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Jess Ross
Oct 15, 2026
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Writing in books feels so wrong.

While textbooks and workbooks don’t count as a part of it, some of my schoolbooks from back in the day were extremely uninviting; I didn’t even want to crack the cover. The blank space inside didn’t beckon me to do anything with it.

But even writing in a blank journal or notebook has me hes…

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