confessions
I was talking to a friend today who is learning to set healthy boundaries, and he said something that hit home. > "People who accept me because of what I do for them will probably reject me when I become my genuine self. And that's scary."
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This year, didn't we all come up with costumes like an hour before going out, because fuck if any of us had the energy to do Halloween? I know I was like that. I grabbed a hot pink dress from my closet, painted on loud pink eyeliner and
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Tonight's post was too personal to publish. This happens often, and it's part of why I write daily. Every time I sit down here to write, I learn something new about myself!
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I solved the puzzle from yesterday [https://www.madisontaskett.com/simple-complicated/], where the challenge was to remove a gold ring from an elaborate trap. When I put all my energy and attention into solving the puzzle, I got nowhere. I was trying so hard and feeling like that one scene
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There's a famous story of Christopher Columbus at a party with a bunch of nobleman assholes who were like, "Bro, even if you hadn't found the New World, someone else would have. You're not that special." And Columbus responded by ordering an
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Yo, you. Yes, you, reading this right now. Home dawg. (Uh, I promise never to call you that again, k?) Are you a perfectionist? I get the feeling that many of my readers are, and you might be one too. It's like... we get one life and we&
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Everyone needs a Tom in their life. I've been going on dates for the first time in a while, and it's been really difficult. I keep wanting to force things in a direction, any direction, just to relieve myself of the constant gripping terror of putting
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I've been gone for a month now. I've had more on my plate than I could handle, and I had to go. But I've been in an empty, dusty room without my words. "But what does it all mean?" a new friend
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When I was 17, my sworn enemy was this gorgeous creature named Gregory. The boy I liked was head over heels for her, and was always deciding which of us would be his girlfriend. One day, my crush would be holding my hand and we'd be sharing our
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My wealthy Mexican friend once came across a witch doctor in a remote volcano-side village in South America. The mystical old woman inexplicably knew the names of his best friend and ex-girlfriend, and told him she could see people's fates. "What's mine?" he asked,
daily journal
Recently I met someone who rigs the game so they never lose. It fascinates me to meet masters like this, who can anticipate every move their opponent makes and reliably checkmates them every single time. I both admire and envy them, and to be honest, this post is a little
confessions
I've been drowning somewhere in outer space over the last few days. Everything is upside down, there is no gravity, no solid ground, nothing to hold on to. My mind is a million miles of solitude and silence. I try to speak but there is no air. I