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when rest feels like guilt

There are days when I try to close my laptop early. I turn off my phone and give myself permission to rest. But instead of peace, I feel this ache of guilt. Like I should be doing more. Like I haven’t earned this pause. Like rest is a reward I still haven’t deserved. But I’mContinue reading “when rest feels like guilt”

when my mind won’t stop spinning but I still want to be soft.

There are days when my brain is loud, and my heart is louder. I overthink texts I never sent.I replay conversations that never happened.I cry — not for attention, but because silence makes the sadness louder. But then…I light a candle.I write.I romanticize my tears.And somehow, I find softness in the storm. This is oneContinue reading “when my mind won’t stop spinning but I still want to be soft.”