Tag: thoughts
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The Trial Inside My Head: Why I’m Finally Putting Down the Red Pen
If someone else spoke to me the way i speak to myself, I would call it emotional abuse. I would tell a friend to walk away from that relationship; I would recognize it as toxic and cruel. But because the voice lives inside my own skull, I call it “accountability.” I hold myself to standards…
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The War Between the “Big Picture” and the Dirty Dishes.
I know the checklist of gratitude by heart. I have the “shoulds” perfectly memorised: The sun is shining. My daughter is happy and healthy. I have a safe home. I have people who love me and listen to me vent. If I were a character in a book, this would be the point where I…
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