July 2023
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Don’t Tell Me Who to Be Until You’ve Lived Who I Am
I’m tired of being interpreted by people who’ve never lived a day inside my head. Never walked in my shoes. Tired of the nodding. The sympathetic tilt of the head. The quick inhale that signals advice is loading. “I know exactly how you feel.” No, you don’t. You know how you felt. In your life.…
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Why Zoom Took Over (and Why It Shouldn’t Have)
There was a time when if you wanted to speak to someone, you just… called them. No warning. No scheduling. You picked up the phone, said hello, and had a chat. Simple. Whatever Happened to Just Picking Up the Phone? Then 2020 happened, and suddenly the world decided that even one-to-one conversations needed to be booked.…
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Wanted to Matter. I Ended Up Standing Outside.
We’ve been going about two months now. Andy’s Man Club in Louth opened around Easter, and honestly, for the most part it’s working. Blokes are coming back. New faces turn up most weeks. We’re getting 8, 9, sometimes 10 or 11 men in the room on a Monday night, and men are actually talking. Properly…