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Kristie
Kristie
@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

New year, no reset.

A short essay on continuation, constraint, and why ‘fresh starts’ don’t work for everyone.

‘For me, and for many, the work is not in beginning again but in continuing. Continuation is far less aesthetic than renewal, harder to commodify, and it doesn't lend itself well to announcements, before and after photos, or public commitments. But it is honest.’

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/on-not-beginning-again

#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Disability #UK #NewYear

On Not Beginning Again

Thanks for reading!
A colour photograph of a frost covered field in the foreground, edged by a wire fence and gate. Beyond it, Dunkeld Cathedral rises among dense evergreen trees, its stone tower and clock partially framed by bare winter branches under a pale, cold sky.
A colour photograph of a frost covered field in the foreground, edged by a wire fence and gate. Beyond it, Dunkeld Cathedral rises among dense evergreen trees, its stone tower and clock partially framed by bare winter branches under a pale, cold sky.
A colour photograph of a frost covered field in the foreground, edged by a wire fence and gate. Beyond it, Dunkeld Cathedral rises among dense evergreen trees, its stone tower and clock partially framed by bare winter branches under a pale, cold sky.
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David McMullin
David McMullin
@mcmullin@musicians.today replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 minutes ago

@kristiedegaris

“When we organise our culture around renewal, we devalue the quieter labour of holding things together, of getting through.” Yes!

The more the culture valorizes moving fast and breaking things, and the more things break and break, the more I appreciate the essential, unglamorous but dignified work of simply holding it together, carrying on.

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dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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@dch@bsd.network replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@kristiedegaris genius post Kristie 🙏 🤲

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markus
markus
@markus@toot.orchid-cottage.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago
@kristiedegaris Dunkeld cathedral is such a magical place and this photo is just excellent.

A bit sad that I recognised the cathedral by the scaffolding.
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Deer Witch Nyx
Deer Witch Nyx
@moss@kind.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for this, truly deeply viscerally.

You touched on a lot of what I’d been feeling the last few years but broke then open and blossomed then and gave them better words & handles for reckoning beyond the seeds I had only just begun to understand. I can’t wait to see what grows slowly and on their own timeline now.

I also shared in my LC support group. HeartDisability

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Genevieve T
Genevieve T
@mulberryroad@ausglam.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@kristiedegaris oh excellent. Thank you for your wise observations here.

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Bruno Girin
Bruno Girin
@brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@kristiedegaris 100% agree. My toast with friends on the 31st was to continue what I started in 2025 and before.

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