(I missed a few days because I was camping and waiting for the eclipse, and I couldn't figure out how to update from my phone and didn't really want to. I turned it off and only took one picture! I want to write more about it later, but here's what was sweet today:
My body told me very loudly that I needed a rest day, so I rested all day. At first I felt grateful to have the opportunity, and I thought I should say so here so I wouldn't seem like a privileged, entitled jerk. But then I realized that would be some performative bullshit, because what I really feel is that I am entirely entitled to rest when I need to, and that entitlement applies to all of us, and I am/we are/we should be pissed as hell that we've been conditioned to believe rest is a favor or a reward for which we should be grateful (while being shamed for needing or wanting it) and that realization strengthened my resolve and my picture of the the world that we are building. And I really did feel grateful for that.
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