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I Feel So Loved By “I’ll Be Here For You While You Figure It Out”

I have a giant soft spot for anyone who can honor both the size of the challenge and the scope of my strength.

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The Moment I Look At You, You Look Away

Every time I look at you, you look away.

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We Don’t Do a Good Job Celebrating a Calm Heart or a Calm Life

We don't do a good job celebrating a calm heart or a calm life. But now that I've experienced both, I can honestly tell you that there's nothing I enjoy more.

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“Just Wait ’til You Get Older”

"Just wait 'til you get older," my mother says, in that buzz-killing tone of voice she's been perfecting for decades.

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An Update About Miracle Workers and Kindle Vella, 40+ Episodes Into This Experiment

It has been oddly vulnerable writing what's essentially a rough draft of a book in public with an audience. I've loved hearing from you about the story as I go. Here's what it's been like writing for Kindle Vella.

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I’ve Never Understood the Point of Competing with Your Partner

"We get it," my mother grumbles. "He's perfect."

"Well, I'm happy for you," my grandmother says.

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People Try to Convince Me to Get Nicer Things for Myself… and I’m Not Sure How to Take It

I'm never quite sure whether to feel loved or profoundly misunderstood by this tendency of other people to talk me into getting nicer things for myself.

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“It’s the Hyperindependence of the Traumatized Again.”

People who know me well consistently point to things I do and say, “Yes, that’s you being hyperindependent again. It’s the hyperindependence of the traumatized again.” The idea is that when bad things have happened to you, the way you avoid learning helplessness is to be become very self-sufficient. You become strong. Take care of yourself.

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Polyamorous People Are Just People

The reality is that polyamorous people are just people... and that's a very good thing.

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It Can Confuse Others When You’re Not Looking to Date New People While Polyamorous

I'm enjoying the simplicity and reconnecting with myself. Maybe it's confusing to other people, but it's not confusing to me. At all.

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