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I learned early rest was for the weak. Everything my family taught me said so.
My father taught hours, my mother graded late. The message was clear.
What voice drives you forward, and is it speaking with kindness or fear?
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What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really? | 🔗 https://brennan.day/what-have-note-taking-pkms-accomplished-really/
#PersonalEssay #Writing #Research #Productivity #KnowledgeManagement #AcademicResearch #Criticism
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner
Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”
The post How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-6th-annual-personal-essay-awards-winner#BeInspired #FromtheMagazine #FromtheWinners #PersonalEssay #PersonalEssays
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Announcing the 5th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 5th annual Writer's Digest Personal Essay Awards!
The post Announcing the 5th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winners appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/5th-annual-personal-essay-awards-winners#FromtheWinners #PersonalEssay #PersonalEssays #PersonalWriting #WDCompetitions
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I enjoyed this hybrid piece about ghosts. It's a short and fascinating read. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/09/16/all-you-have-to-do-is-die/ #GhostStories #ShortStory #PersonalEssay #HybridWriting #ghosts