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On Friendship Breakups
What do you do when someone you care so deeply about reveals that they have been unhappy in your shared relationship for months? When they state that they don’t like who you are and no longer want to be around you? Completely blindsided, you apologize profusely and earnestly, seek to…
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On Obsessive Crushes
Well, I did it again. I started crushing WAY too hard after a couple dates and romanticized someone that wasn’t worth my time. To be fair to them, I had verbalized outloud to myself that I wouldn’t let myself fixate, and that I would leave them as a beautiful memory…
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On Side Hustles & Internet Safety
I was tricked and bamboozled into virtually babysitting. I have been working on a virtual website to teach English for a few weeks and recently gained two new students, 11-year old twins. They are quite sweet and energetic, so the struggle has of course been finding ways to keep learning…
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Match My Freak
Looking for someone that loves unabashedly Someone that has a geeky hyperfixation Someone that is up for anything Someone that adores cooking Someone that has causes they believe in That cares deeply Someone that works hard towards their own progress That speaks more than English That finds solace in the…
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Living the Lover Girl Lifestyle
What is romance in 2024? Is it sexting via IG? Is it getting grabbed by strangers at bars? Is it getting ghosted by the few people you’re actually interested in? I am grasping at straws out in these streets. It is a dark time to be soft and loving in…
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On Online Tutoring: Joining the Scam of the Gig Economy
I recently started tutoring English online, as a former teacher and TEFL-certified educator. What a load of crock. The commission is 33% and all trial lessons are 100% commission. It’s highway robbery, especially given that the trial lessons can be 50mins long. It is a huge misfortune that I am…
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Navigating the 2024 Dating Scene as an International Lover Girl
Dating in 2024 What an absolute horror. What’s a lover girl to do when the only offerings available range from mid-twenty year olds that love bomb and ghost, to early-fifty somethings that get so enraptured that they overspend and then blame her for it? And let’s not even mention the…
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Navigating Emotions: Finding Purpose Amidst Challenges
The good: received great news about my plan to stay here. Received my first subscriber student. Accomplished most of my tasks. Donated to Congo & Sudan, to accompany my previous donation to Palestine The bad: still submerged in the crushing guilt of finding myself. Continue to crush on people that…
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01.06
Joy: I found a new ice cream flavor (bourbon vanilla lemon lime, plus raspberries & granola I added) at the grocery store. I connected with a friend, trying to strengthen ties. I have been sticking to my media goal for a week. Overall, life personally is fine Sadness: The ice…
Dimples on the Edge 