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Aug 27, 2023Liked by Rachel Elizabeth 🍒

"at this point, telling people i’m ~focusing on self-love~ is just a face-saving way to say “i’m lonely as fuck but these $30 soy wax candles that smell like a city i can’t afford to live sure do help!”" is so REAL - i wish i could quote this entire post to myself in the bathroom mirror every morning when the loneliness creeps in a little too hard!!! this was such a beautifully honest piece i'm obsessed

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Aug 27, 2023Liked by Rachel Elizabeth 🍒

heard. we're not made to be disconnected creatures, and no amount of consumption will change that. love and affection and touch and validation are essential as breath and water. maybe 'self-love' is just capitalism's attempt to make you fill the void left by everything real it has taken away.

here's to fewer things, and more connection. 🌱

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