I thought about that a lot

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image text says: I’d filed my first love away in the nineties nostalgia compartment of my brain. The band that was once my everything became the band I only ever brought up in ‘first gig’ icebreakers. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text says: In 2024, I thought a lot about muscles
image text says: Mum was vivacious, sharp and courageous. She’d had to be to raise three boys, alone, in south London. But Alzheimer's is taking that away. And that's devastating to see. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text says: In 2024, I thought a lot about why I am embarrassed to be human
image text says: Legend has it that the 3 wise men didn’t follow a star, but Halley’s Comet. It’s a good story, as is much of religion. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text reads: in 2024, i thought a lot about ghosting
image text says: I felt my creativity was a thing of the past and that my imagination was lost to adulthood. I decided to take a career break. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text says: in 2024, i thought a lot about why my dad was like that
image text says: My selfish soul whispers resentment. Not resentment at my partner. But an impossible resentment directed at the universe that put us in this position. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text says: in 2024, i thought a lot about my top right canine
image text says: We realised we’d probably expected everything to stay the same when we went another way to everyone else. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text reads: in 2024, i thought a lot about Taylor Swift
image text says: I am a feminist. But I didnt used to be. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text reads: in 2024, i thought a lot about my losing football scarf
image text says: in 2024, i thought a lot about my lost football scarf
image text says: there are people who only want to see things so they can be seen seeing things. ithoughtabouttthatalot.com
image text says: In 2024, I thought a lot about my pouch of Douglas ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
copy on the image says: By resisting change, we are upholding the manufactured systems that we are forced to live within. The same systems that are rigged against us. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image copy says: in 2024, i thought a lot about shutting up. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
image text says: as someone who has been living nomadically for a few years, i dont have a traditional home. for me, home is every place that just feels 'right'. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
text says: in 2024, i thought a lot about selling parts of myself on vinted
image has text on it that says: a friend asked if my son would be my favourite if we had another kid. maybe. because whose spirits might our next child be? ithougthaboutthatalot.com
yellow image with copy that says: in 2024, i thought a lot about boys who hate women. and there's a line drawing of a genderless character, sitting and thinking
image is text that says: It's the kind of attention-seeking I've always been taught to scorn. Don't be too vain, too brash, too loud. But how much has that meant holding back, and diminishing myself in the process? ithoughtaboutthatalot.com
yellow image with copy that says: in 2024, i thought a lot about saying bye to a dad i never knew. and there's a line drawing of a genderless character, sitting and thinking