i'm looking down the horizon of graduation and my imminent status as a sad first year corporate analyst. i think i've done objectively well in college, and so theoretically i should be well prepared for this life (i did choose it). there's something missing, though. i realized that i was so caught up in getting to where i "needed" to be that i neglected where i am. so i'm trying to find joys in the simple things: making garlic confit, a good poem, a sunbeam. this leads me to my question. i'm curious: how do you romanticize your life?