Realizing Things
Manzi Burnsexistential essays and poems for people who google their feelings
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 9 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 2 months ago |
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The Difference Between Being Alone and Being With Yourself
My luggage stared at me from across the room, two weeks worth of clothing crammed in for for a six-day trip to Portugal, all of it begging to be unpacked. I knew that I should use my jetlag to my advantage: catch up on laundry, or the 400 u...
Demystifying the Cool Girl Myth
A snowy Saturday a few months ago I was escorted to the corner-booth at a just-loud-enough, well-decorated restaurant. My date was 6’4” and called me beautiful upon arrival. We both ordered martinis–mine dirty, his with a twist. Somewhere b...
The Strange Comfort of Staying Heartbroken
She spotted him before the menus arrived.
“He’s kind of cute, right?” she said, nodding toward a man at the next table. We were in a too-loud restaurant in TriBeCa. He was in a navy suit, working through a baby gem salad with the focused j...
What Happens When You Ask Everyone Except Yourself?
It’s always 2:00 AM when my thoughts begin to repeat themselves. In the late hours of a Tuesday that dragged on too long, my psyche turns into a restless toddler, starved for attention. No matter how exhausted I am, my thoughts are tireless...
Love Island UK is my Favorite Self Care Ritual
I have watched 500 hours of Love Island UK.
That means I have spent nearly twenty-one days of my one wild and precious life watching hyper-sexual brits cry over 48-hour-long situationships… and I can’t get enough.
Thanks for reading Reali...
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Hi Substack!! I'm Manzi! I'm 29-years-old and live in Manhattan. I write essays and poems about relationships, existential dread, and whatever else my brain decides is an emergency. Occasionally accidentally profound.
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