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The Village Debate
On one side, people remind us how good community is for us, how much we need each other. On the other, people push back, and honestly, some of their points are fair.
Valentina Flores-Velasquez
Jul 173 min read


Friendship Is a Habit
Friendships take effort, time, a little bit of remembering. To have a village, you have to be a villager.
Valentina Flores-Velasquez
Jul 103 min read


Is it bad to keep score in a friendship?
Is it wrong to want your friends to give back as much as you do?
Valentina Flores-Velasquez
Jul 44 min read


Being alone isn't the problem. Loneliness is.
Is being alone the same thing as being lonely? I've been sitting with this question for a while, mostly because my feed won't let it go. Over the past few months there's been this wave of posts about learning to be alone, spending real time with yourself, people showing off the things they genuinely love doing solo. A long walk. Eating out by yourself. A whole night in bed with a book. And honestly, it's kind of lovely to watch. It also made something click for me: being alon
Valentina Flores-Velasquez
Jun 265 min read
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