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A personal essay about starting over after losing my job, rediscovering my interests, and learning to trust my own instincts through the surprisingly humbling process of baking bread.
What began as an experiment with new hobbies became a lesson in self-discovery, persistence, and letting go of the need for outside validation.
This piece combines personal storytelling, humor, and reflection to explore what happens when we stop trying to make our lives impressive to other people and start figuring out what genuinely makes us happy.
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Hello Contrarians! Excited to finally start my Contra journey after having my account set up forever.
If you're looking for a copywriter, storyteller, or content writer who thinks strategically about where and how to create content to properly showcase your business or position your team leaders with thoughtful pieces, send me a DM!
Also, if you want to chat about how fast work is evolving, or just discuss the future of content, I'd love to connect.
Excited to start talking to fellow creatives and build community here.
I am new here also I don’t know to expect and what the future holds for me but hopefully I come back to this post to celebrate
Just hit my first $10,000 on Contra 🥳🎉
I joined Contra a while ago without really knowing what to expect, and it’s been really nice to see it gradually become a place where I’ve met great clients and worked on projects I genuinely love.
Here’s to the next one 🥂
Congratulationssss Elodie ✨🤏
It's so nice
What happens when a poet picks up a pen and remembers she likes to sketch too:)
I write poetry over at @words.bycm on IG and since Inktober is here, I thought it was time to let that side of me out of its little corner of Instagram.
This is 'What Is Freedom?', a poem I wrote...
