Author: rainleander
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Everyone Is Figuring It Out
Universal Secret Number Three: Nobody Really Knows What They’re Doing And That’s Okay You know what’s wild? The older I get, the more I realize that everyone is just winging it. I used to think there was this magical age where you’d wake up and suddenly know how to do taxes, have a five-year plan,…
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Time Is Your Most Precious Currency
Universal Secret Number Two: Time Is the Real Flex You ever notice how we treat money like it’s the ultimate resource? Like, we’ll budget it, track it, obsess over it — but time? We just toss that stuff around like it grows on trees. I’ve spent hours scrolling through nonsense, binge-watching shows I don’t even…
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Emotions Are Messengers, Not Masters
Universal Secret Number One: Feelings Aren’t Facts But They’re Still Worth Listening To Emotions are like those little notification bubbles on your phone. You know, the ones that pop up and say, “Hey, something’s happening!” But they don’t always tell the whole story. Sometimes they’re just like, “You’re tired,” or “You’re hungry,” or “You haven’t…
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You Are Responsible for Yourself
Universal Secret Number Zero: No One’s Coming And That’s Okay So here’s the thing I keep circling back to lately: no one is coming to save me. Not in a dramatic, end-of-the-world kind of way. Just in the quiet, everyday sense. Like, no one’s going to magically show up and organize my life or make…
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Life, the Universe, and Everything
(And Other Casual Topics) Okay, so here’s the deal: I don’t have it all figured out. Not even close. But lately, I’ve been collecting these little truths — scraps of wisdom, hard-earned lessons, things I’ve tripped over and gone, “Ohhh… that’s what that means.” And the more I gather them, the more I realize they’re…
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Picks Me Up Puts Me Down
Florence + The Machine – Free Credits Directed by Autumn de Wilde Director of Photography // Jamie Feliu-Torres Choreographed by Ryan Heffington Costume Design by Susie Cave of The Vampire’s Wife Persimmon 12ft Susie dress for Florence Welch by Susie Cave of The Vampire’s Wife Pluto coat for Florence Welch by Elena Dawson Folk coat…
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Read This Before the Doorbell Rings
Okay. Deep breath. Right now, the house is quiet. Stromps is probably loafed up in some sunbeam, completely unaware of the emotional hurricane about to hit. Your fridge is stocked, your laundry is mostly folded, and there’s that little buzz of anticipation underneath it all — like you’re standing at the edge of something huge.…
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Other Mommy, Stay Out
I just finished Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman and I feel like I need to sit in a well-lit room and snuggle a cat for a while. This book. THIS BOOK. It’s like someone cracked open the childhood part of my brain where shadows in closets and weird parental silences lived and just……
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But Make It Actually Livable
So, what does health look like for me when I’m at my best? It’s not about six-pack abs or whatever Instagram thinks it is. It’s not kale smoothies and 4 a.m. workouts unless that actually feels good—which, okay, sometimes it does. But more often, health at my best feels like balance with a side of…
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Let’s Teach ‘How to People’
What if school actually taught us how to be good people? Because yes, sure, algebra and the mitochondria and sentence diagramming—fine, I get it, there’s a place for that, but you know what would’ve helped me way more in life? Knowing how to deal with a panic attack. Or how to file taxes. Or how…
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We’re Not Machines, Rain
Some days you wake up and you’re like yes, today is the day I conquer the world. You’ve got your to-do list, your coffee, your playlist, and for a few glorious hours, you’re unstoppable. And then… BOOM. It’s like someone pulled the plug. Suddenly you’re scrolling through videos of raccoons washing grapes or reorganizing your sock…
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Unzip My Body
Ramalama (Bang Bang) · Róisín Murphy Ruby Blue ℗ 2005 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited trading as Echo Released on: 2005-06-13 Producer: Róisín Murphy Producer, Keyboards: Matthew Herbert Sound Engineer: Mandy Parnell Sound Engineer: Alexis Smith Composer: Róisín Murphy Composer: Matthew Herbert Lyrics Could a body close the mind outStitch a seam across the eye?If…