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Perhaps Home Depot is my metaphor for attempting my most genuine self in other ways, like writing this essay, like finding community in people who can agree that Home Depot has undeniable soothing qualities.

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It can be hard to know when it’s time to stop and check in with yourself. Life can get in the way, with all of its twists and turns, making it easy to put yourself and your emotions on the back burner.

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Challenge your emotion, don’t just accept it. Be brave enough to look a little deeper.

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Remind yourself that you can’t stop your racing thoughts instantly, and that’s okay.

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We have all meant something to someone.

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With this shifted perspective, our everyday trials and tribulations can begin to feel minuscule in the grand scheme of things.

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The stream of consciousness is raw, it does not always make sense yet. It is the first draft. It is your reaction before you have revised it.

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I studied abroad in college and haven’t been able to stop talking about it since, so I guess you could say I’m That Bitch™.

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You too can take my heart and break it. You too can take every ounce of hope that I have and every ounce of light in this world that I see and turn it into sadness.  

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You tend to overanalyze the way you come across to other people, from every single angle possible.