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Our time runs out: Portland roundup
Routines, reflections, and favorites from three months living in the same spot
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Welcome to Paws and Reflect!
✨ Revamped ✨ and full of fresh enthusiasm. Here's what's new.
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What is talent without effort?
What is a title you do not earn? (Alternatively: I have been lazy.)
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They all say that “it gets better” but what if I don’t?
When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?
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March 2025 recap
My relationship, reading takes, dog training, etc: What I wrote, what I read, where we traveled, and what I'm most looking forward to
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Taste, romantasy, thought, and nuance
Everyone has an opinion—and I might not actually care about yours? (Alternatively: I have a lot of thoughts about Fourth Wing.)
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I don't know what I'm doing
Is life just a series of feeling stuck? Escapism, social media, insecurity, etc, oh my.
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On procrastination and productivity
I often feel like I don’t have the focus or ability to do something perfectly right now… but maybe I will tomorrow. Or the next day. Or, you know, when…
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February reading recap
Four quick fiction books plus nonfiction reads about light pollution, therapy, endangered animals, creativity, and internet scams.
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There is no finish line
I want to be done so I can be loved. Maybe the ultimate checklist is separating the two.
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You know, hedging my communication can be, well, prosocial?
On talking more assertively, leaving room for nuance, and deeply enjoying "Wordslut" by Amanda Montell
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What I get out of social media
And ways I might find these things elsewhere, off of Instagram
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