This just reminds me of how traveling can get your thoughts flowing. It has a similar effect of taking a long hot shower- cause why do all the best ideas come when you’re soaking wet, haha. I digress. While I’m still musing over a lesson to share, I can attest to also getting hangry. Let this be my sign to get better at packing snacks!
Currently reading No Bad Parts. Unreal amazing book for a traveller like yourself. Helps identify all our inner heros so to speak.
Hangry is no joke! I dont because I think upbringing (food scarcity n such) had to learn to not let the stomach dictate the Yosh the world interacts with. But I know how there are more nerves leading from your GI organs to your brain than nerves leading from the brain down. Your gut sets the mood and the tone, not only that but its what indicates how we use calcium in our body for bone or muscle contractions. Basically yeh Im surprised everyone isnt hangry and contracted, but its real life getting “Tight”
For the weekend, checklists for lil and big things ahead :)
Wow, this searched NBP and it seems super interesting, let me know how you like it when finished. Also, I agree the gut/brain connection is absolutely fascinating and checklists are basically a way of life. I’m glad my writing found you too, Yosh.
I love a good "I'm sitting here with my thoughts and now I have much to write about" moment! To answer one of your questions, I just finished The Bell Jar and I really liked it. It is a fictional piece about a woman's mental decline while seemingly on the road to a "successful" life. I have a lot of books that deal with mental illness in some way on my list and this one, though dated, came highly recommended!
The drive to achieve and equating my self worth with what I accomplish is something I don’t have at all, and I’m semi-thankful for it. I have friends whose parents trained them up that way and it’s like an inner energizer bunny that never rests and is ever demanding. They get so much done and improve their lives drastically on paper, but I also don’t see them able to sit for too long with themselves due to some goal-oriented internal propulsion towards a goal undefined.
But I find myself on the other end of the spectrum where my resentment of the system we inhabit is so great that I find very little to be worth exerting myself for, and though I feel like I’m winning some kind of battle of integrity, I struggle very much to set goals and achieve them. I envy the work ethic and will of those who are Type A, but I want to possess the ability to turn it on and off instead of being ran by it. I feel like possessing that work ethic is attractive to me as long as I can continue to unleash it in a decisive manner. A balance of the two.
I totally hear you. Big facts on the energizer bunny bit, the internal propulsion is only helpful if it’s put towards something you truly are passionate about. I do believe it can be cultivated, especially since it’s something you desire. I’m rooting for you. Thanks for reading.
Totally random I will be on the train to DC next Friday! What a timely read
Next time, it’ll be a train for me too 🙃 Safe travels
This just reminds me of how traveling can get your thoughts flowing. It has a similar effect of taking a long hot shower- cause why do all the best ideas come when you’re soaking wet, haha. I digress. While I’m still musing over a lesson to share, I can attest to also getting hangry. Let this be my sign to get better at packing snacks!
That’s so true, water does that to me! Be it showering, washing dishes being near the ocean. The sound is so soothing. Also, hangry folk unite ✊🏾😭
I love the brutal honesty!
Currently reading No Bad Parts. Unreal amazing book for a traveller like yourself. Helps identify all our inner heros so to speak.
Hangry is no joke! I dont because I think upbringing (food scarcity n such) had to learn to not let the stomach dictate the Yosh the world interacts with. But I know how there are more nerves leading from your GI organs to your brain than nerves leading from the brain down. Your gut sets the mood and the tone, not only that but its what indicates how we use calcium in our body for bone or muscle contractions. Basically yeh Im surprised everyone isnt hangry and contracted, but its real life getting “Tight”
For the weekend, checklists for lil and big things ahead :)
Glad I found your writing on here Rachel
Wow, this searched NBP and it seems super interesting, let me know how you like it when finished. Also, I agree the gut/brain connection is absolutely fascinating and checklists are basically a way of life. I’m glad my writing found you too, Yosh.
Realest thing I’ve heard this week 👉 “THE STRUGGLE DOESNT HAVE TO BE REAL”.
Truer words have never been spoken. 🙏🙏🙏
Snacks are a one way ticket to homeostasis. Gotta respect the body when it sends you signs.
I agree my Philosopher. Hulking out isn’t cool 🤭
I love a good "I'm sitting here with my thoughts and now I have much to write about" moment! To answer one of your questions, I just finished The Bell Jar and I really liked it. It is a fictional piece about a woman's mental decline while seemingly on the road to a "successful" life. I have a lot of books that deal with mental illness in some way on my list and this one, though dated, came highly recommended!
I’ve always heard about it and I just added it to my to buy list. Thanks Ash!
The drive to achieve and equating my self worth with what I accomplish is something I don’t have at all, and I’m semi-thankful for it. I have friends whose parents trained them up that way and it’s like an inner energizer bunny that never rests and is ever demanding. They get so much done and improve their lives drastically on paper, but I also don’t see them able to sit for too long with themselves due to some goal-oriented internal propulsion towards a goal undefined.
But I find myself on the other end of the spectrum where my resentment of the system we inhabit is so great that I find very little to be worth exerting myself for, and though I feel like I’m winning some kind of battle of integrity, I struggle very much to set goals and achieve them. I envy the work ethic and will of those who are Type A, but I want to possess the ability to turn it on and off instead of being ran by it. I feel like possessing that work ethic is attractive to me as long as I can continue to unleash it in a decisive manner. A balance of the two.
I totally hear you. Big facts on the energizer bunny bit, the internal propulsion is only helpful if it’s put towards something you truly are passionate about. I do believe it can be cultivated, especially since it’s something you desire. I’m rooting for you. Thanks for reading.
If I wasn't already bald, this would have snatched my edges. Thank you for all these preciously packed gems, espcially this:
"How I spend my time is how I spend my life - it gets to be sweet. The struggle doesn’t have to be real."
Whew, because babbyyy. instant reframing! appreciate you!
& yes, I do get hangry, be having a nasty ol attitude!
Yes yes, we gotta keep what’s true in the center. Or else we aren’t living OUR lives, we’re living someone else’s 🤯
Yes, an early morning word!
If I wasn't already bald, this would have snatched my edges. Thank you for all these preciously packed gems, espcially this:
"How I spend my time is how I spend my life - it gets to be sweet. The struggle doesn’t have to be real."
Whew, because babbyyy. instant reframing! appreciate you!
& yes, I do get hangry, be having a nasty ol attitude!