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My Life, Their Life

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I grab my phone to turn off the alarm, then, still lying in bed, I start reading the news. π’œ π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“‚π“Ž 𝒢𝑔𝑒 π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’Ύπ“‰π“‰π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π‘œπ“ƒ 𝒢 𝓉𝓇𝒢𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝒢𝒹𝑒𝒹; π“ˆπ’½π‘’ π’½π‘œπ“…π‘’π“ˆ π“ˆπ’½π‘’β€™π“π“ π“ˆπ‘’π‘’ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 π’·π‘œπ“Žπ’»π“‡π’Ύπ‘’π“ƒπ’Ή 𝒢𝑔𝒢𝒾𝓃. I wake my boyfriend up and take a quick shower. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π’½π’Άπ“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ π“ˆπ’½π‘œπ“Œπ‘’π“‡π‘’π’Ή 𝒾𝓃 π’Ήπ’Άπ“Žπ“ˆ, 𝒢𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“Šπ“ˆπ‘’ π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓏𝒾𝓃𝑔 π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή. I make coffee for myself, tea for him and cook porridge. π’œ π“‚π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π‘”π’Ύπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒢 π“‰π“Šπ“ƒπ’Ά 𝒸𝒢𝓃 𝒢𝓃𝒹 𝒢 𝓅𝒢𝒸𝓀 π‘œπ’» π’Έπ“‡π’Άπ’Έπ“€π‘’π“‡π“ˆ; π“ˆπ’½π‘’ π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ 𝒽𝒢𝓋𝑒 π’Άπ“ƒπ“Žπ“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π’½π‘’π“‡π“ˆπ‘’π“π’». I kiss him goodbye before he leaves for work, then sit in front of my computer. π’œπ“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π“‡π‘’π“ˆπ’Ύπ’Ήπ‘’π“ƒπ“‰π’Ύπ’Άπ“ π“ƒπ‘’π’Ύπ‘”π’½π’·π‘œπ“Šπ“‡π’½π‘œπ‘œπ’Ή π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’½π‘’π“π“π‘’π’Ή; 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 π“…π‘’π‘œπ“…π“π‘’ 𝒹𝒾𝑒, π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Έπ“π“Šπ’Ήπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“‰π“Œπ‘œ 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃. I finish my translation and make pasta for lunch while listening to an e-book. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’π“‰π‘œπ“Œπ“ƒ, π’·π“Šπ“‰ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Žβ€™π“‡π‘’ 𝓉𝒢𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹, 𝒹𝑒𝒢𝒹 π‘œπ“ƒ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“ˆπ“…π‘œπ“‰.Β I take a 15-minute power nap, then make coffee and teach for an hour. π’œ 𝓂𝒢𝓃 π“‰π“‡π’Άπ“‹π‘’π“π“ˆ 𝒷𝒢𝒸𝓀 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’ π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π’»π‘œπ“‡ π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Έπ‘œπ“Šπ“ƒπ“‰π“‡π“Ž; 𝒽𝑒 π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œ 𝒾𝒻 𝒽𝑒’𝓁𝓁 π“ˆπ“Šπ“‡π“‹π’Ύπ“‹π‘’. I start working on an article about how expensive renting a flat is. π’œπ“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π’½π“Šπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒπ’Ύπ“‰π’Άπ“‡π’Ύπ’Άπ“ƒ π’Έπ‘œπ“‡π“‡π’Ύπ’Ήπ‘œπ“‡ π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’Άπ’·π‘œπ“‰π’Άπ‘”π‘’π’Ή.