Big woof, y'all. What a heavy week. I bombard you late Monday morning with too many e-mails due to a last-ditch effort and technical issues, and then, well, America. Not to conflate the two by any means, I am incredibly insignificant in comparison. However, I do find it expressively important to disclose, without getting too deep into it, and I'm confident all of you readers know what I am referring to, that this shit IS. NOT. OKAY. I do not wish to invoke any unwelcome feelings or get too rambley on a topic that I'm confident in educating, so I will leave it at that. None of this is okay.
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I appreciate you sticking with me through that. I've not had a not-too-awful week, I think the worst thing that happened was that I ran out of spring water. (Don't worry, I filled up my plastic jug Sunday morning- It's currently just after midnight Monday morning.) Yet, here I am pushing my self-imposed deadline, again. I think, maybe, I spent a lot of my words last week in discussion, reflection, interviewing, or writing physically in my small "journal", and now I'm fumbling about in the early moments of Monday morning with a whole new quota to fill, not sure which words to string together in a meaningful way.
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How about this: I'll disclose some of my thoughts on change, the resistance to it, and ways to deal with it. I got really comfortable in this liminal space of unemployment, coupled with the strange last few weeks of a year in a country that closes and opens and thus disorients itself- well, change from that can be good. Not to say that a more relaxed, almost lackadaisical, way of meandering through life is bad, but it has its own special confines. As does change, obviously, because once a change has been committed to, there are new, hopefully? likely? more desirable confines within to operate. Is it unreasonable to say that often the act of change itself is overlooked? We only know what we know, and think we have an idea of what to expect after the change has been made, yet we ignore or only reluctantly think to discuss the actual work it takes to make said change. This is where we face resistance, we want the change or the result without putting in the work to make fetch happen. Sorry, I had to stop being so serious for a second. I felt I was getting a little preachy and possibly teetering on the edge of discomfort. That's just it, though. Change is uncomfortable, and this world (country?) has been molded to encourage us to be soft and complacent. Why do you think the process of change is what is safeguarded, knowledge is put behind paywalls, and news costs money? The resistance is built in, complementary, a product of a very specific design.
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I know I said I would also disclose some ways to deal with change, but honestly, they are so perfectly personal, there is no one-size-fits-all. Here's what I do know: that you should do what brings you joy, rediscover those lost childhood delights, and be firm about your boundaries- protect what matters to you, but don't be divisive. (Here I am being preachy again, but you're still reading, so actually, here WE are.) Seriously though, I've got myself flippantly convinced that I'm staving off my depressy with a wellness shot (recipe below) in the morning, trying to only drink gathered spring water, and wearing less plastic fabrics, especially compressive ones. Why? Because I know the placebo effect is real, and will absolutely use it against myself.
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Aforementioned health and wellness shot recipe:
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1 cup lemon juice (fresh squeezed, please)
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Squeeze and strain lemon juice into blender cup with ginger (you can chop the ginger to make it fit, but it doesn't need to be small) - blend until SMOOTH. Push through mesh strainer, cheesecloth, nut milk, micron mesh, or filter bag. Basically, what I'm getting at is you don't want any of the ginger pulp. Then add this liquid with the honey into a storage container of your choice and shake to combine. Natural settling will occur between uses; re-shake as needed.
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This makes a CONCENTRATE. What does this mean? It means if you don't want to deal with the sticky honey, make a 1:1 honey: water mix and add that instead, it will dilute it a bit and make it a little less SPICE. It also means if you don't mind dealing with the honey, but still don't crave the weird conflicting, cousin of nausea feeling you get when shooting ginger, preferably on an empty stomach, you can dilute it with water, warm or cold, still or sparkling, and enjoy it as more of a beverage than a shot, like I said, perfectly personal.
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Okay, last preachy thing, something I've been up to; take a look at yourself in the mirror before you step out, ask yourself, "if I saw me out in public, would I want to be my friend?" and if the answer is no, you might consider changing.
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I was going to make a political statement here, but then my over-explaining style of writing started to get a little too out there, so I stopped before I really got started and instead just told you that I was going to make a political statement here.
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