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Sickness in a Pandemic
For the past year and a half, my roommate has consistently spoken this refrain in response to most everything that happens: “What a weird time to be alive.” She’s right, obviously. Many weird and unprecedented things have happened and are happening, and we just keep having to adjust. No one knows how to be alive…
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Requiring Water
Do you have any unusual things about you that others don’t seem to understand? Or maybe they don’t realize how serious it is, and you feel misunderstood or maybe just a bit foolish? For instance: I require a lot of water. And I can already see your eyebrows drifting slightly in a “Really, Ashleyne?” direction.…
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Mitch and Dennis
I was standing in line in the grocery store this week during the evening “grabbing a few things in order to make dinner” rush, and the register line I was standing in had another register facing it, so I was standing next to the people in the other line. Two men were waiting in the…
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Not-Great Things
I saw a post recently (somewhere on the internet, honestly who can even remember anymore) about how it’s okay to like things that aren’t great, and I almost started crying. Now, I was tired because I have been getting up at 4:50am this week and working a lot and so on and so forth, so…
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The Wheel of All the Feelings
You’ve seen this, right? Or something like it? If you haven’t or it’s been a while, take a moment (or seven, depending on how good you are at reading upside-down) to scan those words. That version of the wheel is pretty moderate – I’ve seen versions with hundreds of emotions listed. Which I find…overwhelming, scary,…
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Kinds of Vacations
Let’s start with something obvious: there are many, many different kinds of people in this world. Simple, but true. And I hope you’re on board with it. Because it is the foundation of this week’s topic. See, because there are many, many different kinds of people in this world, there are many, many different ways…