The Tightrope of Wants and Duties
The Heartstrings He hadn’t told anyone he was shortlisted for the fellowship. Not because it wasn’t important—it was. But because saying it out loud would make it real. And real…
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May 17, 2025
Boundaries, Breakups, and the Death of Compromise
The Effort It Takes A few months ago, I sat across from a close friend at our usual café — the kind with chipped ceramic mugs, jazz humming softly through…
May 4, 2025
The Vocation Void: Why Work Feels So Deeply Unfulfilling
A Cup of Coffee and a Crisis Amber was sitting in a café near her office, still wearing her ID Card like a leash. Her laptop was open, not because…
April 13, 2025
The Fear of Abandonment: The Quiet Ache We Don’t Talk About
"The Last Train Home" It was nearly midnight when the last train pulled into the station. The platform was empty except for Mia, clutching her coat tightly around her shoulders…
December 28, 2024
The Dying Art of Writing
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."– J.K. Rowling The world of words, once a powerful current shaping culture and connection, is increasingly fading into…
December 6, 2024