Author: Jesse “J” Calloway
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Why We Keep Waiting for Life to Start (And Why That’s Bullsh*t)
You ever feel like you’re just waiting for life to start? Like, one day, something big is gonna happen—money’s gonna come in, the right…
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Why Fixing an Old Car is the Best (and Worst) Idea Ever
There’s something about an old car. Maybe it’s the smell—half grease, half history. Or the way the metal feels when you run your fingers…
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Trying Stupid Things (Just to See What Happens)
I have a theory. Most people don’t actually know what they’re capable of. Not because they’re lazy. Not because they’re scared. But because they…
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Trying to Fix a Body I’ve Been Ignoring
I woke up this morning, stretched, and something in my back made a noise that sounded like a tree branch snapping in half. That’s…
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Songs I’ll Never Finish
There’s a notebook sitting on the floor next to my bed. It’s beat-up, the edges curling in, pages stained with coffee and regret. Inside?…
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The Things We Run From
There’s a road just outside of town. Nothing special—just cracked pavement and power lines, stretching out toward nowhere. But I used to think if…
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Singing to the Ghosts
There’s a little ritual I have. Most nights, when it’s too late to be awake but too early to sleep, I pick up my…
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When You Don’t Fit Your Own Life Anymore
There’s this moment that happens. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it—when you’re walking down a familiar street, hearing an old…
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When Life Makes You Small
There was a time when I felt bigger than this place. Bigger than the small-town streets, the dead-end jobs, the same old faces that…
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When You Don’t Recognize Yourself Anymore
I caught my reflection in a store window yesterday. Didn’t recognize myself. Not in some deep, metaphorical way. I mean literally—I stopped, looked, and…