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Mar 9, 2022

A rationalization of why I quit drinking

by: Aby Go Hi, I’m Aby and I’m not an alcoholic. However, by the time this article gets published I will be 120 days sober. I had my last sip of alcohol on New Year’s Eve. A full 15 minutes before the clock turned twelve. The idea to stop drinking…

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Oct 5, 2020

An essay likening my love life to movies

After relaying the drama that was unfolding in yet another failed situationship my best friend once asked me, “is this the story you want to tell your kids about how you ended up with their father?” As a storyteller, this question stuck to me and since then I have been…

Friendzone

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When It’s Not Like The Movies
When It’s Not Like The Movies
Friendzone

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Aug 31, 2020

A realization about grace

“the woman in me gracefully let you go but the animal in me was howling and tearing in my skin” — L.E. Bowman If we met a little bit earlier, I would’ve played this differently. I would’ve said yes just to keep you. I’d embrace the ambivalence. I would be…

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Grace
Grace

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Aug 9, 2020

An open letter to a good person

“It was like coming up for air after months of drowning.” That was how it felt like meeting you. Your presence was a much needed respite from all the heaviness happening all around. I had just gotten over a toxic relationship that unraveled in the middle of a pandemic. …

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We’re Good People Now
We’re Good People Now

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Apr 25, 2020

A reflection on why I walked

Walking the road to Santiago de Compostela has always been on this long list of things I would like to accomplish in my lifetime. I had been reading a lot of books about it — mostly written by my favorite authors. …

Camino De Santiago

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Why I Walked
Why I Walked
Camino De Santiago

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Apr 9, 2020

A short story on timing

I was standing at an intersection contemplating whether to turn left or to cross to the other side of the street. Five seconds into my indecision, I looked up and there he was standing at the opposite side of the road. He looks at me and waves. “Stay where you…

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A Short Story on Timing
A Short Story on Timing

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Dec 28, 2019

An year-end essay on dating

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief…” –Charles Dickens, on my dating life I’m kidding, he was actually describing the French Revolution. However, I couldn’t think of…

Relationships

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‘If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no’ and other important things I learned from dating in 2019
‘If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no’ and other important things I learned from dating in 2019
Relationships

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Jul 26, 2019

An reflection on an ambiguous friendship

“I’ve known him for half my life.” I told the waiter at my favourite restaurant when he asked what we were and how we knew each other. We met when we were 16, I don’t remember how and when. My memories of him were mostly made up of watching from…

Love

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Half Life
Half Life
Love

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Feb 18, 2019

A lament on ghosting

We went out on five real and perfect dates involving late night walks and long drives out of the city. It was a situationship that had the potential to blossom into a real relationship if only we played our cards right. But as we were walking home from dinner on…

Relationships

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So, It Ghosts
So, It Ghosts
Relationships

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Jan 10, 2019

A testimonial on progress

I spent most of my formative years as an athlete. It was at the age of 8 when I first started soccer, playing through high school and some of my years in college. The years of intense training gave me a slender physique and kept my weight at just a…

Sports

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Sports

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