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Adult night out protocols

Carmen texted the group chat at 4 PM: “Drinks at Hendricks tonight. 7:30. No excuses.” Sarah immediately responded with three thumbs up e...

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Small notes, big realizations

Found this little piece of paper tucked in my planner today while finally getting my organizational life back together.

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Study bunker activated

Sarah texted at noon asking if she could bring her “emergency study kit” over because her apartment was too quiet and making her anxious....

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The planning autopsy

Sitting on the floor with all these anniversary planning notebooks spread around me like evidence from a crime scene.

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Portrait mode breakthrough

Carmen showed up with her new iPhone 13 this afternoon, completely baffled by all the camera options. ‘There are like seventeen different...

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Rise and fall

Alex texted yesterday asking if I wanted to try this bread-making kit she’d impulse-bought but was too intimidated to tackle alone. Sure,...

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The weight of necessary words

Three days later and I’m still unpacking Thursday’s meeting where I had to call out a colleague’s behavior in front of the whole team.

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Crisis archaeology

Cleaning out my school bag and found this crumpled piece of paper with Jake’s handwriting: ‘Elena - called landlord, left voicemail. Made...

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The art of collaborative control

Spent the morning putting away all these anniversary planning folders and had one of those lightbulb moments about Jake and me.

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Table for six

Decided this year I wanted to keep it simple. Just the people who matter most, takeout from that Thai place we all love, and a chocolate ...

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