Page Turner's Blog, page 10

If You Need a Mean Partner, I’m Not For You

I can set firm boundaries when I need to, but if I'm expected to scream to get my point across, then that's a relationship I want nothing to do with.

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You Can Waste Your Whole Life Trying to Impress People Who Don’t Want to Stick Around

Maybe it sounds kind of cutthroat, but you can waste your whole life trying to impress people who don't want to stick around. And I'm done with it.

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Those Rules That You Make… and then Break

I see it a lot in my line of work: Someone has a string of disappointing dating experiences and searches for a commonality to all of them. And once they do, they make a rule about it.

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I’m Amazed at My Uncanny Ability to Accidentally Have Adventures

I thought I'd settle down young. Stick to my little country life. My boring job. Grow old in one place. I was happy to settle down after a rough adolescence. I was looking forward to nothing happening for a while. Because I'm easily amused. I can make my own fun.

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It’s Okay for People to Have Other Priorities, But You Don’t Want to Feel Like the Lowest One

"The trouble is that I'm always the lowest priority. Consistently. In every situation."

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There Are People Willing to Clear-Cut the Entire Forest If It Means They Can Be the Tallest Tree

Some people tear down the people around them so that they can look impressive in comparison. They're willing to clear-cut the forest if it means they can be the tallest tree.

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Why Soup Is Magical Alchemy & Gives Me Hope

There's something gratifying about taking the unwanted and making it into something wonderful. It makes me think there's hope for me too.

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“Senpai, Stop and Notice Yourself”

Maybe on down days, I should start using that as a reframe: "Senpai, stop and notice yourself!"

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You Didn’t Waste Your Time. You Overpaid for a Lesson.

"I hate how much time I wasted," she says. "I spent all those years not knowing any better."

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It’s Much Worse to Be Committed to Someone Bad For You Than It Is to Be Alone

I've learned that it's much worse to be committed to someone who isn't good for you than it is to be alone.

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