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8 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
It never fails to baffle me how quickly people assume that if you are considered “pretty” or have what society deems an “attractive body”, that there is nothing much going on between your ears. Like somehow, beauty and brains can’t live in the same...
7 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
Have you ever noticed how people don’t always want you to grow? It’s strange. You’d think change would be something worth celebrating… the effort it takes, the courage behind it, not to mention the humility that often fuels it. But so often, peop...
6 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Biz Wisdom
Dear /biz/, I'm at a turning point in my life and could use some advice. At the beginning of the year, my girlfriend left me because I'm a regarded drug addict and I treated her badly. I went to psychiatry for 3 months after losing my mind on cannabi...
6 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
Many nights when I fall asleep, I can hear the waves from the distant ocean rolling and crashing. It’s a beautiful sound, both comforting and powerful… and waking up to the smell of the ocean in the air, is like life greeting you with the best of...
31 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” - Jimmy Dean Good Morning! A pretty cold and grey one at that. As I half-expected, I lay awake at 4am this morning, contemplating life… my life,...
30 Jul 2025 3 minute read 1 comment JaynieLea
“You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.” ― Stephen Richards Funny how winter weather seems to make a person somewhat introspective - well, that is the case for me any...
25 Jul 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Shugawrites
I didn’t notice when I started disappearing. I just woke up one day and couldn’t find myself anymore. There was a time I used to laugh without forcing it. To show up fully loud, bright, unapologetic. I used to be soft, but not broken. Givin...
24 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Shugawrites
They raised me to be perfect to be the embodiment of their dreams and sacrifices. And I tried, oh, I tried. But not for me. I was chasing perfection because they needed someone to brag about. Someone they could point to and say, “See? We raised...
23 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Shugawrites
It’s not laziness. It’s survival. I’ve watched brilliant people abandon their dreams not because they stopped believing, but because life demanded something else. Rent had to be paid. A hospital bill landed out of nowhere. A younger sibling n...
23 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." – Octavia E. Butler I can remember my mom getting a new car many years ago and suddenly I became aware of t...
