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## Rainy Days as Permission to Stay In

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I do not actually like rainy days that much. Rain is inconvenient. The ground gets wet, the sky turns grey, and going anywhere becomes a little more annoying. But there is one thing I do like about it, which is that it gives me a reason not to go out.

On a sunny day, staying inside can feel like wasting the day. Even if nobody says anything, there is a small pressure to do something, meet someone, walk somewhere, make proper use of the weather. Rain takes that pressure away. It makes staying in feel less like a personal choice and more like the natural thing to do, and the room becomes enough, not because I suddenly love being cooped up but because the outside has stopped demanding anything. So maybe it is not the rain I like, but the excuse it gives me.