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Jul 2

I Work Around the Clock, But My Dreams Refuse to Sleep

Confessions of a healthcare worker who keeps building a writing life between shifts.

A female Medical Laboratory Scientist writes in a notebook after a long hospital shift in a quiet laboratory at sunset. A laptop beside her displays the words “I Work Around the Clock…” while a half-empty coffee mug and handwritten notes symbolize creativity surviving exhaustion.

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Jun 9

Long After the Certificates Fade

The things I hope people remember when my titles, awards, and accomplishments are no longer the first thing they see

A warm writing desk with an open notebook, coffee, and softly blurred certificates in the background, symbolizing legacy beyond achievements.

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Jun 1

About Me — Josh Balerite Acol

The story behind a writer and editor, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, a single mom, and an unapologetic believer in second chances

A cozy writer’s desk bathed in warm morning light, featuring an open journal labeled “Josh After Hours,” a cup of coffee, books, paw prints, a sleeping cat, and a framed photo of a mother with her four children.

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May 31

Final Draft #17

The previous sixteen were also final

A cluttered writer’s desk with a laptop displaying “Final Draft #17,” stacks of revised drafts, coffee mugs, notebooks, sticky notes, and humorous signs about endless editing and overthinking.

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May 23

I Wrote a Roast Letter to My Future Self—And It Worked

Turns out procrastination hates being laughed at.

Warm cinematic workspace featuring a handwritten letter to a future self, coffee, notebook, and quiet reflections on procrastination and starting again.

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Jun 16

My Drafts Folder Is a Graveyard

Confessions of a writer who started far more articles than she finished.

A cozy Josh After Hours writing workspace featuring a laptop filled with unfinished draft titles, a miniature graveyard with tiny tombstones labeled “Unfinished Draft,” “Perfect Later,” and “Someday Article,” surrounded by coffee, notebooks, books, and warm amber lighting. Rain falls outside the window as golden bokeh lights glow in the background, symbolizing creativity, perfectionism, and the courage to finally publish.

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May 27

The Day I Decorated My Phone and Accidentally Redesigned My Life

How tiny, beautiful things quietly reminded me who I was becoming.

A cozy nighttime workspace in navy, cream, and warm gold tones featuring books, journals, handwritten notes, candles, coffee, and a moonlit window representing creativity, rest, and intentional living.

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May 21

The Day Off That Wasn’t Really a Day Off

On unread notifications, shifting schedules, and the quiet guilt of wanting to rest.

A cozy desk scene with coffee and healthcare elements symbolizing rest, reflection, and life outside duty of a medical laboratory scientist

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May 9

The Silent Burnout of Holding It All Together

Why always being the strong one all the time is slowly draining you — and how to reclaim yourself

A weary medical laboratory scientist, sitting quietly beside a microscope under dim light, capturing the silent emotional weight of burnout and exhaustion.

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Mar 29

Six Years Of Light

Where one flame became many

a single candle on a desk with handwritten pages, its flame transforming into glowing stars rising into the night sky

Josh Balerite Acol

Josh Balerite Acol

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Single mom of 4, med lab scientist, and writer finding poetry in exhaustion, survival, and the quiet magic of still dreaming.

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