You see your breath in the air as you'll climb up the stairs to that coffin you call your apartment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A bleak image links daily routine with death, calling an apartment a coffin.
- In plain terms
- Living in your apartment feels like waiting to die.
- What can you take from it?
- Routine can feel deadly.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you feel trapped?
- How is your living space?
Another view
The metaphor is extreme.
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