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Back to School In Your 30s

A feeling!

Laurel Pantin
Aug 11, 2021
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So we’re obviously in a bad place, Covid-wise. All the things I imagined we’d be doing socially this fall…..eh? Maybe? Unlikely. But we’ll see. Still, I have this insane urge to get all new things. I feel extremely back to school - and also, I do believe I’m going to start seeing people more often and in more professional scenarios than I have since this all started, just not the the full partymyfaceoffletsdothis return to normalcy I was hoping for. This week, I’m doing more of a shopping list I guess than four outfits. These are the things I’m repeatedly searching for, the missing items for a full transformation into a new person this fall/this year. I still, at 35, fucking love the feeling of back to school. I loooooooove believing I’m going to turn over a new leaf! I get the new year new you thing way harder in August/September than I do on a new calendar year. This feels much more clean-slate to me.

Anyway, some of these are things I wear all the time, I just want slightly better …

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