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When I began working on my undergrad honors thesis last year, some of the best writing advice my adviser gave me actually ended up not being about my writing at all.
She told me, as part of the 10-12 hours I was supposed to work on the project per week, to include the times I found myself just thinking about it. Whether I was going for a walk. Eating lunch. Taking a shower. Falling asleep. Whatever.
Because the times you spend thinking about your writing, even if you don’t put a word on the page or computer, still count. They are an important part of the writing process. So if you question your status as a writer somedays because you haven’t gotten any words down for however long, just remember that thinking about and planning your projects mentally is all part of the process.
there is a healthy, “natural” way to monitor your body and it’s called interoception. it’s feeling what you’re feeling; it’s awareness of fatigue, hunger, physical discomfort, the way emotions manifest physically, other needs/desires.
technology like scales & step counters, and constructs like BMI designations & clothing sizes are means by which we are alienated from our bodies.
we are first stripped of our interoceptive awareness (esp as women) by a culture that forces us into discomfort and pain in almost every area of our lives, and then we are sold devices and labels – external surveillance – as counterfeit substitutes for that healthy interoceptive relationship with our bodies
when i say let’s refuse to surveil our bodies, i’m not suggesting we become alienated from them, i’m saying exactly the opposite
This still image was created by a Japanese neurology professor Yamamoto, and he told the instructions below: If its not moving, or just moving a little, you are healthy and has slept well. If its moving slowly, you are a bit stressed or tired If its moving continuously, you are over-stressed
i think high heeled winter boots are the cruelest trick played on women. here’s some footwear specifically designed for cold weather and rough, slick terrain, but we went ahead and made it less functional so you can look more fuckable. don’t slip baby! that’s it that’s womenswear distilled down to its purest core
my thoughts exactly but also about high-heeled hiking boots
high heeled WHAT NOWS
But have you seen the Teva hiking/working stiletto?
sleepliving 