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Welcome to The Joy Report this week: The Great Plant Rescue of 2025, QT with my friend Jenn, Proposalpalooza, joy being attractive and repellent I rescued all of the plants from a local restaurant that closed for remodeling and left them behind. I went to the closed space with the owner and we discovered that […]

The Joy Report · Week of 9/01/25

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I wanted to stay grounded while dating without losing hope. So I made a dashboard that helps me tell the truth—to myself, first.

My Complete Dating Dashboard in Notion Helps Me Date Smarter

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Datign dashboard cover

This year, I broke up with my boyfriend of 9 years and moved out of the house we’d shared for 5. It was both the hardest and best thing I think I’ve done so far in my life, and I’m still processing life after a breakup of a relationship that took up that much space […]

Life After a Breakup: Leaving a 9-Year Relationship

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Breakup post cover

I’m just beginning my Soft Girl Era – it’s got nothing to do with finding a partner to do things for me. It’s more about ditching all of the exhausting people-pleasing and self-sabotaging habits that have left me feeling drained and stressed out in pretty much every aspect of my life, up to and including my romantic relationships.

Soft Girl Era (Taylor’s Version)

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