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He Seemed Perfect, Until the World Entered the Room

There is a particular kind of disappointment reserved for the moment you realize that someone can check every box on your carefully curated list and still be entirely wrong for you. I met a man who, on paper, seemed almost absurdly ideal. He cooked, and not in the performative “I can make... read more

Men and women are socialised to have different communication styles

I write essays for fun this is for practice for my scientist registration portfolio lmao --- Vertical vs. Horizontal Communication: The Basics Vertical Communication = Hierarchical Top-down or bottom-up flow (e.g., boss to employee, teacher to student). - Emphasizes authority, control, and... read more

How does everyone feel about video essays?

Things I've been into/up to recently

- The pilot episode of Knights of Guinevere. Whew! I absolutely want to see more from this story. - Reading substack essays - Putting smoked paprika powder in my food - Looking for plant-based milk that doesn't give me problems - Taking pictures of clouds for my buddy - Reconnecting to my emotions... read more

Paper Promises: The Ink That Lingers

The first thing Derreck noticed that morning was the quiet. Not the absence of noise-there was always something humming in Lincoln, even in the early spring-but a kind of internal hush, like something had finally stopped shouting inside him. Outside, the clouds hung low over Madison Avenue like... read more

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Have you ever sat in a room aware that something feels wrong but you can't put it into words? Not sad, not angry, just numb or vague. Like there's an emotion knocking on the door but you've lost the key to name it. That's.. not random.. that's emotional amnesia. It's a real neurological phenomenon,... read more