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I haven't done this yet, but I'm about to and I'm sort of giddy about it! My high school? The Dairy Queen parking lot? The strip mall where I got stopped by a cop for 'not turning my headlights on fast enough?' The makeout point that abuts the grocery store? Good lord there's so much to see! Please understand these places made me who I am!! There's a whole part of me you haven't met yet!
Jan 26, 2024
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Really helped me see my hometown through fresh new eyes, and appreciate things about it I took for granted!
It also made me feel like I could bring all of me that has developed since I left the city back into it instead of purely regressing into my teenage self🥳
May 21, 2024
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People you haven’t seen in years, wounds healed by time, affordable food and drink, family, watching TV.
If you’re as lucky as me there‘ll be seaside and countryside too. Maybe it wasn’t about the destination, but the friends we made along the way?
Dec 28, 2023
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Day
- Being in the Sahara Desert (specifically the part with soft sand), watching the sunrise.
- Painting something while the sun comes up and listening to the Mamma Mia! soundtrack (though the Grease soundtrack or any other musical works just as well).
- Summer morning: you’ve just woken up and the birds are chirping (bonus points if you’re in the countryside), or waking up to the sound of the ocean and the rustling palm trees in the mild breeze.
- Staying at the Sunwing Waterworld Makadi hotel (I told you it’s oddly specific) and going out on the balcony to draw—especially magical as a kid.
- On a train, listening to music with some colorful headphones you own (even better if they have stickers on them), gazing out the windows (extra points if the windows are huge).
Evening
- You're at home, watching your favorite childhood shows (trust me, it’s crucial to the vibe), preferably in spring or summer, while the sun slowly sets.
- You're somewhere in the countryside, the woods, or near the mountains, just chilling or walking around (bonus points if there's a lake, a pool, or animals nearby—even if you're more of a city or beach person, just like me, it's a cool experience).
- You're at a festival, playing with a yo-yo or just chilling and having fun with face paint on. Again, better experienced as a kid—but honestly, most of these probably are.
Night
- You're on a road trip, sitting in the passenger seat or backseat while someone else drives. It’s a late winter night, you’re listening to summer hits, and it’s snowing af outside (bonus points if you stop somewhere with tons of snow, a few parked cars and the only light comes from one or two orange-lit streetlamps).
- You’re staying at a hotel or Airbnb in the desert (somewhere remote, with no other buildings around), swimming in a pool under a sky full of stars.
- Picnic by the beach somewhere in Greece (even better if it’s Mykonos or a fancy island) and you’re eating bread with some kind of spread, maybe a few veggies, and drinking chocolate milk—plant-based or regular, your choice.
- Inside a hotel, near the reception or bar, or any lounge space where people are sitting on their phones, laptops, playing cards, or chatting. Everyone’s in their own little worlds, but still together—and I don’t know, that’s just cute to me. (But it has to be at night. It doesn’t hit the same during the day.) Or: walking near your hotel, ideally somewhere with a beach. You can hear the waves, the wind in the palm trees, and crickets.
- Walking around München/Munich as a kid, teen, or student in the 2010s. (It’s probably still cool now, but there was just something in the 2010s air that made it special.)
- Going to a big concert in a fancy, big black car (you're in the backseat).
May 13, 2025
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I really cannot describe how comforting it is to know that whenever I'm hungry I have 3 full taperwares of stewed black beans just sitting in my fridge.
Jan 29, 2024
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Isn't it exciting?? I feel like I'm constantly being humbled by new information. And there are more ways than ever to learn new things! More platforms, more people to know, more places to see. As someone who enjoys being right (yikes), I'm working on leaning into the intrigue of being wrong, or in the dark.
I worked out today and actually drank water... which is probably why I feel this way. Take it with a grain of salt and check back in tomorrow!
Jan 24, 2024
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What voice do they use? Do they refer to themselves in the third or first person? Do they even have one? What songs are stuck in their heads? What intrusive memory keeps them up at odd hours?
Jan 26, 2024