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Update #49: Boundaries and People Pleasing and Say No!
By Sammy Ginsberg I am feeling really anxious. Last night, I got triggered right before bed. Today, I am still feeling anxious. I started to spiral. I have realized it is a people-pleasing trigger. It came from trying to do SCTE social media stuff and being like, wow, the system is so dysfunctional!!! And so…
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January 2026 Events
By Sammy Ginsberg This is my first attempt at organizing a calendar listing of events again! I used to do this as an undergraduate and when I lived in London. I’m bringing it back. There are just so so so many cool events in Los Angeles! And Instagram (aka META) SUCKSSSSSSSS as an event sharing…
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Update #48: Birthday Girl
By Sammy Ginsberg For the first time in years, I posted on Instagram that it was my birthday on my story. Ever since I realized I wasn’t invited to who I considered a close friend’s birthday, I have been terrified to post. I didn’t want to put someone through the same thing as me. Although,…
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Update #47: Spirallinggggg
By Sammy Ginsberg Cats! Dogs! Rats! Children! I’m spirallingggg. Well not really right now, but like at 4pm – I was spiraling. I felt a panic coming on like it was November 2024, and so I went to yoga. Now I am at the Shut Up and Write in Los Feliz that I started in…
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Chapter 1: Supercommunicators
Reflection by Sammy Ginsberg Omg! Chapter 1!! Ahh. I find it so interesting that communication skills and partying are basically what it means to be a good spy. Duhigg uses the story of a CIA worker Lawler to demonstrate this. He says, “a field officer’s mandate wasn’t slinking in shadows and whispering in parking lots;…
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My 2026 Reading List
By Sammy Ginsberg Check out the books I’ve read in 2026! For some of the books, I will be doing Chapter Reflections, and others reviews. This is me modeling what I want my students to do in my ELA class. Supercommunicator: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg Chapter Reflections Intro…
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Update #44: My Birthday Plans!
By Sammy Ginsberg It’s my birthday! Woo! Everyone has different ways of celebrating, we are living in the time of micro-cultures and hyper-individualism. I wrote a whole zine about this called Happy Birthday Bitch, or Why Birthdays Trigger My Social Anxiety (that you can find here!). LOL! I like to celebrate my birthday by having…
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Update #43: Relationship Inventory – Friends!
By Sammy Ginsberg I read about doing a relationship inventory, and so I’m doing one. I have to plan my birthday party, I love birthday parties! And I am thinking a lot about friendship. About who to invite. About not being invited. A few years ago, I published a zine called Happy Birthday Bitch or…
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Update #42: 10 New Years Resolutions for 2026 & a New Years Resolution Bingo
By Sammy Ginsberg 10 New Years Resolutions New Years Resolution Bingo