# Creative Prescriptions

This is the necessary overflow of an English teacher and writer: personal essays on literature, life, and the persistent work required to maintain sanity and creative health. Take it with a grain of salt.

By Molly B.

· Launched a year ago

I’ll Be Back!

[Start Here](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/start-here)

[An index of my favorite essays, ideas, and open notebook entries found here.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/start-here)

Mar 12•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[When Teachers Stop Reading](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/when-teachers-stop-reading)

[How Books Keep Teachers Honest](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/when-teachers-stop-reading)

Jun 18•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[We Are Failing Students By Not Failing Them](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/we-are-failing-students-by-not-failing)

[When A Teacher's Hands Are Tied](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/we-are-failing-students-by-not-failing)

Jun 4•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[We Are Failing Students By Not Failing Them](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/we-are-failing-students-by-not-failing)

Jun 4•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[When Teachers Stop Reading](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/when-teachers-stop-reading)

Jun 18•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[What is School For?](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/what-is-school-for)

Feb 18•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The Case For Being a Teacher](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-case-for-being-a-teacher)

May 17•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[My Real Job is My Life](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/my-real-job-is-my-life)

Nov 29, 2025•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[33 Lessons Learned by Age 33](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/33-lessons-learned-by-age-33)

Feb 2•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The Case For Being a Teacher](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-case-for-being-a-teacher)

[On Creativity, Attention, and Teenagers](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-case-for-being-a-teacher)

May 17•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[I Was a Mess in High School. Now, I Am a Teacher.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/i-was-a-mess-in-high-school-now-i)

[What happens when we stop managing behaviors and start protecting futures.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/i-was-a-mess-in-high-school-now-i)

May 5•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The .rtf File and My Divorce Story](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-rtf-file-and-my-divorce-story)

[On the exhaustion of teaching other people's children while my husband recorded my life and accused me of being a stranger.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-rtf-file-and-my-divorce-story)

Apr 28•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[You Don’t Actually Want to Cut This Part (But You Should)](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/stop-protecting-the-story)

[11 pieces of advice on patience and the courage to let the fig rot](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/stop-protecting-the-story)

Apr 20•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[Some Relationships Only Make Sense If You Stop Overanalyzing Them](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/we-talk-a-lot-about-boundaries-but)

[In a culture of "no-contact" and hard boundaries, what are we missing?](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/we-talk-a-lot-about-boundaries-but)

Apr 14•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[Teachers Aren't Babysitters. Here’s What We Actually Do.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/teachers-arent-babysitters-heres)

[What the job actually demands, and why it’s misunderstood](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/teachers-arent-babysitters-heres)

Apr 9•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[Weird, simple ways to feel like a person again](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/eat-an-orange-in-the-shower-and-other)

[Sensory interventions & the fight against monotony](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/eat-an-orange-in-the-shower-and-other)

Apr 7•[Molly B.](https://substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The Recommended Dosage #2](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-recommended-dosage-2)

[A weekly prescription for morale: music, books, food, and media.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-recommended-dosage-2)

Mar 30•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[Who Is Thinking for You?](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/who-is-thinking-for-you)

[A teacher's reflection on the fading art of curiosity and the danger of living on default.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/who-is-thinking-for-you)

Mar 24•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The Word Game That Kills Small Talk](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-word-game-that-kills-small-talk)

[How to uncover your friends' internal mythologies and private superstitions over a second bottle of wine.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-word-game-that-kills-small-talk)

Mar 16•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[The Recommended Dosage](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-recommended-dosage)

[A weekly prescription for morale: music, books, food, and media.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/the-recommended-dosage)

Mar 10•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[What is School For?](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/what-is-school-for)

[Why high grades are masking the literacy crisis—and how to break the "box" of compliance-based learning.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/what-is-school-for)

Feb 18•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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[A Short Overview of My Journaling Ecosystem](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/a-short-overview-of-my-journaling)

[Romanticizing discipline over aesthetics: A sketch of my journaling ecosystem.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/p/a-short-overview-of-my-journaling)

Feb 8•[Molly B.](https://mollymbeasley.substack.com/@creativeprescriptions)

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