Imagine you work your butt off every day, deliberately doing difficult, scary things, and bombard yourself with newness in a strange world where you are completely alone, and eventually it gets you somewhere. Congratulations, you have been tested and placed in, oh happiest of joys and most sought-after of offices, REMEDIAL LEVEL class. Hurray! I can almost hold my own with 13-year-olds.

• Singing loudly
• Cheddar cheese***
• Hugs and kisses**
• Cooking
• Dancing around my apartment
• Salad
• Recycling
• Sourdough
• Talking to loved ones*
• Not being stared at constantly
• Not discovering new mosquito bites every damn day

Stars indicate the top three most missed things and activities.