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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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ness rambles

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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ness talks about life

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 writing diaries

the wanderer’s post issue #2 is ready for your eyeballs | writing diaries #3.5

December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

lit mag issue number two is here and it contains my words about seasonal blues and a cruise ship in space.

Tagged lit magazines, magazine, short stories, the wanderer's post, writing, writing diaries1 Comment
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ness talks books, reading log

eat pray love fish eggs | reading log #5

November 12, 2025December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

After I explained the plot of one book, my dear friend insinuated that my internet should be taken away. Hurtful.

Tagged as you like it, book-review, books, elizabeth gilbert, fiction, i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki, life, reading, reading log, reading logs, the disabled tyrant's beloved pet fish, the spanish tragedy, writing5 Comments

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