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We decided to go with a different candidate
One application per week. That’s the standard I’ve held myself to. One day to find a job that meets at the intersection of my skills and interests. Six days to draft and revise a cover letter and résumé. I will not send out a generic application to 100 companies like it’s spam email. I just…
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Savoring Slowness
Hello, loyal followers and subscribers! And by that, I mean my mom. Hi, Mom! I love you and miss you. Thanks for being my number one fan. Anyways, apologies for the unexpected hiatus. I did not intend to take a summer vacation from writing. But trust, I have been writing. Just nothing public. I’ve been…
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The Lost Art of Dating
When I was a kid, I used to eat lip balm. It was pink and lollipop flavored. It smelled like strawberries and coated my tongue with sticky sweetness when I pushed it through my lips. It even had pictures of candy on the wrapper. I don’t know what genius marketed this to kids and didn’t…
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Dancing with the Great Unknown
The ground never stops moving here. The earth that was supposed to be so stable and hold us for all our lives never stops moving here. I plant my feet, the sand consumes them. I pick them up, it pushes back and forth against me. The reflection of the clouds is perfectly clear, until it…
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Writing as Witchcraft
When I turned 18, my mom took me to see a psychic. We made a whole weekend out of it, drove two hours to the nearest city, stayed in an artsy air bnb, brought my brother and our dog. My mom heard about this psychic from her friend who used to do her hair for…
The Writer's Oracle 