Poems, notes and deep(er) dives
The full collection of my musings in different forms to match your mood. Things I noticed and thought were worth mentioning.
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Is the box really there?
Look, I hate being boxed in. Walking through the catacombs in Paris? No thank you. Entering an elevator with more people than you’d be comfortable getting stuck with? Also, no. Like I’ve said before, boxes have a tendency to make…
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On Restlessness
Sometimes we feel restless because we need to take a deep breath and remind ourselves that everything is well and truly fine. But sometimes we’re restless because we need to rest less. If you’ve been ignoring some creative urge, it’s…
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On letting the pen do the talking
Sometimes when I feel off, I pick up a (red) pen and start moving my hand without any rhyme or reason. Whenever I do this, there’s inevitably a moment when I feel like an insane person as I wait for…
NOW WRITING
A novel that picks up right where the rom com usually ends.
They meet, they date, they fight, they make up, then it’s all happily ever right? My novel picks up right in the messy middle of happily ever after.
TOPICS
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Who Am I?
WHO AM I? be sexier, be funnier, be thinner, be prettier. “Be you.” But who is that? too smart. too thin. too sexy. too loud. “Be you.” But not too much. __________ __________ __________ I am. And that’s enough. -Alyssa…
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Running Water
The wall grew taller The river grew deeper As she drowned in her fears The wall became shorter The river became shallower As she dared to share What had been dammed before
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Doors and Dreams
There’s a whole world you’ve never seen because you’ve never dared to dream beyond the borders of what you were taught to love. There’s a whole world you’ve never explored because you’ve been scared to choose a door fearing the…
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What Makes it Easier to Choose Transformation?
“Where are you?” “I’m in the car.” “Be right there.” When I lived near my dear friend Kerason this was a weekly conversation. So the thing I miss most about city living isn’t being…
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How to Craft Your Success
White picket fences make me want to barf… But I’ll circle back to that in a second. One of the things that drives me absolutely crazy about social media is this seeming collective vision of what success looks like. (Hopping…
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Why I’m Set on Millions (It’s Not What You’d Expect)
I’m sitting on my terrace drinking coffee and having this conversation with myself… I intend to accumulate serious wealth for one very simple reason… To increase choice in my life. ✨ Not so I can have a fancy car, or the…
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Shedding Good Girl Conditioning and Taking up Space
I’m a rule breaker who’s been hidden in the body of a “Good Girl”, and quite often that is pure torture. I guess it should come as no surprise to me (or my parents) that I’ve only ever dated guys…
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Part 3: Boxes make me panic.
“Who on earth is this for?” This question about killed me until it didn’t. You see, I’m claustrophobic and any time I think about getting trapped in a box, I panic. I don’t even like getting twisted under the covers…
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