Sometimes there is more than one truth, more than one right way and more than one way of seeing things. Stories about friendship, family, feelings, choices and growing up. For everyone who would rather think for themselves than be told what to think.
A promise that is suddenly hard to keep. A question at the kitchen table. An argument where both might be right. It is often the small moments that stay with us. Every story ends with a question.
Family & Expectations · Nora · 2 min readHer father asks one question at the kitchen table. Nora gives the answer that costs the least. For now.
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Friendship & Promises · Nora · 2 min readSaturday, three o'clock. Nora promised to be in two kitchens. She meant both.
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Money & Honesty · Nora · 2 min readIt was in her feed for a week. Then it was in her wardrobe. Then her brother asked the question.
Read the story →Nora has an opinion on almost everything. Alex would rather listen first. They have known each other since the first day of school, are a couple and best friends, often understand each other without words and still do not always agree. And sometimes a small decision changes more than anyone expected.
Nora talks. Alex listens. Nora makes a plan. Alex thinks about what could go wrong with it. Nora thinks you sometimes just have to take a chance. Alex would at least like to know what he is getting into first.
“And then he says it's not his problem.” · “Was it?” · “That's not the point.”
“You're doing it wrong.” · “I'm doing it differently.” · “Wrong.” · “Differently.”
One umbrella, two coffees. Nobody says anything. Both know why.
Not everything divides into right and wrong. Sometimes it is about feelings, sometimes about friendship, trust, money or what you want to do with your life. Here you find different points of view, honest questions and thoughts to take with you.
When your thoughts are loud and your feelings are difficult to explain. Stories and ideas for paying attention to what is going on inside.
→KLARTEXTLoyalty, boundaries, mixed signals and the people who matter. Relationships are rarely as simple as they look from the outside.
→KEIN PLAN?Who do you want to become? What if you do not know yet? Decisions, expectations and the many ways forward.
→ALTE SCHULEHonesty, kindness, manners, responsibility and standing by what you believe. Especially when it is inconvenient.
→ALTE SCHULE · KLARTEXTThe people you come from, the traditions you keep and the changes nobody quite knows how to talk about.
→KEIN PLAN?Saving, spending, working, planning and figuring out how the practical parts of growing up actually work.
→Sometimes there is simply too much going on. At school, at home, with friends or inside your own head. Not every thought needs an answer right away. And not every feeling has to disappear immediately. Here you find stories, questions and small ideas for sorting your thoughts.
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Some stories stay with you longer than the last page. That is why ELSEWISE also has books, journals and pages to fill in, keep and think on. You decide what fits you. Sold on flitch.fun, the home of FLITCH.
A journal for heads that are full in the evening. Four boxes a day: what happened, what I think about it, what I know for sure, what the next step is. Made for younger readers first; plenty of older ones use it anyway.
On flitch.funClear words about thoughts, feelings, friendship and boundaries. The series that ELSEWISE grew out of.
On flitch.funMaybe you see some things completely differently from Nora. Maybe you understand Alex better. Maybe you disagree with both. Good. ELSEWISE is not here to hand you finished answers, but to help you find your own.
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