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dead_end

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articles: 10
total claps: 21,079
top claps: 4,133
avg read: 4.8 min
paywalled: 10
active: 2026-02-13 → 2026-05-31

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#reflections ·6 #life-lessons ·5 #love ·4 #self-reflection ·3 #personal-growth ·3 #identity ·2 #self-growth ·2 #letters ·2 #words-from-strangers ·2 #grief-and-loss ·2

MED LIF

DE dead_end

you seem pretty avoidant for someone so desperate for love

what was i actually protecting?

May 01, 2026 · 5 min read · 4,133 claps paywalled #self-growth #self-reflection #hopeless-romantic

you seem pretty avoidant for someone so desperate for love

LIF

DE dead_end

may all wild, rebellious, and imperfect daughters bloom

the first of bloodline trend

Feb 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 3,444 claps paywalled #women #identity #personal-growth

may all wild, rebellious, and imperfect daughters bloom

LIF

DE dead_end

is it better to have a good thing and lost it or never to have had it?

why do loving and losing still shape us?

Feb 13, 2026 · 5 min read · 2,490 claps paywalled #words-from-strangers #grief-and-loss #life-lessons

is it better to have a good thing and lost it or never to have had it?

HUM MDA LIF

DE dead_end

my location unknown tryna find a way back home to you again

music always has a strange way of carrying time inside it

Mar 08, 2026 · 5 min read · 2,470 claps paywalled #music #nostalgia #memories

my location unknown tryna find a way back home to you again

DE dead_end

do i actually want it or do i want others see that i have it?

between silence and applause

Feb 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 2,426 claps paywalled #self-reflection #ambition #identity

do i actually want it or do i want others see that i have it?

DE dead_end

the entire point of life is to not always know where you’re going

it’s to trust you’ll end up where you belong

Apr 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 2,237 claps paywalled #life-lessons #writing-life #self-reflection

the entire point of life is to not always know where you’re going

TCH

DE dead_end

since it’s may, may everything work out for us

a letter for the days that felt like nothing was working

May 05, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,576 claps paywalled #letters #reflections #life-lessons

since it’s may, may everything work out for us

GEN LIF

DE dead_end

are you full of love because you’re full of grief, or full of grief because you’re full of love?

because some things you lose never really let you go

May 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,004 claps paywalled #words-from-strangers #love #life-lessons

are you full of love because you’re full of grief, or full of grief because you’re full of love?

DE dead_end

remember some people won’t understand your words

while some won’t even need words to understand you

May 31, 2026 · 3 min read · 885 claps paywalled #reflections #letters #human-connection

remember some people won’t understand your words

LIF MDA

DE dead_end

happy birthday mom

love you always

Apr 30, 2026 · 6 min read · 414 claps paywalled #birthday-letter #reflections #personal-essay