As this training year slowly approaches its mercifully inevitable end, I've gradually been in slightly better and better spirits.
Part of that change is being able to bask in the glow of the ever-increasing light at the end of this internship-y tunnel. I passed the three-months-left mark about two weeks ago, and am within striking distance of smaller-than-double-digits in my weeks-left count. Seeing how quickly time has gone by as it has simultaneously, paradoxically dragged all year has really helped lift the emotional weight of this immensely challenging year. I am reassured: even though it felt like it would last forever, this period of my life really will end. And pretty soon, actually.
Perhaps because of the ever-approaching termination of internship, I've been more and more able to enjoy music again. It's really sad, but when I feel particularly emotionally awful, music makes me feel even more rubbed raw. Being able to listen to music again is a sign that I'm feeling better, which is really great because music then expedites that process.
In the grand tradition of musical TYSG installments, I offer a general celebration of music and its curative qualities. Especially when I listen on the way home after an emotionally taxing day, I've found that music helps crack my feelings back into joint. I've been more affectively responsive to music lately than I've been in a long time (translation: lots of crying, but also lots of laughing), and it's been leaving me feeling emotionally re-calibrated in a way I really need. It's been wonderful.
As one example in a sea of examples for which I am exceedingly grateful, please enjoy this very special, very beautiful song. Bear with it through the end. I promise it's worth it!
{Heart}
