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life moves in unpredictable directions like, don’t rush to speed up if the guy cycling in front of you lifts his bottom; he might just be adjusting for a fart

funny how my morning exercise routine isn’t driven by willpower but by the lack of it, which peaks at 7a, fades immediately, and is nearly gone by noon, after when any cardio feels like torture: that’s why i’m desperate to get it done early, no matter what, and can get frantic when something gets in the way 🫠

always greener on the other side https://archive.org/details/portablehannahar00aren/page/13/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/hannah-arendt-love-and-st.-augustine/page/96

以前给 nyt 交钱是为了新闻 现在是为了背单词和沙拉做法 🙃

timely booster shot before 回老家

https://aeon.co/essays/i-am-a-better-therapist-since-i-let-go-of-therapeutic-theory https://photo.weibo.com/h5/repost/reppic_id/1022:230796c7c2e9f0ba87312bd75e8f91eb149178

my beef with pop psychologies is how recklessly pundits diagnose with terms that can sound accusatory and stigmatizing to laypersons without offering more context and reassurance—a manipulative narration per se as though their theoretical importance was fed on the denial of patients’ wholeness and autonomy. people will be fine living with their $syndrome and $deficiency; thank you very much.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-place-not-a-refuge/

还会背 human beings strive for individuality but are also intimidated by options

去年唯一一段没有过耳就忘的播客了 手打 transcript 以示吃了这碗鸡汤 | Chioke, Grain of Sand https://www.everythingisalive.com/episodes/chioke-grain-of-sand

called home recently and had some chit-chat with the lady before being informed of a significant medical development in the older generation, and she was like, i think i’m doing a good job staying organized: look how i still managed to chit-chat, hahahaha. and i was like, yes madam but this is not a staring contest and you’re allowed to blink? and confirmed that this family does seem to have an inherited pattern of compulsive, sometimes performative, composure as a coping mechanism

学了半个月 KJV，语序已经还给小学英语老师了

acts rebel against theorizing by going on autopilot despite it

https://archive.org/details/selectedwritings0000klei/page/411 via https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/funny-curiosity

🙃

literally me https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/magazine/american-sign-language.html

paying for pool access increasingly feels like paying for a therapist with a complimentary fun activity included. nothing cannot be (re)solved by one hour submerged; if something remains give it two

看这个 flag 能站多久

how it started: div.intro { super; } #navlinks { judicious; } p+p { rules; } how it ended:

arguably predicted themes of the year, good and bad

sounds so 2024 no?

过节发篇全是 CW 的稿子 扭腰客蛮杠的 https://archive.is/bXAvC

for the rain it rainth every day