I Stopped Smiling During The Pandemic, And It Feels Great

In college, I worked the morning shift at a coffee shop, which meant I had to haul myself there by 5:30 a.m., bleary-eyed and absolutely unsuitable for company. But as the regulars streamed in with their Thermoses, I buried my yawns and pasted a smile on my face, like a name tag. An identity. For […]

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