The Burnout

“He couldn’t love me—I’m convinced of this to my bones. He couldn’t share his anguish, his loss, or anything of his heart. He closed himself off—and he’s still closed off, because his heart is reserved for someone else. So I closed myself off too—because something I’ve learned these last few weeks is self-preservation. I couldn’t let myself get hurt. Not now, not after everything that’s happened. I’ve been hurt enough by life; I’m still mending.”

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“Can you ever get childhood levels of happiness back? Could we ever be happy as we were here as kids?”

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“And now I have my steps for the rest of the afternoon all planned out: 1. Drink wine. 2. Eat crisps. 3. Consume ice cream. 4. Read about celebrities until my brain addles. 5. Repeat. I’m not sure these steps will lead to a “better me”, but they will lead to a “happy me”. “Better me” can just wait for a bit. In fact, I’m tempted to tell “better me” to sod right off.”

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“but I guess I’ve been avoiding her. I haven’t had “the energy to be ‘on’ and cheerful; nor do I want to dissolve into sobs. I guess this is how people slowly turn into recluses.”

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“I don’t know when cooking became so daunting. It kind of crept up on me. Just the thought overwhelms me. How do people do that every night?”

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“Do I want to flirt back? How do I flirt back? How does that go again? I try to reach inside myself for my flirting moves. But I’ve lost it. I feel empty inside. I don’t have a line.”

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“I’ll bug you about this. I won’t let it go. Because that’s what you do when you care about someone.”

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“but if I can’t trust him to go for coffee with her, then that says something about me.”

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“I watch the buses, the people, the pigeons even, all busily going about their day in the sunshine. And I feel a kind of wave of love for it all. OK, there’s noise, fumes, bits of litter gusting along in the summer breeze. But even so, London doesn’t look like a world of stress to me anymore. It looks like a place of endeavour, of human connection, of chances. I’m enjoying life, I think as I take my coffee. I’m enjoying the ride. And that’s all you can ask.”

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“As I follow her gaze, I stiffen in horror. Coming down the stairs into the lobby is the guy who punches vending machines and wants to chainsaw ficus plants and reduces toddlers to tears. Here, in the same hotel. He looks as super-relaxed and approachable as he did before—i.e., not at all.”

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“Tears suddenly edge my closed eyes. I love him. The universe sent him to me and thought, Let’s give her one she’ll fall desperately in love with.”

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