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When I was a (young) writer, I kept a daily journal. Part rant, part creative brainstorming, part drafting, and part self-exploration, I often wrote about myself as if I were a character in my stories. Distancing myself from the way I wanted to, but often couldn’t, react to my life’s experiences, was (unbeknownst to myself)Continue reading “giving myself permission.”