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I don’t know when I stopped taking my own advice or feeling like I needed to be anywhere else but here. Now.
Here, the permanent present tense, has always been my lane. I’ve always loved that I could dance to my own drum, content and present; able to participate in and enjoy the magic unfolding in ordinary life (see: #QuestForBeauty). I’ve always believed in fully inhabiting a season without regret.
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Friendship love letters are my personal archive, evidence that platonic love is just love; underrated and valuable. I deeply encourage writing letters to your friends, telling the people that you love that they’re dear to you, not just when boys are mean to you. soapbox done.
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Three cheers for platonic intimacy!
I used to play at romantic relationships, it often felt like I was following a script, playing a part. It was perilous; at any given moment I was going to be found out. I told my friends that I found it all quite technical and it ranged from clunky: “should I kiss him now?” “What are the rules, what are things girlfriends should do?” to embarrassing: “I think I’m supposed to feel something now [insert feeling here]”.
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Alternative title: Never beating the allegations
This is a friendship love letter unlike any other: Its bittersweet, apologetic and kind; reflective. It’s also a 2024 retrospective, a photo dump (of my thoughts) x journal entry (by way of archived WhatsApp chats). But mostly: This one is addressed to me.
Am I getting by?
Am I happy?
Am I still the girl I used to be?
Barely.
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Allow me to reintroduce myself:
I’ve been away for a while (an obscene while) but I also never left ya’ll. Hi Im Ntoetse, I trade in personal essays and silly whimsy, this is my creative outlet and because I’m 31 now and here’s 31 things to know about me (by way of reintroduction).
Compliments of the new year and welcome back! Today I thought we’d try something a little different. I present: Selected transcriptions of my 2023 (pen and paper) journal. Whilst preparing for an (initimidatingly) overdue journaling session tonight, I was struck by the few gorgeous truths I wrote on the rare occasions that I actually put pen to paper in 2023, (quite frankly I’m a little freaked out that I wrote some of these in the first place to be honest).
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Help!
I’m writing to all the different versions of myself for wisdom and guidance. I am not myself at the moment and feel terrified and lost so I’m returning to the source. The Alliance of Delightful Humans Doing life with me.
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I am located right in the centre of my joy and I believe in perfect days. I believe that negative and positive experiences can be beautiful. My threshold for perfection may be low but “with all it’s sham drudgery and broken dreams, it’s still a beautiful life. Be cheerful, strive to be happy”.
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This blog sometimes moonlights as a travel blog-come-photo album (and I’ve learned that these have actually helped ya’ll plan actual trips of your own!). It offers me an opportunity to share travel wisdom and document my trips so that I can show my uncle that I’m still enjoying (relatively) single life when he asks me where my husband is (it actually worked BTW, he begrudgingly had to admit that I was having a great time being an unmarried heathen when I showed him the pictures). OK let’s go!
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Collaborative Eavesdropping 