This Is Us

Quarantine Has Forced Me to Confront How Little I Care About Myself

My sustained lack of motivation has forced me to question what that motivation was made of in the first place

Emily J. Smith
Human Parts
Published in
7 min readSep 8, 2020

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Sad girl lying down on bed as sunlight wafts in.
Photo: milos-kreckovic/Getty Images

There are no unknowns when I step out of bed. I will enjoy my first sip of coffee. I will comb through emails I don’t care…

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Emily J. Smith
Human Parts

Writer and tech professional. My debut novel, NOTHING SERIOUS, is out Feb '25 from William Morrow / HarperCollins (more at emjsmith.com).