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Low-Energy-Girl: Let the potato rest!

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Low-Energy-Girl: Let the potato rest!

Spring Awakening – A Series Of Small Attempts To Change No. 5

Sophia Hembeck
Apr 2, 2023
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The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola 1999

This week has been tough. Ten minutes ago I yelled I’m tired! at my laptop, after I tried to wrap my head around an essay I had started a couple of days ago. I closed it shut and stared out of my window for a while. The searing grey light of March clouds blinding my eyes and giving me a slight headache. My stomach digesting some fries I made for lunch with too much mayonnaise and ketchup, my cheeks warm, my fingers cold, the hair greasy, a day where holding a coherent thought is an uphill battle, my skin feels too tight and good metaphors are all out of reach: Nothing is properly working at the moment.

Earlier this week, I made myself go for a walk on one particular bad morning, as one does, let nature do its thing. Fresh air and all that. I was sitting in the graveyard, not an intentional setting just the closest park near to my house, and I was pondering the idea: how about I just don’t deal with any of THIS for a moment? This life with goals and ambition. This annoying long stretch of where I am right now and where I want to be.

And then the following happened.

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