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Romanticizing chores and feeling grown up
The real art of life is creating your own adventure, no matter how small.
Mar 6 • 
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New Year — New Word — Old Me
I don’t want to sleepwalk through my life. I want to be an active participant in its creation.
Jan 4 • 
Alena
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A Love Letter to Autumn
A longing with nothing to long for
Sep 18, 2024 • 
Alena
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A Love Letter to Autumn
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“You can have it all, just not all at the same time.”
Life lived well and lives not lived
Aug 1, 2024 • 
Alena
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“You can have it all, just not all at the same time.”
Work Is the Only Real Training
Will I ever finish writing my novel?
May 11, 2024 • 
Alena
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Sex, Rage and Christmas Movies
Hallmark and conservative propaganda
Dec 3, 2023 • 
Alena
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Sex, Rage and Christmas Movies
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