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I was shopping at Amaranth, a high-end grocery store in Alberta, Canada, where I live. I had just paid $329 for one surprisingly small bag of groceries. I looked at the total. I looked at the bag. I tried to reconcile how I could have dropped that much cash on what seemed like so little, then quickly decided not to and headed for the door. On my way out, I passed a display of artisan essential oils and couldn’t resist testing a few. I put a dab of Superstar on my wrist and wa

When I was in my twenties, and a little into my thirties, I had a sort of alter-ego. Her name was Billy. And Billy was a lot of fun. She was sexy, confident, a little wild, and genuinely carefree. Billy got away with things; she had a certain magnetism – people were drawn to her. My best friend had her own version of Billy, we called her “the Kid” and together we'd put on these sparkling identities the way you might slip on a statement coat before stepping out into the coolne