This week’s issue is shorter than usual. Use this as permission to take it easy if you need to.
Yes, I miss my friends, and I’m also enjoying the lack of social obligations.
Yes, I love my partner, and I would also love some time alone.
Yes, I am tired of the advice about productivity, and I am also trying to get a lot done.
Yes, I am optimistic about how our systems might change, and I’m also deeply skeptical.
Yes, I care about voting, and I also feel terribly jaded.
Yes, I appreciate checking in on others, and sometimes it feels like a chore.
Yes, I am grateful for all of the comforts I have, and I also envy the people who have more.
Yes, I am grateful for all of the comforts I have, and I also worry about the people who have less.
Yes, I am mourning the things I have lost, and I also recognize the greater losses around me.
Yes, I am bored, and I’m also more inspired than I have been in a while.
Yes, I value the lessons grief has taught me, and I am also angry I’ve had to learn them.
Yes, I know that life can change in an instant, and I’m also stunned by this reality.
Yes, I like seeing your bread photos, and sometimes I’m sick of them.
Yes, I support journalism, and I also have to take lots of breaks from the news.
Yes, I am an introvert, and I also miss being around people.
Yes, I’m finding lots of silver linings, and I also find plenty of reasons to cry.
Yes, I am happy, and I am also heartbroken.
Yes, I thoroughly enjoy writing this newsletter, and sometimes I need a break like this.
xoxo,
KHG
This newsletter is written by Katie Hawkins-Gaar. Yes, it’s edited by Rebecca Coates, and this week didn’t take much effort. Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash.
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Thank you, thank you. Yes...and. (Short. Who cares? Still deeply helpful.)