“We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us.”
-THE WAY OF KINGS, BY BRANDON SANDERSON
WHAT THIS ARCHIVE IS ABOUT
The golden thread in my writings.
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The jouney matters most
Life is not something that just happens to you, it comes from you. You are already living, so I write about the way, not the destination.
Everything starts within
Pain, guilt, fear, change. I turn towards these things instead of away, because growth only starts when you are willing to look.
Choosing to hope
Love, belief and peace does not have a maximum, ongoing, suffering criteria that needs to be met for you to be deserving of them. You deserve them now, no matter how great you think your load is.
NEW HERE? START HERE?
Pick the one that finds you
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IF YOU FEEL LOST OR BEHIND
Life before death
The Stormlight Archive, the oaths, and why the journey outweighs the destination.
✦ love reading books that make you question your own philosophies
✦ are healing or trying to understand who you truly are
✦ enjoy thinking about the deeper meaning of things that seem ordinary
✦ would rather read something honest than polished
A NOTE ON THE NAME
Is my name Avoeria?
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Avoeria is a name I made from two words years ago and can no longer remember, which feels oddly right for an archive. This blog began as a wish to write the way another blogger once made me feel: part journal, part performance, entirely mine
THINGS THAT KEEP ME GROUNDED
My Affinities
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ON THE USE OF AI
Every word here is mine. If I use AI at all, it’s the way you’d use a dictionary or a notebook: it helps me organise, never create. The depth, the meaning and the voice are mine.
TO MY READERS
Thank you for being here. Feel welcome to read, join my journey, and share your own perspective in the comments.
If we know each other in real life: thank you, and please use your discernment about who you share this with.
