How to Find Inspiration in New Places

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“I am a battery that needs to be often recharged,” Randolph S. Bourne wrote in The Atlantic in 1912. His language of “recharging” foretold modern-day conversations about what is now called “self-care.” But rather than the gym or a bubble bath, Bourne was talking about communal activities: “I...