Β My boyfriend plays a new song he wrote on the guitar, and then we go for a run. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 π“…π‘œπ“π’Ύπ’Έπ‘’ 𝒷𝑒𝒢𝓉 𝒢 π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“Šπ“… π’»π‘œπ“‡ π“…π“‡π‘œπ“‰π‘’π“ˆπ“‰π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘”.Β I call my mom, and we discuss the war but also our dog’s new haircut. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 π“ƒπ‘’π“Œπ‘’π“ˆπ“‰ π“ƒπ‘’π‘”π‘œπ“‰π’Ύπ’Άπ“‰π’Ύπ‘œπ“ƒπ“ˆ π‘œπ“ƒπ’Έπ‘’ 𝒢𝑔𝒢𝒾𝓃 π’Ήπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 π’Άπ“ƒπ“Ž 𝓉𝒢𝓃𝑔𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 π“‡π‘’π“ˆπ“Šπ“π“‰π“ˆ. We have Spanish omelette for dinner. π΅π‘œπ’Ήπ’Ύπ‘’π“ˆ 𝓁𝒾𝑒 π‘œπ“ƒ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π‘”π“‡π‘œπ“Šπ“ƒπ’Ή, π’·π‘’π“‰π“Œπ‘’π‘’π“ƒ π“…π’Ύπ“π‘’π“ˆ π‘œπ’» π’Ήπ‘’π’·π“‡π’Ύπ“ˆ.Β I brush my teeth, humming a song by Rosalia. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π“π‘œπ“ˆπ‘’π“ˆ 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’; π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž π’Ήπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œ π“Œπ’½π‘’π“‡π‘’ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž’𝓁𝓁 π“ˆπ“π‘’π‘’π“… π“‰π‘œπ“ƒπ’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰.Β I laugh at a meme on Instagram. π’œ π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“π‘œπ“ˆπ‘’π“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 π‘œπ“ƒπ“π“Ž π“ˆπ‘œπ“ƒ. I read an exciting thriller. π’œ π“ˆπ’Ύπ“-π“Žπ‘’π’Άπ“‡-π‘œπ“π’Ή π’·π‘œπ“Ž π“π‘’π’Άπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π“‚π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡; π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝒢𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 π“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“Žπ“ˆ 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉.Β My boyfriend kisses me goodnight. π’œ π“ˆπ‘œπ“π’Ήπ’Ύπ‘’π“‡ π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή 𝒢𝓃𝒹 π“ˆπ’Έπ’Άπ“‡π‘’π’Ή, 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒢 π“Œπ’Άπ“‡ 𝒽𝑒 π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒ’𝓉 π“Œπ’Άπ“ƒπ“‰ π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, π’½π‘œπ“…π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝒽𝑒 π“Œπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝑒.Β I’m comfortable, I fall asleep. πΈπ“‹π‘’π“ƒπ“‰π“Šπ’Άπ“π“π“Ž, π’Ήπ‘’π“ˆπ“…π’Ύπ“‰π‘’ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑒𝒢𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Άπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘’π“‰π“Ž, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“ƒπ‘œπ“‰ π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“Œπ’½π‘’π“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž’𝓁𝓁 π“Œπ’Άπ“€π‘’ π“Šπ“… π“‰π‘œπ“‚π‘œπ“‡π“‡π‘œπ“Œ, π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž 𝒻𝒢𝓁𝓁 π’Άπ“ˆπ“π‘’π‘’π“… – 𝒢𝓉 π“π‘’π’Άπ“ˆπ“‰ π“ˆπ‘œπ“‚π‘’ π‘œπ’» 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 π’Ήπ‘œ.

