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Free Time on the Edge

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Some people live on the edge very differently.

Anne Koch

— 1 min read
A four-panel hand-drawn comic. At a table with wine, a bearded man asks a woman in a pink beanie what she likes to do in her free time. She says she often lives on the edge, and he enthusiastically agrees. He explains that he loves free solo climbing and is doing his third base jump tomorrow. She clarifies that her version of living on the edge is lying awake at night overthinking what she said earlier until it often ends in a panic attack.

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Panel 1: A bearded man asks a woman in a pink beanie over drinks, “So, what do you like to do in your free time?” Panel 2: The woman says, “I often live on the edge. I ...” An off-panel voice replies, “Me too!” Panel 3: The man says, “I love free solo climbing and tomorrow I am doing my third base jump. What are you up to?” Panel 4: The woman answers, “I lie awake at night thinking about what I said earlier, wondering how others might have understood it, blaming myself, and this often ends in a panic attack.”

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