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Solitude!
Often times, as women, we question our ability to choose what we believe to be right for ourselves, for fear that we’ll be judged or misunderstood. What I learned, however, in those first few months after my college graduation, is that there is power in exercising my complete agency. Though, admittedly I often wanted nothing more than a friend or a new love interest to swoop in and magically make everything better, deep down I knew that the only person who could control the course of of my life was me. Eventually, the lightbulb came on in my mind: belonging to yourself is all about being your own best advocate.…
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Intent
Intent They dated you and took you to places, created memories over songs & cigarettes, treated you with candies. The drives and trips, the promises and tips. They showed you the feeling of what love can be, and made you think of something called ‘forever’. They made you see them a different version of themselves. Somewhere, in those promises and love, sharing and showing, deep down they knew. They knew that it won’t last, they knew that that was temporary. Deep down, they knew that they would break your heart. And inspite of all their incompetent fears that they buried inside of them with a layer of fake confidence and…