My Life

I grab my phone to turn off the alarm, then, still lying in bed, I start reading the news. I wake my boyfriend up and take a quick shower. I make coffee for myself, tea for him and cook porridge. I kiss him goodbye before he leaves for work, then sit in front of my computer. I finish my translation and make pasta for lunch while listening to an e-book. I take a 15-minute power nap, then make coffee and teach Slovenian for an hour. I start working on an article about how expensive renting a flat is. My boyfriend plays a new song he wrote on the guitar, and then we go for a run. I call my mom, and we discuss the war but also our dog’s new haircut. We have Spanish omelette for dinner. I brush my teeth, humming a song by Rosalia. I laugh at a meme on Instagram. I read an exciting thriller. My boyfriend kisses me goodnight. I’m comfortable, and I fall asleep.

Their Life

π’œ π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“‚π“Ž 𝒢𝑔𝑒 π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’Ύπ“‰π“‰π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π‘œπ“ƒ 𝒢 𝓉𝓇𝒢𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝒢𝒹𝑒𝒹; π“ˆπ’½π‘’ π’½π‘œπ“…π‘’π“ˆ π“ˆπ’½π‘’β€™π“π“ π“ˆπ‘’π‘’ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 π’·π‘œπ“Žπ’»π“‡π’Ύπ‘’π“ƒπ’Ή 𝒢𝑔𝒢𝒾𝓃. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π’½π’Άπ“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ π“ˆπ’½π‘œπ“Œπ‘’π“‡π‘’π’Ή 𝒾𝓃 π’Ήπ’Άπ“Žπ“ˆ, 𝒢𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“Šπ“ˆπ‘’ π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓏𝒾𝓃𝑔 π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή. π’œ π“‚π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π‘”π’Ύπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒢 π“‰π“Šπ“ƒπ’Ά 𝒸𝒢𝓃 𝒢𝓃𝒹 𝒢 𝓅𝒢𝒸𝓀 π‘œπ’» π’Έπ“‡π’Άπ’Έπ“€π‘’π“‡π“ˆ; π“ˆπ’½π‘’ π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ 𝒽𝒢𝓋𝑒 π’Άπ“ƒπ“Žπ“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π’½π‘’π“‡π“ˆπ‘’π“π’». π’œπ“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π“‡π‘’π“ˆπ’Ύπ’Ήπ‘’π“ƒπ“‰π’Ύπ’Άπ“ π“ƒπ‘’π’Ύπ‘”π’½π’·π‘œπ“Šπ“‡π’½π‘œπ‘œπ’Ή π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’½π‘’π“π“π‘’π’Ή; 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 π“…π‘’π‘œπ“…π“π‘’ 𝒹𝒾𝑒, π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Έπ“π“Šπ’Ήπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“‰π“Œπ‘œ 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’π“‰π‘œπ“Œπ“ƒ, π’·π“Šπ“‰ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Žβ€™π“‡π‘’ 𝓉𝒢𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹, 𝒹𝑒𝒢𝒹 π‘œπ“ƒ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“ˆπ“…π‘œπ“‰. π’œ 𝓂𝒢𝓃 π“‰π“‡π’Άπ“‹π‘’π“π“ˆ 𝒷𝒢𝒸𝓀 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’ π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π’»π‘œπ“‡ π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Έπ‘œπ“Šπ“ƒπ“‰π“‡π“Ž; 𝒽𝑒 π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒβ€™π“‰ π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œ 𝒾𝒻 𝒽𝑒’𝓁𝓁 π“ˆπ“Šπ“‡π“‹π’Ύπ“‹π‘’. π’œπ“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π’½π“Šπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒπ’Ύπ“‰π’Άπ“‡π’Ύπ’Άπ“ƒ π’Έπ‘œπ“‡π“‡π’Ύπ’Ήπ‘œπ“‡ π’Ύπ“ˆ π“ˆπ’Άπ’·π‘œπ“‰π’Άπ‘”π‘’π’Ή. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 π“…π‘œπ“π’Ύπ’Έπ‘’ 𝒷𝑒𝒢𝓉 𝒢 π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“Šπ“… π’»π‘œπ“‡ π“…π“‡π‘œπ“‰π‘’π“ˆπ“‰π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘”. