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You can enjoy nature even if you feel dead inside

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The best time to visit New England is late September to early October. The air is crisp but not overly cold, all the apple cider in the stores tastes fresh and sweet, and the trees — oh the trees! — are the truest delight to behold. There’s a reason why people travel from across the country and the world to admire the forests during a New England autumn, or walk the streets in Boston around the Charles River during peak foliage. Those few weeks, you can’t help but be bombarded by an explosion of color wherever you go. I spent nine years of my life in Massachusetts, nine autumns angsting about academics and the future against a backdrop of deep oranges, yellows, and red. During ninth and tenth grade, when I felt hopelessly chubby and ugly, I went on long, self-punishing runs throughout the nearby neighborhoods, running past perfectly maintained Victorian homes inhabited by wealthy and thin doctors, lawyers, and politicians who ran perfectly respectable lives. If I had moved my eyes two

You can enjoy nature even if you feel dead inside one secret trick to neutralize your angst Valerie Apr 25, 2024 ∙ Paid 10 1 1 Share The best time to visit New England is late September to early October. The air is crisp but not overly cold, all the apple cider in the stores tastes fresh and sweet, and the trees — oh the trees! — are the truest delight to behold. There’s a reason why people travel from across the country and the world to admire the forests during a New England autumn, or walk the streets in Boston around the Charles River during peak foliage. Those few weeks, you can’t help bu

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