More Beautiful Than Necessary

What I'm reading

And how

Nov 1 • 

Tresta Payne

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October 2025

People like nothing more than to make their own decisions

Short leashes, parenting tips and tricks, and tethering myself

Oct 25 • 

Tresta Payne

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7

You don't plan to live a boring life

I tried using index cards to make my lists and carry a daily schedule with me, and that lasted about a week.

Oct 18 • 

Tresta Payne

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2

Change, proper child spacing, and gray beards

A Five Things essay

Oct 10 • 

Tresta Payne

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7

What "Much Ado" teaches us about the benefit of the doubt

Be wary of living by your misinterpretations

Oct 3 • 

Tresta Payne

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September 2025

The way out is not the same as the way in

Some thoughts on escaping the drain, and some links for your thinks

Sep 27 • 

Tresta Payne

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14

You keep using that word.

It's just me—using extraneous words to define things.

Sep 21 • 

Tresta Payne

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4

Life has never been normal

Gird up your loins and get serious

Sep 13 • 

Tresta Payne

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4

Grape Cough Syrup and other things that don't fix the problem

Does everything have to be a lesson?

Sep 7 • 

Tresta Payne

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9

August 2025

The Doerner Fir is on fire

A tribute to the things we value

Aug 28 • 

Tresta Payne

13

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Is there any point in hurrying?

Moving slow

Aug 13 • 

Tresta Payne

25

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July 2025

We don't need the internet to doomscroll

but a little shock and awe can snap us out of it

Jul 14 • 

Tresta Payne

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