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Choosing Truth Over Survival
  • Home
  • Short Stories
    • Angels Don’t Save, But Sometimes They Stay (Short Story)
    • Loss Of Chaos Doesn't Mean Peace
    • Truth Beneath The Descent
      • The Unseverable Connection
      • The Lost Boy
  • Essays
  • Journal
  • Podcast
  • Where Learning Begins
    • In The Womb
    • In The Home
  • Where Learning Expands
    • Primary & Secondary Schooling: In The District
      • Unspoken Truths From The Inside
      • Where The Training Ends
        • Topic 1: Addressing Public Masturbation in the Classroom
      • Surveys
      • Getting It Right
    • Postsecondary Schooling
  • There's No Way Around It
    • Neurodiversity
    • Emotions
    • Mutual Respect
  • Works Of Others
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    • Home
    • Short Stories
      • Angels Don’t Save, But Sometimes They Stay (Short Story)
      • Loss Of Chaos Doesn't Mean Peace
      • Truth Beneath The Descent
        • The Unseverable Connection
        • The Lost Boy
    • Essays
    • Journal
    • Podcast
    • Where Learning Begins
      • In The Womb
      • In The Home
    • Where Learning Expands
      • Primary & Secondary Schooling: In The District
        • Unspoken Truths From The Inside
        • Where The Training Ends
          • Topic 1: Addressing Public Masturbation in the Classroom
        • Surveys
        • Getting It Right
      • Postsecondary Schooling
    • There's No Way Around It
      • Neurodiversity
      • Emotions
      • Mutual Respect
    • Works Of Others

Essays 

(Personal Works)

Making sense of life—through inquiry, analysis, awareness, reflection, and the willingness to grow.


This page gathers the essays where I think, question, observe, and make meaning of the world around me. These pieces are reflective and perspective-driven—rooted in lived experience, personal understanding, and the patterns I’ve spent years trying to name. Through inquiry, analysis, and honest reflection, I examine the moments, lessons, and truths that shape how we understand ourselves and the world.

Here, I explore the inner shifts and outer circumstances that influence how we grow—naming what’s rarely said out loud, tracing connections beneath the surface, and finding clarity through the act of writing. These essays are my way of making sense of life: its pain, its beauty, its contradictions, and the ways it continues to shape who we are becoming.

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