How to Build a Life | Laura Jane Williams | Substack

#17 December: making memories that sparkle

Fake Christmas + genuine joy + a festive break-up

Dec 31, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

Everything that is working right now

part two, in case it helps

Dec 8, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

#16 November endings spark December dreams

knee replacements, the relentlessness of parenting + some photos

Dec 1, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

It would have been one thing to smell of damp, but quite another to be wrinkled too

a story of tarot and chakra cleansing

Nov 24, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

I think I might be more myself than ever

I'm taking off the armor

Nov 17, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

I called the doctor’s surgery today

and then hung up and had a bit of a cry

Nov 10, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

Falling in love has been 10/10 awful

how does anybody stand it

Nov 3, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

#15 I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers

parents, we did it! + kitchen discoes + bringing the outdoors in

Oct 27, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

we don't find ourselves, we build ourselves

a how to build a life manifesto

Oct 20, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

I achieved that, I did that, and I felt trapped

another diary entry i suppose

Oct 13, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

My mother essentially staged an intervention yesterday

waving from the messy middle

Oct 6, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

#14 September: I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address

How to Build a Life (THE BOOK) + big feelings + trumpets

Sep 29, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

"It can be profound to think you can move just one person with your work"

...continuing my series on how other people do life, with JP Watson

Sep 25, 2025 • Laura Jane Williams

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