Things that humans do that lighten the existential dread

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1. Dads that have hobbies like star apps or naming the boats out at sea.

2. Strangers that smile at something unbeknownst to you on the street.

3. Heat that breaks on a hot NYC evening and the air that begins to feel light on your skin.

4. Babies that sleep at a perpendicular angle in a stroller.

5. Dogs that pick you to rest their head on over any other surface. 

6. Pockets of green in the East Village.

7. You when you look over at a friend during a movie you’ve already seen to check they’re laughing at the same things. 

8. Clarity that you get after a good cry.

9. Collective laughter from a group of women that know each other’s birth chart.

10. Wine bottles with funky labels that end up tasting like god made it.