Planting friendship

I was in limbo: My pre-college friendships had drifted, while my college friendships were still young seedlings, emergent and growing.
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I was in limbo: My pre-college friendships had drifted, while my college friendships were still young seedlings, emergent and growing.
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But now, I know that what is more important than being a good writer is to just be real. This is my mind and life: choppy, raw, inundated with detours and frolics, laughter and tears.
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I’ve never thought of design as an organizational process, but it makes sense when I stop to think about it. We need to place elements in the most intuitive space so that they can be the most functional.
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That is how I’m thinking about art more and more nowadays. An audience of a few, even if it’s just me, is enough.
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I forgot why I bought a $79 bike at Walmart in spring 2018. Nobody knows what prompted that decision, but something in my heart just said, “Let’s give it a try.”
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In my Osprey backpack, I spot a journal filled with my messy scribbled notes and the trace of a squished mosquito.
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It’s not always about going faster. Slowing down meant I heard the swaying grass, noticed the colorful beetle and had ample breath to converse with my crew.
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For me, food is so much more than nutrition that fuels my body. Food is sensuality, it’s home and belonging, it’s community and gratitude, it’s textures and play.
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You don’t just hear the drumming; you feel it viscerally through your body. The vibrating gym floors dance in cadence and you feel the music spreading through your feet.
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Reading closely is about creating a more pleasurable experience for yourself. I compared it to eating more mindfully — chewing slowly, feeling the texture, noticing the colors and smelling the scent.
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