My Journey
From Brooklyn, NY to Southeast Asia
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(un)Natural Disaster
If there’s one thing my mind is for sure, it’s a natural disaster. Striking, terrifying, weirdly beautiful if you know what to look for but always with a looming threat of death, and as unpredictable as they come. Continue reading
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All In a Day’s Work
Progress is a rollercoaster that goes in every direction but the expected one until the word “expectations” has lost all its meaning and all I am left with is me doing my best. Continue reading
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Birthday Thoughts of an Unorganized Mind
A part of me died that day, but another part was born the next. I still haven’t quite wrapped my mind around it all. All the things that have happened. All the painful pieces of the story that led me to where I am today. Continue reading
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An Incomplete List of Things I’ve Done Since 2020 (In No Particular Order):
Fell in love with a cat Went ice skating Traveled to Thailand Quit school Turned 30 years old Went snorkeling […] Continue reading
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Filling the Spaces
There’s no time like the present Fleeting Fading Ever present, ever changing Continue reading
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When Everything Is Okay
Just write. Write badly. Write everything and anything that comes to mind. Maybe somewhere inside that will come the beauty. We miss 100% of the chances we do not take. Continue reading
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To Fly Again
The last thing I wanted to do today was witness death. The thought filled me with all kinds of sadness. There was nothing I could realistically do. “Just please be ok, little bird.” Continue reading
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That Ubud Feeling
It was on that late-night drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport back to my second-story room in a little Balinese bungalow in Ubud, as the taxi pulled onto my now familiar street, that I first had the absolutely beautiful and breath-catching feeling of coming home. Continue reading
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Pushing Through:
Sometimes continuing a poem does not add value. Sometimes, it detracts. It’s helpful to have the wisdom to make the distinction. I am ok with people not understanding what I mean. Continue reading
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The Effects of Rats on Mental Health: A Very Scientific Article
For me, my rats have been a tremendous source of joy and purpose at times when I didn’t feel I had anything else. They made it onto every self-soothe list I’ve ever created in my years of DBT therapy. Pet a rat. Play with my rats. If not home, look at photos of my rats.… Continue reading
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