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The shoulds that became daily habits
Yoga, meditation and digital boundaries: practices I spent years *thinking* about starting – now I can't live without them.
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Francesca Specter
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The first-date rules of adult friendship
After the social peak of your mid-twenties, friendmaking can feel remarkably similar to dating.
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August 2024

Everything I did on my New York trip
My complete travel diary. Plus, the unexpected joy of the Laundromat.
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Becoming the man I wanted to marry
Because love is only the answer in (whisper it) rom-coms.
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Is it intimacy, or 'Into me, you see'?
The power of being witnessed as the feral sloth you are.
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July 2024

I'm taking a summer break – here's how I'll be spending it
More time in my nest, less self-sabotage.
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June 2024

Issue #80: How an alternative dating app went mainstream
And what it says about fatigued online daters.
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Issue #79: Has loneliness become a business opportunity?
And is that really such a bad thing?
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Issue #78: The one 'stupid' question I always ask
Language is power, wrote Angela Carter. Sure – but it shouldn't be a private members' club.
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Issue #77: Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans
Or, how Seth Godin's queue analogy gave me an existential crisis.
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May 2024

Issue #76: Can we be each other's parallel lives?
We’re taught to compare and covet what others have – but what if we share in it, instead?
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Issue #75: Remembering how to be alone, when you're out of practice
Or, a tale of two easyJet flights.
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