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Why "Quiet Luxury" Was Never Really Quiet

The whole aesthetic was always about signaling to the right people. Let's stop pretending it was about simplicity and talk about what it actually communicates.

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I Deleted All My Apps for a Week. Here's What I Actually Missed.

Spoiler: it wasn't social media. The things I reached for most said a lot about the habits I'd built without realizing it.

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The Myth of "Having It Together" in Your 30s

Everyone's faking it. And once you accept that, everything gets a lot more interesting. A defense of beautiful chaos.

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Stop Telling Me to Meal Prep on Sundays

The entire meal prep industrial complex assumes I have a free Sunday. I don't. Here's how I actually feed myself as a busy human.

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