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Hilary Pearlson's avatar

This was heart medicine to read. Thank you deeply, Lois. ♥️

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Thank you for reading mate ❤️

Exposé's avatar

Thank you, I feel deeply connected to this.

"This year, I am not catching up. I am not keeping pace. I am not optimising my output or batching my content or showing up daily for the algorithm like a woman bringing flowers to a grave that doesn’t know her name."

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TE QUIERO TANTOOOOO ❤️

Samantha Lazo's avatar

I too inherited “The thing where you have forty-seven ideas before breakfast and abandon thirty of them by lunch. The thing where you work in furious, obsessive bursts that scare the people who love you, and then go completely silent for weeks and convince yourself you’ll never make anything good again.”

Incredibly validating and hopeful read (as always).

Lois Mac's avatar

Ilysm ❤️😭 feel like we’re living completely parallel lives.

Dr. Grace Franklin's avatar

The emotional resonance rippled through me as I read this… ❤️‍🔥

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Im honoured 😭❤️

Una Johnston's avatar

I loved this so much! So beautiful. This part really made me chuckle cos seriously how can anyone parallel park?😂

‘I have friends who write a newsletter every Tuesday at 7am without fail and I admire them the way I admire people who can parallel park on the first try. With genuine awe and zero expectation that I will ever be one of them.’

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hahahahaha IT IS A COMPLETE MYSTERY TO ME. I would literally rather park a 10 min walk away 🤣

CAMILLE MENDOZA's avatar

Loved this read! I want to be both your mom and you at the same time now 🤭

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hahahahahaha I will trade you both 🤣

Chedva (Vivi) Ludmir's avatar

It takes as long as it takes.

And it takes whatever it takes.

Thank you for this one.

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Thank you ❤️🥹

Nina R.'s avatar

Binge reading your essays in bed because YES, there is no need to constantly run and chase 😭

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Ahhh Ninnnaaaa 😭❤️

Nina R.'s avatar

🤍🤍🤍🤍

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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Kaitlyn Kessler's avatar

So beautifully said

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Thank you mate ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Maia Benaim's avatar

Lo I love you so much. Let them. We're moving with a precision and a DEPTH that no speed can substitute ♡

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I LOVE YOU

Maia Benaim's avatar

JAJAJA WE DID WRITE THE SAME ESSAY ♡ love ya

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HAHAHAHA why am I not surprised

Emma Orlando's avatar

I’ve just spent the day wandering around craft shops, then sat down to enjoy a cup of tea, only to feel a little sprinkle of “work guilt” from not opening my laptop once. Of course, this was the first piece I saw when I picked up my phone🥹🤍

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Omg i love you so much please stop being so nice to me 😭

Andi's avatar

So many nuggets here. I feel seen. Thank you.

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Thank you for reading ❤️

Geraldine Ramírez's avatar

It was such a poetic text I had to read it outloud, to taste that rhythm of words 🫶🏼💛💛! Gracias Lo por tu forma de escribir

Lois Mac's avatar

Ahhh Gera amorcita gracias gracias gracias por siempre leerme y verme ❤️

Natalia Ávalon's avatar

0 exaggeration saying I cried 3 times reading this. I deeply, deeply admire who you are as a woman and who you are as a writer. ❤️‍🔥🪞

Lois Mac's avatar

Ahh now I’m crying at this comment 🥹😭 la amo Naty