Friday diary 24: I am being a scared little bitch right now

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scared woman in a tent alone in the woods surrealist painting via Dall-E

Despite the fact that I end up writing a lot of it, I have a complicated relationship with self-help. When it’s good, it’s great. I enjoyed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by

Mark Manson

. I really enjoyed the ebook I bought from a landing page about how to catch and keep a man. (Manson will be pleased to learn that I’ve clearly been more successful at not giving a fuck than catching and keeping a man.)