Chances are, you’ve ghosted someone before, intentionally or not. Contrary to what the first two paragraphs of this blog post suggest, I’m not going to be writing solely about ghosting today. I was ghosted by a man I really liked and…
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Feelings: An emotional state or reaction. You’re too sensitive You’re easily triggered You’re too emotional You need to toughen up. It’s a cruel world These are things I’ve been told all my life. I’ve found that I tend to feel emotions rather strongly and at some point I actually found it hard to believe that…
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2011. 13-years-old. Secondary School. SS1. I vaguely remember my classroom. It was near the staff room and also near the principal’s office. My seat was on the second or third row, close to the window. I liked that seat. I enjoyed looking outside the window watching other students pass by. I particularly enjoyed watching students…
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On December 31, 2022, a particular kind of post started to pop up all over social media — 2022 highlights. While it was genuinely good to see people share their wins, I started to feel like 2022 went terribly for me. Before I knew it, I began to dwell on my mistakes and shortcomings throughout…
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