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We need variety like a rainbow needs its colours

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Tiffany Philippou
Jan 20, 2021
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This week, I felt a strong urge to write about monotony. Monotony is my leading emotion right now and while I appreciate it’s not technically an emotion, whatever it is, it’s tedious AF and I’m sick of it. 

Monotony is different from boredom. Boredom is fleeting. It’s a short, sharp pain or discomfort that can be filled by doing the things on my admin li…

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