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Issue #249: The Real Reason I Chose Not to Publish This Morning

The hardest part about writing this newsletter.

Jun 02, 2026
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I write briefly, but honestly, about body image in this post. If you feel this might be difficult for you, for any reason, please trust yourself and skip this piece.

I had a completely different post slated and ready to go live this morning. That piece, a reflection on some relational dynamics I’m navigating, was good and I was excited for it to go live because I knew so many of you would relate to it. But it was also incendiary and something that would be difficult to come back from once it was out floating in your inboxes…

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