During the early months of the pandemic, journalist Sarah Mirk is persuaded by her partner to escape her negative rut by going outside to get fresh air. Sarah feels mask envy and a heavy restlessness that she tackles by buying whatever she wants at the grocery store and listening to a podcast called "Calling Sugar." Sarah ends her minicomic by acknowledging the dissonance between knowing how to get out of a rut, but not having the energy to do so.

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