On Being No One Special

Why it feels so difficult to commit seriously to the art of self-expression.

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It’s taken me a few years to feel like I’m justified in sitting down at the keyboard each day to write something to share with strangers.

In the beginning, I was held back mostly by not really knowing where I should even begin. Untangling the knots of one’s life and finding the right words with which to express our…