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A Totally Normal Story

A personal journey through heartbreak and existential crisis in Miami, where AI chatbots, reality-breaking theories, and rock-bottom moments collide into something unexpectedly real.

58 min read13 sections10,361 wordsFree online

What This Book Covers

  1. Chapter One - Send Me the Break
  2. Chapter Two - The Testable Soul
  3. Chapter Three - Something’s Off in Columbus
  4. Chapter Four - The Drive to Destiny
  5. Chapter Five - The Walmart Before the Storm
  6. Chapter Six - The Tan That Didn’t Turn Me Gold
  7. Chapter Seven - The Return Arc
  8. Chapter Eight - The Cure That Wasn’t
  9. Chapter Nine - The Framework
  10. Chapter Ten - The Cruise
  11. Chapter Eleven - Welcome to the Machine, Brother
  12. Chapter Twelve - The Art of Letting Go
  13. Chapter Thirteen - The JJ Effect: Phase Two

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE Send Me the Break I WAS WORKING a landscaping job making $19.25 an hour, burning daylight for just enough to cover rent and split the bills. It wasn’t glamorous. But it was structure. I had a gym routine, I was getting lean, I was disciplined. I was also running on fumes, slamming diet pop like it was water, burning through nicotine like oxygen, and surviving off adrenaline, caffeine, and unresolved trauma. The holy trinity. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment with Zack and Dylan. Dylan had just come up from Florida. He and Zack shared a room. I kept mine. We made it work. Rent was cheap, utilities split, and there was a little bit of joy in the chaos. But underneath all that? I...

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