Y Me Journey — A Personal Blog
eventApr 26, 2026
The Morning I Stopped Apologizing
It was a Tuesday in March, the kettle was whistling, and somewhere between the second and third sip I realized I had been saying sorry for taking up space my whole life.
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event Apr 21, 2026
On Carrying a Notebook Everywhere
A small leather thing, the size of a postcard, that has saved more of my thoughts than any therapist or friend. Here is what twelve months of pages taught me.
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event Apr 17, 2026
The Question I Asked My Father at the Hospital
I had rehearsed it for months. When the moment finally came I forgot every word and asked him about the garden instead. It turned out to be the right question.
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event Apr 12, 2026
A Slow Walk Through Lisbon, Alone
Three days, no itinerary, no map. Just the 28E tram, a bakery I returned to twice, and a quiet conversation with a stranger about the colour of doors.
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event Apr 06, 2026
Why I Quit the Job That Looked Perfect on Paper
Six figures, corner office, the title I had wanted at twenty-five. I left it on a Tuesday and I have not slept that well since I was a child.
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event Mar 30, 2026
Letters to My Younger Self, Year Thirty-Two
Dear me at twenty: it gets harder before it gets honest. Stop pretending you have it figured out. The good ones will love you for the questions, not the answers.
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event Mar 24, 2026
The Friendship That Ended Without a Fight
No betrayal, no argument, no closing scene. Just two people who slowly stopped picking up the phone. I am still learning what to do with the silence.
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event Mar 18, 2026
Cooking the One Meal My Grandmother Never Wrote Down
It took me four attempts and a long phone call to my aunt. The smell brought her back into the kitchen for an afternoon, and that was the whole point.
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event Mar 11, 2026
What Therapy Actually Felt Like, in Year Three
I thought I was going for the panic attacks. It turned out I was going to learn how to be in a room with myself without flinching.
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event Mar 04, 2026
A Love Letter to the Friend Who Stayed
You drove four hours when I asked. You sat in the kitchen and did not try to fix me. You ate cold pizza at midnight. I have not said thank you enough.
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event Feb 26, 2026
The Year I Read Forty Books and Forgot Most of Them
A confession about reading for the wrong reasons, the few sentences that stayed, and the slow return to a smaller, more honest stack on the bedside table.
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event Feb 18, 2026
On the Particular Loneliness of Sundays
Not the bad kind. The reflective kind, the one that asks better questions than the workweek allows. Notes from twelve Sundays spent without plans.
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event Feb 09, 2026
The Argument I Lost, and Why I Was Glad
I had every fact on my side and I was still wrong. A short essay on being heard versus being right, and how my marriage survived the difference.
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event Feb 01, 2026
Learning to Say No Without Explaining Why
A full sentence, a full paragraph, then finally just a word. The strange grief of disappointing people on purpose, and the calm that followed.
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event Jan 22, 2026
Why I Started Writing This Blog
Not to be read, exactly. More like leaving a light on in a window, in case anyone walking by recognizes the shape of the room. Welcome in.
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