I Met a New Me, and I Like Her

Covid-19 forced me to pare down this overscheduled life and embrace myself

Kiana Keys
ZORA
Published in
4 min readJul 15, 2020

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Two years ago, I called my mom in a panic and asked if I could borrow a bit of basil. I was whipping up a quick dinner and in a mad dash through the grocery store, had forgotten to grab it. A while later she rang my doorbell and handed me a potted basil plant. I stared at it in utter…

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Kiana Keys
ZORA
Writer for

I am an introverted social butterfly that loves to read, write, and express my creativity through words.