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May 2025

Trust the Process*
*And Shonda Rhimes. And Chipotle.
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Pickles and Planes
If you A) have been reading these pieces weekly, or B) know me in real life, you might have been expecting this week’s topic to be a…
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Here’s to Being Deliriously Happy
A couple days ago, I was getting ready to submit my last college paper while sitting in a coffee shop.
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The Long Distance Friendship and Imagined Communities
One of my best friends recently asked me to write about long distance friendships and how they pertain to where we are in our lives right now.
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April 2025

For Those Whose Teachers Didn’t Tell Them
Let me pass on some of the best wisdom I got from one of mine.
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I Got My Sister’s Wedding Invitation in the Mail
The “zoom out” moments are upon us
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I Hate the Beach
On younger selves, imaginary coffee shops, and alignment
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Happy (Fake) Spring!
We’re in that weird time of year when it’s technically Spring, but every warm sunny day still feels like a stolen moment to be enjoyed with hushed zeal…
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Are the Highs Worth the Pain?
And have we made intimacy a reproducible commodity?
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