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Jul 31Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

hi hi i absolutely loved this newsletter. i went off social for a year and i was considering returning now that a year has passed but the first night after installing instagram, i had a dream where someone was repeatedly telling me to uninstall the app 😂 so i uninstalled it the next day.

since then, i’ve been thinking more about how my life as a chill blogger is much less “showy” and stressful than when i was trying to milk content out of my daily activities. it’s very different to go for a run or have a lunch date with friends and enjoy it in the moment than take tons of stories to share it, not really enjoying the moment as much as curating it for strangers online. i feel like i was able to make more memories and feel more joy by not having the thought of sharing everything in order to maintain a persona.

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aw thank you!🩷 & oh my god you're subconscious has your back!! exactly, it's so much more relaxing and memorable actually being in the moment than trying to get the perfect angle for strangers online!!! so happy for you. don't install it again!😂

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Aug 5Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

I have yet to find anything more healing than a day watching the waves at the beach, glad it brought you peace as well💚

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ikr the sound of waves just melts all the stress away, it's almost magical

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I'm there now💚

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Aug 4Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

I think it was divine intervention that this post landed on my feed. I deleted all my social accounts over the last few weeks as I feel most are lacking in connection. My home is now here on Substack where everything feels slower and more in tune with my soul.

On the note of feeding your soul, I’m meeting with my sister circle tonight as we do on every new/full moon to bring in our intentions collectively 🌚❤️

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wow what a lovely comment! so glad you got rid of socials and found substack, it's so much calmer and more genuine here. and wow the sister circle sounds incredible I am actively jealous, I hope you had a wonderful time🩷🩷

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Jul 31Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

Nature walks all the way 🌿

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definitely🫶🏾

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Jul 31Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

absolutely loved this :) it’s so easy to get caught up in surface-level habits and get stuck running on the hedonic treadmill of progress and accomplishment that we forget to engage in the soul-filling activities that are going to be what we are grateful we spent our time on at the end of the day!! thank you for this invaluable reminder ❤️

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exactly!!! so glad you liked this🥰🥰

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Jul 30Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

Love this SO much!! I realized the other week that I haven't been doing enough of these soul filling things recently and promised myself to do more. The first thing I did was finally re-join a book club I stopped participating in when life got busy. So excited for my first book club meeting back in a couple weeks :)

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ah this makes me so happy! and a book club sounds amazing! I hope it's just as good as you remember :') so glad you enjoyed reading🥰🥰

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Jul 30Liked by Candice Daphne McDowell

💓💓💓

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All of this

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🩷🩷🩷

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