Davingson

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sport lover and fashion
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Indiaunited
The Older I Get the More I Understand How Short This Actually IsMy grandmother is in her eighties now. Sharp still, mostly. But she talks about her younger years with a kind of wistfulness that i find genuinely unsettling sometimes, not…
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I Spent Years Waiting for Permission to StartThe business idea i had at twenty two. The writing i kept meaning to do. The conversation i kept postponing until i felt ready enough, qualified enough, certain enough that it…
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Indiaunited
Not Every Problem Has a Lesson, Sometimes Things Just HurtThere is a thing people say when something bad happens to someone they care about. Everything happens for a reason. Or the classic, there is a lesson in this somewhere. Said with…
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Being Alone and Being Lonely Are Two Completely Different ThingsI used to not be able to sit alone in a restaurant. Would feel the selfconsciousness of it too strongly. Would take out my phone immediately just to have something to do with my…
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Korean Hive Village
Some People Will Never Apologise, and You Have to Decide What That Means About Them, Not About YouThere is someone in my family i waited years to hear two simple words from. Not even a long explanation. Just an acknowledgement that what happened, happened, and that it cost me…
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I Confused Being Busy With Being Important for YearsSomeone asked me once, gently, what i actually did for fun. I genuinely could not answer. Not because my life was empty. Because it was so full of obligation that fun had quietly…
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The Loneliest I Have Ever Felt Was Surrounded by PeopleMy calendar back then looked enviable from the outside. Group chats buzzing constantly. Weekends fully booked. People who genuinely seemed to enjoy having me around. And…
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Korean Hive Village
The Loneliest I Have Ever Felt Was Surrounded by PeopleMy calendar back then looked enviable from the outside. Group chats buzzing constantly. Weekends fully booked. People who genuinely seemed to enjoy having me around. And…
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Indiaunited
Discipline Is Not Punishment, It Is Self Respect Wearing a Different OutfitMy old version of discipline looked like punishment with extra steps. Waking up at five even on no sleep. Skipping meals i did not deserve in my own head because i had not earned…
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Everyone Is Fighting a Battle You Cannot See From the OutsideI used to judge people fast. The coworker who seemed cold and distant. The driver who cut me off without signalling. The friend who cancelled plans again for what looked like no…
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