Category: Advice
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Recalculating Life: How Slow Growth and Scenic Routes Lead to Real Joy
A quiet, honest reflection on letting go of hustle culture, trusting God, healing your nervous system, and entering the new year with clarity instead of pressure.
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I Started Painting Again Because Just Living Wasn’t Enough
For a long time, my life was efficient.Clean calendar. Sensible salary. Respectable job title. I woke up, worked hard, made someone else’s company more valuable, went to sleep, repeated. From the outside, it looked like progress. From the inside, it felt like a quiet death sentence. So I finally went…
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Why Your Ex Texts You During the Holidays (And Why It’s Probably Not About Love)
Holidays are weird. One minute you are elbow-deep in mashed potatoes, the next your phone lights up with a “hey stranger” from your ex. Instant spiral.Why now? What do they want? Is this a sign? Are they lonely? Pause. Because most of the time, it is not about you. Holiday…
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Why Pantone’s Cloud Dancer Is the Most Disappointing Color of the Year Yet
Pantone has announced the 2026 Color of the Year, and it’s… PANTONE 11-4201. Also known as Cloud Dancer. A soft, airy white. Or as I like to call it, The Landlord Special. A color so subtle it practically disappears. And honestly? It’s a major letdown. Pantone frames Cloud Dancer as a “whisper…
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Get Free. Stay Free. A Year-End Reminder We All Need
As the year wraps itself up in glittery resolutions and we prepare for the inevitable influx of “new year, new me” nonsense, I’ve been doing my own annual sit-down with reality. No candles, no ritual baths, no curated moon-water manifestation nonsense, I mean the real reflection. The kind that feels…
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Spotify Wrapped 2025: Why Spotify Still Wins the UI War and Why Supporting Real Artists Matters
A no-BS look at Spotify Wrapped Day: the good UI, the chaotic listening habits, and the reminder that real musicians still matter in a world obsessed with AI shortcuts.
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