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 π“ƒπ‘’π“Œπ‘’π“ˆπ“‰ π“ƒπ‘’π‘”π‘œπ“‰π’Ύπ’Άπ“‰π’Ύπ‘œπ“ƒπ“ˆ π‘œπ“ƒπ’Έπ‘’ 𝒢𝑔𝒢𝒾𝓃 π’Ήπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 π’Άπ“ƒπ“Ž 𝓉𝒢𝓃𝑔𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 π“‡π‘’π“ˆπ“Šπ“π“‰π“ˆ. π΅π‘œπ’Ήπ’Ύπ‘’π“ˆ 𝓁𝒾𝑒 π‘œπ“ƒ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π‘”π“‡π‘œπ“Šπ“ƒπ’Ή, π’·π‘’π“‰π“Œπ‘’π‘’π“ƒ π“…π’Ύπ“π‘’π“ˆ π‘œπ’» π’Ήπ‘’π’·π“‡π’Ύπ“ˆ. π’œ π’»π’Άπ“‚π’Ύπ“π“Ž π“π‘œπ“ˆπ‘’π“ˆ 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 π’½π‘œπ“‚π‘’; π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž π’Ήπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œ π“Œπ’½π‘’π“‡π‘’ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž’𝓁𝓁 π“ˆπ“π‘’π‘’π“… π“‰π‘œπ“ƒπ’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰. π’œ π“Œπ‘œπ“‚π’Άπ“ƒ π“π‘œπ“ˆπ‘’π“ˆ 𝒽𝑒𝓇 π‘œπ“ƒπ“π“Ž π“ˆπ‘œπ“ƒ. π’œ π“ˆπ’Ύπ“-π“Žπ‘’π’Άπ“‡-π‘œπ“π’Ή π’·π‘œπ“Ž π“π‘’π’Άπ“‹π‘’π“ˆ π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π“‚π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡; π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒻𝒢𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 π“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“Žπ“ˆ 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. π’œ π“ˆπ‘œπ“π’Ήπ’Ύπ‘’π“‡ π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή 𝒢𝓃𝒹 π“ˆπ’Έπ’Άπ“‡π‘’π’Ή, 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒢 π“Œπ’Άπ“‡ 𝒽𝑒 π’Ήπ‘œπ‘’π“ˆπ“ƒ’𝓉 π“Œπ’Άπ“ƒπ“‰ π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, π’½π‘œπ“…π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝒽𝑒 π“Œπ‘œπ“ƒ’𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝑒. πΈπ“‹π‘’π“ƒπ“‰π“Šπ’Άπ“π“π“Ž, π’Ήπ‘’π“ˆπ“…π’Ύπ“‰π‘’ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑒𝒢𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Έπ‘œπ“π’Ή, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Άπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘’π“‰π“Ž, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“ƒπ‘œπ“‰ π“€π“ƒπ‘œπ“Œπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“Œπ’½π‘’π“‰π’½π‘’π“‡ π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž’𝓁𝓁 π“Œπ’Άπ“€π‘’ π“Šπ“… π“‰π‘œπ“‚π‘œπ“‡π“‡π‘œπ“Œ, π“‰π’½π‘’π“Ž 𝒻𝒢𝓁𝓁 π’Άπ“ˆπ“π‘’π‘’π“… – 𝒢𝓉 π“π‘’π’Άπ“ˆπ“‰ π“ˆπ‘œπ“‚π‘’ π‘œπ’» 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 π’Ήπ‘œ.

 

Some info and thoughts

  • “My Life” is inspired by my average weekday. It could be a day in the life of any person not living in a warzone. I contrasted it with the lives of imaginary people who live in warzones, are fleeing them or are traveling to them. This allowed me a bigger spectrum than solely writing about one person would have.
  • “Their Life” is inspired by news media articles about the war in Ukraine. I wrote the piece just a few months after the war started but have since removed the references to Ukraine because it could apply to other wars too.
  • The Western media (and consequently the people, including myself) paid and still pays a lot more attention to the war in Ukraine than to other wars. There are several reasons for this, which this article explains brilliantly. I’m also adding a Wikipedia page with a list of ongoing armed conflictsΒ because we should all try to be aware of the fact that they exist.

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