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3 days ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
As I sit here writing, it’s just turned 9.21pm and it’s still as bright as it was at 3pm – I bloody love Ireland, and I love our seasons, and I love that our climate is temperate and doesn’t show off with extremes (too often). Yes, as I sit here writing, it’s just turned 9.21pm, and I’m still working, just like I was at 3pm.
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2 weeks ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
A quick note to say three things, two not important and one QUITE important. I really hope you read/enjoyed the piece earlier about the woman who cheated on her husband. I literally put a call out on Instagram and this woman’s story was so compelling and she was so good at telling it that I knew I had to write it up. There was SO much more that we talked about that I had to chop for brevity, but if it gets a good reaction, I might do a part 2?
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2 weeks ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
She’s 44, works in HR for a finance company and is from Cork but lives in Dublin. She’s a mam to two teenagers (19 and 17) and has been married to her husband for 16 years. From the outside, she had what most people would see as a happy, comfortable life. No one would’ve known to speak to her that she was anything other than a great wife and mother and a good person. Then last year, she had an affair. What follows is a conversation I had with her (over email) about the ‘why’.
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3 weeks ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
DID YOU KNOW that people who upgrade from free subscriptions to paid subscriptions with The Outfluencer are 96.4%* happier than those who don’t? You can’t argue with those stats. And subscribing is good value and will give you access to EVERY piece, IN FULL, ANY time. Including an audio version should you need to listen on the go.
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1 month ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
Six months is a long time. Half the amount of time I even spent in my previous role. You’d think that would be enough distance to move on. Emotionally, professionally, ~spiritually~. But I’ve realised I’m still feeling things about what happened. And after a lot of thought (and much discussion with those I love), I’ve landed on a few reasons why.
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1 month ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
**(HI! THANK YOU, LOVE YOU, ENJOY – it’s Friday now and I suspect there are mentions to Friday in the piece referencing the future, so just ignore and understand that I wrote this earlier in the week)**Welcome to my week! A WEEK. My mood, lately, has had so many swings it’s been reclassified as a playground.
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1 month ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
Calling Katy Perry an astronaut is like calling me a veterinarian because I kicked a ball around with my dog, or calling me a catwalk model because I got dressed this morning. I think both sick animals and fashion brands would both shudder if they saw me coming with a scalpel and/or the will to strut, respectively.
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2 months ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
Brush it, bleach it, braid it, bang it, Britney 2007 it. It’s just a load of dead cells sprouting out of our heads. It’s just keratin. But hair, lads… it holds some amount of power. First of all, it can determine whether I’m about to have the best or the worst day of my life. If all goes well, I feel invincible. If it doesn’t, I fling a hairbrush into a wall and think about my future life as a Polyfilla girlie.
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2 months ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
I’ve made this post free to read for ALL subscribers, because I genuinely need everyone’s help. DO read on. I’ve often wanted to ‘hop on’ here as the influencers would say, and brain dump all of the bizarre thoughts I feel the urge to share on a daily basis (like, this morning, for instance, when the first thing I absolutely HAD to talk to my husband about upon opening my eyes was TKXXXXXXXX). Or to just share a brilliant TV or podcast recommendation.
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2 months ago | 
aislingmkeenan.substack.com | Aisling Keenan
to the extent that i'm writing this entire piece with no caps, just to see how gen z do things. i aspire to be one of those people who can just go, "personal news: i'm now prioritising rest!" and then float away on a cloud of worry-free self-care, emerging at some point in the future with glazed skin, a glazed-over look and a *poof* magically revitalised spirit. but here’s the problem: i have bills. a mortgage. a child whose feet grow at an ungodly pace requiring fortnightly new shoes.