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The Journey Of 35

March 19, 2022 / Essay

Tomorrow I’ll be 36, but before the hello to the new number, I have to say goodbye to a highly challenging 35. I used to travel or do something special for my birthday for years. But then 2020 came, and being alive seemed like enough celebration. On top of that, I spent my last year’s …

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I Was Lucky

June 8, 2020 / Essay

It´s September 2014. I woke up hangover and saw myself in the mirror a flashback hits me harder than a punch in the face. The biting marks on my neck remind me of the night before. It all started with a party. I was in a bar with colleagues from work. One of them was …

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He Locked Me In His House For Five Days

July 19, 2019 / Essay

Not as his prisoner, but as his girlfriend. I never thought I can put myself in that situation. Nor did I think I can live in a room with no windows. The kitchen always had cockroaches visiting the fridge and the oven. I was disgusted but stuck. How come someone smart and thoughtful like me …

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Your Five-Minute Girl

March 16, 2019 / Essay

All words, all scars I’m just a few clicks away. Your sober mind doesn’t know me but I am the first one you think of whenever you are drunk, bored, or hurt. I am your forever available fixer. I have delicious boobs and a hot ass. I’m witty and smart, beautiful and silly. I am …

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Why Doubting Yourself Is Part of Being Successful

March 8, 2019 / Essay

To be successful you need, first, to know what that means to you. Not the dictionary definition! Even though that will explain the meaning, a dictionary will never tell you how to rapport to a word. Nor how to accept it. So let’s see what being successful can mean to you. I am the first …

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