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everything is awful AKA existential dread AKA what’s a person to do?

June 5, 2026 nesskingsley

If you can't do it perfectly, at least do it badly ... (This is really just a post to help myself; to stave off the feeling of dread and the paralysis of fear.)

Tagged climate change, doom, existential dread, family, general depression, gloom, life, love, mental health, the news, the state of things, writingLeave a comment
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studying & working full time & writing books & having hobbies too – how i [don’t] do it all and how you can too

April 27, 2026 nesskingsley

I do have some advice. It's a touch unhinged and not medically approved, but there you go.

Tagged blog, books, life, love, mental health, studies, writing2 Comments
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i thought we knew what loving our neighbour meant

January 27, 2026 nesskingsley

And I wonder, if this is what Jesus said was the most important commandant and it is ignored - can they call themselves Christian at all?

Tagged bible, christian, christianity, division, faith, god, jesus, life, love, neighbour, politics, worldLeave a comment
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2025: a year

December 31, 2025February 6, 2026 nesskingsley

Last autumn, I had a little bout of fisticuffs with salmonella (I lost and was hospitalised) and I haven't been feeling 100% since then. I know. Over a year later. I'm **offended**.

Tagged 2025, adventures, freewrite, life, new year, reading, travel, writing4 Comments
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the new lit magazine on the block: The Wanderer’s Post

August 1, 2025December 16, 2025 nesskingsley

My own contribution starts by mentioning the 'annual quarterly budget meeting' so obviously you've got to read *that* story

Tagged books, creative-writing, fiction, lit magazines, magazine, reading, short story, the wanderer's post, writing1 Comment

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