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uncertainty - by Ava - bookbear express

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Miami, 2022 For the longest time I compulsively read narratives about whatever I was going through. Like, if I was in the early stages of dating someone, I would read books about dating. If I was moving to New York, I would read books about young women moving to New York. They were usually novels or memoirs—the specific thing I wanted to understands was the thoughts, the interior experience of the person or character who was going through the same thing I was, so I could know what to expect. Last week I realized that I don’t do that anymore. Part of it is because I’m more confident. Now I…

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