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am I commenting on every post? yes. here for this one, especially from the POV of moving to a new community myself. as a teacher I instantly ‘serve’ my community which helps me gain an immediate sense of being part of it, but equally means I’m working ‘in house’ so much I don’t have as much time to explore and am too exhausted to contribute more widely at least day to day. for me it’s about giving, as well as taking, from your community or area in whatever way that makes sense for that place. we are observers first (really enjoying these moments where you record this for us, even more objectively over how you feel about something) needing to see our places in each season, in its joyful moments, in crisis, to make a fairer justification. no superlatives here (which was the best place?) and instead putting that power back into us to allow ourselves to transform, big or small. for some places that transformation is other worldly (amsterdam for growth and mumbai for post-heartbreak) and for others it might just be maintaining a slow and purposeful growing every day. like a really tall poppy / nat

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