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The Mirage of Control

8 December 202513 November 2025

It’s strange how deeply we believe that life can be held together if only we try hard enough. We chase stability—saving money, nurturing relationships, building routines—as if somewhere there’s a version of life that will finally stop moving. But it never does. Things keep shifting. People change. Bodies age. Plans unravel. The world doesn’t sit…

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Categories: Notes from Life

I Am Still Me, Even When I’m Struggling

7 December 20258 June 2025

You don’t stop being worthy when you’re tired.You don’t stop being smart when your mind feels foggy.You don’t stop being lovable when you’re in pain.Struggling doesn’t erase who you are—it reveals what you’re carrying, not who you are underneath it all. When you’re going through hard things, it’s easy to feel like you’ve lost yourself….

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Categories: At Home in My Body / Coming Back to Myself / Life and Livelihood / Love, Redefined / Notes from Life / Raising Humans / The Quiet Bloom

On My Former Spouse: A Chapter, Not the Whole Story

6 December 202515 October 2025

There was a time when my world revolved around them. The rhythms of my day, the choices I made, the weight I carried—it was all wrapped around the shape of that relationship. And when it ended, it didn’t just break something between us. It broke something inside me too. Talking about a former spouse isn’t…

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Categories: Notes from Life

A Gift Across Time

5 December 20258 June 2025

Saving isn’t about hoarding or living in fear. It’s a quiet, thoughtful act of love—a bridge between who I am today and who I’m becoming. When I set money aside, even just a little, I’m not depriving myself. I’m saying to my future self, I see you. I care about you. I want you to…

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Categories: At Home in My Body / Coming Back to Myself / Life and Livelihood / Love, Redefined / Notes from Life / Raising Humans / The Quiet Bloom

Where Healing Actually Found Me

4 December 202513 December 2025

There’s something I’ve come to understand about healing that I didn’t learn in any therapy room or healing program. Sometimes the body heals not through talking, but through doing. Through rhythm. Through connection. Through environments where you don’t have to explain anything because your nervous system is already exhaling on its own. That’s exactly what…

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Categories: Beyond Religion / Coming Back to Myself / Notes from Life / The Quiet Bloom

In Rhythm With Enough

3 December 20258 June 2025

Living within my means isn’t about deprivation or restriction—it’s about living in tune with what’s real. With what I have. With what’s sustainable. Just like nature doesn’t overreach—trees don’t try to grow taller than their roots can hold, rivers don’t overflow unless pushed—there’s a wisdom in working with limits instead of against them. There’s peace…

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Categories: At Home in My Body / Coming Back to Myself / Life and Livelihood / Love, Redefined / Notes from Life / Raising Humans / The Quiet Bloom

The Day I Got Conned Online

2 December 2025

Yesterday I got properly conned. I still can’t believe it, but here we are. I’ve been avoiding my fundi after we fell out, and since then I’ve been buying clothes online. Honestly, it’s been great so far. Smooth deliveries, good quality, no drama. So when I remembered that my daughter and I don’t have decent…

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Categories: Life and Livelihood / Notes from Life

The Trap of Trying to Be Good

2 December 202513 November 2025

There’s a strange thing that happens when we try too hard to be good—it almost always backfires. The more we try to act without greed or fear, the more we notice that our motives are still tangled up in both. We tell ourselves we’re being selfless, but deep down, there’s often a quiet voice hoping…

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Categories: Beyond Religion / Notes from Life

The Hoax of the Future

1 December 202513 November 2025

We spend most of our lives chasing a moment that never arrives. From the time we’re old enough to understand language, we’re told to prepare—for school, for exams, for university, for work, for marriage, for retirement. Every step is a prelude to the next. We grow up waiting for life to begin, not realizing it’s…

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Categories: Notes from Life
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