Hey Siri, Play My Feelings
I used to think that tuning into your pain would amplify it — until I finally tried.
I’ve always liked getting over things quickly. But then I’ve always assumed: Doesn’t everybody?
Enter my MOVE ALONG playlist. I began curating it while I was in Europe, traveling alone and reeling from heartbreak. I know, it’s giving Eat, Pray, Love. Sadly, I have to tell you it was the opposite: Instead of flying far away from the source of my heartache, I was taking a train toward it.
The European perpetrator was my writer crush. I discovered him on the platform where we were both writing — and I was insatiably drawn to his work. Our writer friendship began over e-mail when I asked him for feedback on a draft. I was a complete stranger to him, and still, he gave me notes.
E-mail turned into Twitter turned into Whatsapp, and our writer friendship graduated to normal friendship. I sent him my vacation photos. He sent me his birthday photos. We matched each other’s energy and fed each other’s curiosity effortlessly. Then at one point, it hit me: I wasn’t crushing on him just as a writer anymore.
We’d been talking for over a year when I planned my first solo trip. And while I didn’t choose Europe because of him, it was a pretty sweet bonus to realize he was a…
