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Unboxing Challenge: Update
Several months ago, I started the Unboxing Challenge. I was waking up to some of the ways in which I’d been shunning or downplaying various blessings in my life. Writing has long been how I …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 9: Reading Tarot
I was 16 when I bought my first deck of cards. I don’t even know where to begin talking about how investing time in learning to read cards has enriched my life. And my own …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 8: Breast Implants
I was agonizing recently over the decision between a boat-sized chaise, a sofa-bed sectional, or a (tiny) proper bed for my new apartment (#therecanonlybeone) — when suddenly I had this funny daydream: I imagined myself …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 7: Stardust Bracelet
I first lived in Berlin for a short spell in 2014. I’m not, by any means, financially well-off now, but back then, in some ways, it was even harder. I was several years into a …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 6: My “Baby” Cat!
Everybody has the sweetest cat in the world. So do I! Here’s my uncommon tribute: When she was a kitten, I adopted her BECAUSE she was so visibly ill. My ex and I had intended …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 5: Readers
Back in 2011, various people were telling me that aspiring writers need an online presence and that Tumblr was the way to go. I started off just posting inspirational quotes or other reblogs, with …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 4: Memory
I just spent this afternoon, for the first time in nearly three years, in one of my old bedrooms, on my old bed, both of which have belonged to a succession of someone-elses over time, yet …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 3: Living in Berlin
Wrote this a few mornings ago, but it’s a suitable follow-up to yesterday’s neighborhood-inspired post. This one, now, is about why I love this city on an even broader and deeper level. Frankly, what Berlin …
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Unboxing Challenge: Day 2 — Literary Mind
My middle school goal had been to become a screenwriter, but somewhere in my junior year of high school, a Spanish teacher stopped me after class to ask if I’d ever considered majoring in …
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Unboxing Challenge: Day 1 — Sex Hair!
Unboxing Challenge: Day 1 — Sex Hair! It took me ’til well into my 20s to embrace my natural hair texture. I grew up longing for shiny, sleek hair, because I’d internalized the nonsensical idea …