Why This Part Still Feels So Difficult

Amy Shearn
Forge
Published in
3 min readJan 20, 2021

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A shot of a person’s legs as they run down the street.
Photo: VladGans / Getty Images

If you’re anything like me and, well, everyone I know, you’re probably entering the “unhinged” stage of pandemic life. I almost cried the other day remembering the once-mundane experience of sitting in a crowded restaurant on a Friday night, crackling with freshly minted weekend energy. Huh? I stared, stunned, at the page of the Sunday New York Times that summarizes how many people have gotten sick, recovered, and/or died…

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Amy Shearn
Forge
Writer for

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