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'I Am So Bored!'

Stepping vulnerably into the truth of your desires reminds you that life is exciting and romantic, with or without romantic love.

Heather Havrilesky
Jul 30, 2024
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The Philosophers (1952) by Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

I am so bored. And it’s making me feel crazy.

I’m by far the busiest I’ve been in awhile and I’m always behind on a hundred things I should be doing but that doesn’t change the fact that I feel bored. And I know why.

I’m not particularly intrigued by the broad concept of romance. I don’t much care abou…

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