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Buy yourself a little gift for the soul

TREAT FIX

Life today is stressful. Since the start of the pandemic, social media has been flooded with coping mechanisms and well-being trends to help people manage their emotions and worries about the state of the world.

If you’ve tried therapy and “hot girl walks”, you might also have heard of the latest life hack: buying yourself a little treat.

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