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What’s the cost of personal writing?
Remembering Dooce, remembering to pause.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
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How to swim, how to fly, how to operate in the world
We never stop learning.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
27
The neighbor I never asked for
When we live alongside grief, we have to check in from time to time.
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Rebecca Coates
7
April 2023
Is this it? This is it.
On getting older and accepting who I am.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
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Throwback: I’m happy for you!
It's been five years since I first wrote this essay. Lots of things have changed. One big (and uncomfortable) thing has not.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
21
Thread: Bubble baths and other basic self-care
Will these superficial acts change your life? No. But they might make things a little better.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
76
How to survive in a country full of guns
Living in fear isn’t a way to live.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
27
March 2023
A handful of ideas, ready to germinate
Today’s newsletter is a real spring mix.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
14
When left to my own devices
Why is it so hard to break up with my phone?
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
47
I’m no longer leaning in or out
I’m no longer leaning in or out. But I am trying to lean.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
23
Tell me something good
A simple prompt for uncertain times.
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
33
February 2023
Thread: A battalion of excuses
What are you afraid of doing?
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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
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