I got to drink most of a passionfruit fizzy water, and I accidentally poured the rest of it on my feet as I tried to unwrap a half-melted energy bar while trudging down a hot, smoky sidewalk. While it was surprising, it was also refreshing, and not at all sticky, thus reminding me that fizzy water really is everything good about soda and none of the bad.
I listened to a lawyer describe a resume that would have had me twisting with envy two years ago, and instead of feeling envious, I thought about what it would actually be like to do that type of work. I knew that I would hate it, and that I was worthy and valid and real without it, and I felt so relieved and grounded and just like, "better you than me, friend." And even though being around lawyers again was a little bit like putting a damp, itchy sweater on, I could hold onto myself in the midst of it; I could remember how much I like myself and who I am and sit centered in that.
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