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[pshaw_raven]

 I would have thought with it being Memorial Day in the US that it wouldn't be quite so busy out and decided to do my grocery shopping like normal. My thinking was well, everyone probably did this yesterday so they'd be ready for today's ... whatever they're doing. NOPE. Not only were there tons more people out, a lot of them seemed bent on being jerks. Including one guy wearing a t-shirt that said, "I'm not ALWAYS an asshole ... just kidding, go fuck yourself. " Like gee, thanks man. I have a massive Introvert Hangover I'm dealing with, so I may put some music on and go draw for a while, or do yoga. Or both, though obviously not at the same time.

Usually my stomach and shoulders get tight, so I want to look up a routine to help relax those areas. I have dozens of flows bookmarked but as yet I've not found any good apps or any way to create my own. I'm kind of considering as a side project sketching some of my original routines out, either in a notebook or as a digital file. Just something I was kicking around mentally.

But it's good to be home now. I can depressurize. Most outings don't knock me out like this but today was different. More people with more aggressive attitudes. 

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[expandranon]

Holidays don't mean what they used to. I was in a thread today on reddit, blowing millennial minds by describing a time when almost everybody got holidays off work, like 15 of them a year, and you couldn't go out shopping on those days. There's a whole generation in this country who have no concept of a paid day off or a real national holiday.

[pshaw_raven]

I find I don't mind everything being up and running (except the banks and government offices) on "minor" holidays. And while I don't really care about the meaning of Christmas or ... I dunno, insert Major Western Holiday here ... it does bother me that we're still going 24/7. Especially when I see someone online complaining about "I was at the grocery store this morning and so many people were working! Why don't they give their employees Thanksgiving off to be with their families?" Well, the fact you were AT THE STORE means you're part of the problem but sure, get all worked up about it.

Anymore you really do have to be either in banking or government to get a paid day off. Gotta make that money for the shareholders.

[cdayzee]

Wow, that's some shirt. I guess at least he was warning folks to steer clear of him :/

I have the same problem about the stomach & shoulders getting tight. In fact, it's so common for me that that's my constant state of being with my stomach. I've been trying to be more conscious of relaxing my shoulders though. I tried with my stomach but it literally goes right back a second later. It's my default setting lol.

[pshaw_raven]

I tried giving him a wide berth but he was also shopping with a woman in a scooter, and they managed to fall into that grocery store rhythm where you meet the same groups of people going up and down each aisle.

It has taken me a really, realllllyyyyy long time of deliberately and consciously relaxing my stomach muscles to undo that habit. But stress and anxiety will make both my stomach and shoulders hunch right back up again.

[cdayzee]

Oh yes - I'm very familiar with that rhythm! Sometimes I'll skip a couple aisles to avoid it then double back.

Yep. Years of stress & anxiety have caused my stomach & shoulders to be like this without me realizing it. In fact, now I've been realizing that I don't stand up straight, that my shoulders are always hunched forward. This is also an effect of wanting to blend into the background & not wanting to be seen. When I try to stand up straight, it feels awkward. Soon I catch myself hunching again.