• Black and white photo of a dilapidated house
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    I built this house for us. Layered it brick by brick glued it together with mortar reinforced it with steel. But with a single swing of your wrecking ball, you demolished it, left only a pile of rubble and my shattered heart. These walls I constructed founded on loyalty and dedication intertwined with love and ...
  • There is an array of crumpled up blue post-its and loose-leaf paper, one of the pages having the following written on it: "I can do anything, not everything."
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    Have you ever heard of atychiphobia? It’s an extreme and irrational fear of failure that can clash with your daily life, preventing you from taking risks or causing you to delay tasks that you feel will result in defeat. Some classify it as a non-diagnosed anxiety disorder. I considered this terror to be one of ...
  • White, pink, and green watercolor floral painting on a table with paintbrushes and paint.
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    Remember when hobbies weren’t side hustles? We wouldn’t think about profiting from what we love doing in our spare time. Now, our minds blink with inspiration about how to monetize our pet projects. Making money through activities you enjoy adds pressure when tied to mastery. It takes away from the joy of pursuing an activity ...
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    I am a failure. A few weeks ago, I started a new content writing internship. Missed deadlines left and right. Today I worked on an article all day, added the external links, and now it’s gone. I want to cry. I quickly e-mailed my editor, and I rewrote the article again. Mistakes happen. Life happens, ...
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    I always thought that writers had a desk they needed to sit at in order for the ideas to start coming out. I thought they had a very specific routine where they had to have their favorite beverage just the right temperature and it couldn’t be anything less than perfect. This is why I didn’t ...