The ItchFree essay
I’m Grateful for This Life. I Want More, Actually.
On having a good life and wanting more from it anyway.
October 6, 2026
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The Itch
Something doesn’t fit. Let’s investigate.
The feeling that something is off before you have language for what it is. The Itch is where we poke at identity, relationships, usefulness, ambition, desire, old roles and the other things that get very interesting once “fine” stops being a satisfying answer.
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The ItchFree essay
I Have No Interest in Becoming My Best Self
For anyone who has accidentally turned her entire existence into an improvement project.
October 5, 2026
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The Greedy List
The list before the explanations, logistics and negotiations.
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I Don’t Want to Be Needed. I Want to Be Chosen.
For the women whose competence has become part skill, part identity, part emergency hotline.
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