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Ask Polly | Heather Havrilesky | Substack
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ASK MOLLY | Heather Havrilesky | Substack
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“Every morning, you MUST love your whims and trust your whims, as you write anything and everything you desire, without shame, without purpose. Let it suck and let it be brilliant, too. Write way too much and then write too little. Feel hopeful and feel ashamed and understand that this is how you will live forever. Your brain is melodramatic. It wa
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“I’m Mrs. Burns-Cooper,” said the woman, “and after this, well, it’s all right this time, because it’s your first time, but after this time always use the back entrance.” There is a pear in my icebox, and one end of rye bread. Except for three Irish potatoes and a cup of flour and the empty Christmas boxes, there is absolutely nothing on my shelf.
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Yesterday I told my therapist that when I left last week, I felt like a baby: dumb and small, sad and fumbling like an animal, uncertain, unaware. But that felt good: all swagger melted away, all pride evaporated or dripping into the wet ground, no gilded guiding grievances, no wistful wisdom, no fanciful fairy tales that make sad animals sound cle
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