Department of Self Love
Finding your way, one step at a time. You’re not lost – you’re arriving.
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Orientation Memo: Welcome to the Department
A short orientation on how this space works – part office, part inner sanctuary, part experiment in slow self-rediscovery.
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🧠 Onboarding Note | The More I Learn, the Less Qualified I Feel
The more we learn, the more we sometimes notice what we don’t know. Confidence may wobble. The brain may complain. This does not necessarily mean learning is failing. Sometimes it means the gaps have finally become visible.
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⚖️ Body Bulletin | The Scale Has Not Received the Memo
The walking is happening. Strength training has commenced. The muscles have opinions. The bathroom scale, however, remains largely unmoved. One measure is data. It is not the whole body.
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🌿 I Don’t Need To Solve This Today
Some problems need more thought. Others simply need information that has not arrived yet. When there is nothing useful left to do today, perhaps the kindest thing is to let the question remain unanswered for a while.
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🍫 The Heavenly Cube
For two weeks, the Heavenly Cube was postponed. Then one day, the answer was yes. Perhaps caring for ourselves includes nourishment and enjoyment—and sometimes the exhausting part isn’t eating the thing, but deciding whether we’re allowed to.
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🌿 Just One Round
Five kilometres felt like too much. So the agreement became smaller: walk one round, then see how you feel. Sometimes the hardest part isn’t continuing. It’s beginning.
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🌿 I Don’t Know How To Do This Yet
Something interesting appears. Then we notice everything we don’t know, and being new starts to feel remarkably similar to being incapable. They are not the same thing.
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🌿 Nothing Is Wrong Today
The number on the scales was not quite as hoped. But the coffee was good. There was food on the table, people to come home to, and an ordinary day ahead. Nothing is perfect. And still, nothing is wrong today.
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🌿 A Day With Nothing Impressive To Report
An ordinary Tuesday. Breakfasts, lunchboxes, school runs, groceries, laundry, dinner and preparation for tomorrow. Nothing impressive happened. And yet, life kept moving.
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☕ Unofficial Update — What People Did During Recess
The Department has returned from its two-week recess. There were long naps, slow mornings at cafés, movies in the middle of the afternoon, walks without destinations, and days when absolutely nothing happened. Perhaps that was the nicest part.
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🌿 Post-Recess Observation Report
Following completion of the Department’s two-week planned recess, the Office of Compliance & Integrity has undertaken a brief review of Office return observations. No two Offices appear to have undertaken the recess in precisely the same way. The findings suggest this is entirely appropriate.
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