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the good enough diaries jess substack subscribe sign in home notes archive about how to grieve at your retail job a first draft reflection on grief memory and the ways small acts of kindness stick with us through it all oct 1 2025 jess 79 52 11 this is not the post i wanted to write an imperfect first draft on trying to write about trauma and being okay with not being okay oct 8 2025 jess 84 46 13 observations from the animal hospital waiting room a first draft on the lessons i have learned as a cat parent the joys of inevitable heartbreak and how apathy has become the status quo nov 14 2025 jess 43 18 11 most popular view all this is not the post i wanted to write oct 8 2025 jess 84 46 13 you will find your people nov 5 2025 jess 80 22 17 suffering through small talk oct 15 2025 jess 68 51 6 i grew up on the internet oct 22 2025 jess 45 34 12 observations from the animal hospital waiting room nov 14 2025 jess 43 18 11 welcome to the good enough diaries sep 18 2025 jess 22 15 2 fed up of having to be perfect subscribe for deliberate imperfection subscribe journal this is not the post i wanted to write an imperfect first draft on trying to write about trauma and being okay with not being okay oct 8 2025 jess 84 46 13 how to grieve at your retail job a first draft reflection on grief memory and the ways small acts of kindness stick with us through it all oct 1 2025 jess 79 52 11 welcome to the good enough diaries i m an autistic woman going on an unmasking journey to give up on perfection i m publishing first drafts everyday messy honest and a bit too sep 18 2025 jess 22 15 2 recommendations view all 10 jessica jessica i am fine really i am fine really not exactly ana not exactly ana i remember laura layla shafiq words layla shafiq 2026 jess telling privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts