The antidote to the crushing mundanity of life is romanticising the crushing mundanity. Going to the shops to buy more loo roll? Worried that now you’re walking around with some very conspicuous loo roll and everyone on the street knows you shit and are now referring to you as The Shitter?
No!
You’re doing it wrong. You’re actually a very European urbanite running errands. You’re wearing vintage-inspired espadrilles and your loo roll is in a basket bag. If you feel anything other than glamorous then you’re not romanticising hard enough.
Here’s a list of further mundane things for you to romanticise.