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Antonia Malchik's avatar

"It also takes just as much work to become friends with yourself. But I have also seen the alternative, and I know you have as well: a sour life, structured by resentment and regret." That honestly brought me to tears. The system we live in leaves so little room for choice, it's good to be reminded to take them where we can, that life is meant to be joyful and we have a right to try to make it so.

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Lateefah Torrence's avatar

When Anne posted the call out for things we had done alone, I couldn't think of anything significant to share. But while reading today, I realized I needed to give myself credit for the list of things I've done alone. I saw the cliff divers of Acapulco alone. I've scoured every corner of the Metropolitan Museum of Art alone. Stayed in hotels. Traveled by train. I've been trying to remember who I used to be before the pandemic. Thank you, Anne, for the desperately needed reminder.

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