Brain Pickings
Aug. 8th, 2024 07:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenAs of yesterday morning at eight, our total rainfall for Debby was 4.92" and it drizzled off and on all day. Fox had an appointment and as he headed out he texted to let me know the road wasn't TOO bad - yet. Our neighbors along Villa Nueva really, really need to put in culverts, but even if they actually do it, they'll probably wait until winter. The soupy, soggy dirt is going to get churned up badly by passing vehicles, especially the garbage trucks. But there's no more rain in the forecast for a while, so if we get a dry week it'll be much more manageable, and Fox and Kenny can even get out and work on clearing ditches and such.
Heck, maybe if they offer to help put the culverts in, we can get some of these folks on board with that project. I think a lot of our new neighbors are people trying to "escape" urban and suburban life for a rural idyll and who're ultimately unprepared, both physically and mentally, for what living out here is actually like. Happily my next door neighbor, Jamie, is adapting well so far. I haven't seen her around much this summer because I think she's taking her kids somewhere each day. Anyhoo.
I keep this page open and just keep adding to this entry :D I started on Wednesday morning, now it's Thursday.
With Simone Biles Leading the Charge, Paris 2024 Will Go Down in History as the “Mental Health Olympics” - When Biles famously bowed out of competition in Tokyo in 2021, there were a lot of people dogpiling on her about being a quitter, soft and weak, and whining about how "this generation is ruined," etc. etc. The only thing I can assume is that those people have literally never done a competitive thing in their sorry little lives. I don't think you can do any sport for more than a day or two and not gain an appreciation for how much your mental state can play into your physical performance. I'm not a particularly competitive runner - I'm old and slow. Less of a swift, supple Greyhound and more of a tough, grizzled Coyote (who slowed down around mile 18 because someone was handing out Snickers bars). But even so, going out and running ten or fifteen miles takes a certain mindset and emotional awareness. Some days even just doing my "normal" four miler to the hardtop and back takes more mental prep than anything. Anyway, you gotta take care of your brain. Even if yours is like mine and constantly giving your grief about something. Stupid brain.
Heck, maybe if they offer to help put the culverts in, we can get some of these folks on board with that project. I think a lot of our new neighbors are people trying to "escape" urban and suburban life for a rural idyll and who're ultimately unprepared, both physically and mentally, for what living out here is actually like. Happily my next door neighbor, Jamie, is adapting well so far. I haven't seen her around much this summer because I think she's taking her kids somewhere each day. Anyhoo.
I keep this page open and just keep adding to this entry :D I started on Wednesday morning, now it's Thursday.
With Simone Biles Leading the Charge, Paris 2024 Will Go Down in History as the “Mental Health Olympics” - When Biles famously bowed out of competition in Tokyo in 2021, there were a lot of people dogpiling on her about being a quitter, soft and weak, and whining about how "this generation is ruined," etc. etc. The only thing I can assume is that those people have literally never done a competitive thing in their sorry little lives. I don't think you can do any sport for more than a day or two and not gain an appreciation for how much your mental state can play into your physical performance. I'm not a particularly competitive runner - I'm old and slow. Less of a swift, supple Greyhound and more of a tough, grizzled Coyote (who slowed down around mile 18 because someone was handing out Snickers bars). But even so, going out and running ten or fifteen miles takes a certain mindset and emotional awareness. Some days even just doing my "normal" four miler to the hardtop and back takes more mental prep than anything. Anyway, you gotta take care of your brain. Even if yours is like mine and constantly giving your grief about something. Stupid brain.
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Date: 2024-08-08 09:36 pm (UTC)Just life came at me hard & fast last year & I'm still trying to recover.
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Date: 2024-08-09 11:10 am (UTC)