Stockpile Pleasure for Your Future Self

Amy Shearn
Forge
Published in
2 min readJan 25, 2021

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Many of us (and I count myself in this number) have ridden out the pandemic with a slightly deranged “smoke ’em if you got ’em,” YOLO-at-home mentality. I’m going to eat whatever I want, we’ve told ourselves, it’s a GLOBAL PANDEMIC, I can have a loaf of bread for a snack! Instagram ad offers just the right muumuu? Click! Carpe Diem! I deserve indulgence, it’s a GLOBAL PANDEMIC! Cocktail hour? Break out the good stuff…

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Amy Shearn
Forge

Formerly: Editor of Creators Hub, Human Parts // Ongoingly: Novelist, Essayist, Person