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Not guilty. Just pleasures

IT’S OFFICIAL: OUR BRAINS ARE FRIED. WE TIPTOED tentatively out of 2020 and into 2021, with fragile seedling hopes that the new year would bring some light, only to be plunged almost immediately into political chaos and violence. Plus, the pandemic continues to rage, keeping many of us indoors much more than usual. And it’s winter, which can be an emotionally challenging time even under the best of circumstances. Will we ever see sunlight—even just the figurative kind—again?

We can’t solve the world’s problems overnight, but we won’t be equipped to solve any problems unless we take care of ourselves during

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