Overused

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What is a word you feel that too many people use?

If I had to pick one word that too many people use, it might be “literally.”

Not because I hate the word itself — it has its place — but because we’ve started using it for everything. And half the time, what people mean is actually figuratively. I’ve heard “I literally died laughing” enough times to know we’ve completely abandoned the original definition.

It’s not just “literally,” though. I think it’s bigger than that. We latch onto certain words because they sound strong or dramatic, and before long they’ve been used so much that they lose their weight. Words like “love,” “hate,” “always,” and “never” start to feel thin if they’re thrown around without meaning behind them.

Maybe that’s why I’m always trying to be careful with my words. I don’t want to wear them out. I want them to land when I use them. If I say “I love you,” I want it to still feel like a whole sentence, not a reflex.

So yes, I might roll my eyes when “literally” gets abused. But mostly, I just want us all to use our words like they matter — because they do.

It was just a Tuesday.

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Nothing major happened. No breakthroughs. No breakdowns. No wild moments of clarity or chaos. Just…life. I got out of bed a little too early, drank my water that wasn’t cold enough, and wore a shirt I didn’t really care for. I smiled at someone I didn’t feel like smiling at. I answered emails. I breathed.

And somehow, even in all that nothingness, I felt the weight of everything. Like the quiet hum under the noise was just a little louder than usual. Like my body remembered things I didn’t ask it to recall.

Sometimes I think the hardest days aren’t the big, dramatic ones. It’s the Tuesdays. The ones that are supposed to feel normal.

But I showed up. I kept going. I did the work. I didn’t break. I even laughed at something stupid online. I held space for myself in the middle of the ordinary.

Maybe that’s enough.