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the slow burn of becoming yourself

the river does not stop to ask what it is; it just flows.

Jun 20, 2025 • janelle

bad days are part of a good life, too. | narrated by author

don't let one difficult day convince you that you have a bad life

14 hrs ago • janelle

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bad days are part of a good life, too.

…we just have to keep going long enough to make sure the good days outnumber the bad ones

Jun 18 • janelle

the pain of a highly anxious mind

…the best I could do was keep on living without knowing anything at all.

May 21 • janelle

it's okay, you can always try again

and again and again and again until winning becomes inevitable

May 11 • janelle

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you’re not for everyone, and that’s okay

Aug 28, 2025 • janelle

you think too much about yourself

Aug 5, 2025 • janelle

don’t wait for things to happen; go out and happen to things

Sep 3, 2025 • janelle

if you don’t know what to live for, live for the next cup of tea

Aug 21, 2025 • janelle

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the worst thing that can happen is that you’ll learn

doing it anyway, for the plot!

Apr 1 • janelle

the fear of an unremarkable life

…maybe the problem isn’t our limited time, but our limited definition of what makes a life extraordinary.

Mar 13 • janelle

to be loved is to be changed

when love grows, it asks us to grow with it.

Feb 6 • janelle

your emotions are not meant to be analysed; they are meant to be felt.

when you stop pinning your feelings down, they are finally released to move, to soften, to pass at their own pace

Jan 12 • janelle

you are not destined to be anything

an existential reflection on choice, loss, and becoming

Jan 7 • janelle

there will always be people who hate what you do, do it anyway

perhaps being disliked is proof that you’ve stopped diluting yourself for the comfort of others

Jan 5 • janelle

maybe i’ll never be special, and that’s okay

not special, but one of the kind

Dec 19, 2025 • janelle

losing you is a part of finding myself

sometimes, moving on feels like taking a step back.

Dec 14, 2025 • janelle

you are the stories you tell yourself

and a single sentence can shape the architecture of your entire life.

Dec 10, 2025 • janelle

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