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The Glitter Crash: Travel Edition (And How I’m Fighting Back for Big Feelings Friday)

You’re standing in your kitchen. The espresso machine hisses. Your kitchen. Not a Parisian café. Not a village in Tuscany where time moves differently. Your kitchen in actual life.

That’s the glitter crash.

What is a Glitter Crash, Anyway?

A glitter crash is what happens when your brain suddenly remembers it’s supposed to operate on normal dopamine and serotonin levels. For 3.5 weeks, your nervous system has been bathed in novelty. New cities. New tastes. New conversations with strangers who become friends for a moment. Your brain was flooded with the good chemicals: excitement, discovery…

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