13/52 Malik Yassein

13/52 Malik Yassein

“I’m going back to Courtice tomorrow morning. I feel like I’m going to be back at home for the whole winter..because…Toronto doesn’t feel like Toronto right now. The reason I wanted to come downtown originally was because I wanted to be at concert venues like every night of the week, and when I couldn’t go to those anymore, being here was like…why? There are obviously other reasons, but that was the core reason why I wanted to be downtown…I’ve been at home for like 6 months or so now and it’s been sweet, I’ve actually loved it. A few years ago I remember my cousin Josh asked me “so when do you think you’re going to move back home?” [laughter] and I was like “what do you mean?”. He was like “well everyone moves back home at some point” and I was like “but I’ve started my life in Toronto, why would I move back home?” But here I am [laughter]. Life in Toronto was so busy, so many late nights, I was never home. Now I’m always home, and it’s so calm. Life really slows down, the days are so much longer, it’s sweet. Even being in Courtice is nice. I always used to be so anti Courtice, I felt like once I got to Toronto, that’s when I figured out who I was in life and I always felt more trapped back home. But now that I’m back I’m really starting to appreciate it like...this is actually a pretty beautiful place to wake up every morning.”