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The eternal appeal of back-to-school (opens the original)
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I like when it’s dark out, October will cure me ⋆˙⟡⋆˚꩜｡Each August and September, thousands of young internet users flock to TikTok comment sections to reminisce on the orange-brown hues of the 2022’s social media landscape. Dreamy guitar intros, deep red Jansport backpacks, Bella Swan and Elena Gilbert’s pale, sombre faces, and of course, the navy/ green striped brandy melville jumper.Often grouped under terms like ‘downtown girl’, ‘2000s fall’, back-to-school hauls under these aesthetics
The joy in doing things you're bad at (opens the original)
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I’ve always known what I liked. Writing, reading, gift-giving, dancing. Making bad puns and good cups of tea.I like doing the things I’m good at. I’m good at doing the things I like.This summer, I started something new. I’d try a new flavour of herbal tea or try using a book mark for a bit instead of folding the top corner of pages (I always revert back to this anyway), but I hadn’t really tried anything new for a long time. Until recently, when I joined a gym.I joined because my sister did, and
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