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AshShields  ·  4196 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: What Recharges Your Batteries?

Two things: firstly, being utterly alone. The longer I'm around others (excepting one) the more draining it gets. Uni started again yesterday, and from about 8am til 6pm I was surrounded by people. I had to deal with stress, my first project being due on Wednesday (already...), shitty wifi not working while I had files to upload (think 3+ hours to upload a 400mb file, and the wifi just keeps cutting out so the upload never gets higher than 25%). I got home and just lay in bed until I fell asleep.

The other thing is being with my best friend. It's the kind of relationship where we know each other so well, we both can utterly relax. Already dealt which the whole dating thing years ago, so there's no tension in that area, either (though people keep assuming we're dating). I realised a few months ago that seeing her (we go to the same uni, have a class together) is literally the highlight of my day, in the most platonic and non-romantic way possible. (In fact, she wasn't at uni yesterday, which was probably why it sucked so much).

Curious that they're almost polar opposites, but they're the two things that relax and recharge me.