Gourmet Traveller

The art of... feel-good f lying

Do you want to know what progress feels like? Sometimes, it’s a flutter of elation, as we realise that we’re getting to do, see, hear or think something we barely dared to hope for.

This might be finally getting our heels to touch the ground in downward dog, or watching historically polarised world leaders shaking hands on TV. But, just as often, progress feels less pleasant. Sometimes, it’s a pang of shame, as we realise we’re slightly horrified by something we were cheerfully doing six months or a few years ago. This might be a discriminatory joke

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