Very wise Stella to pause the diaries, don’t wear yourself out! Glad to hear you’re looking after yourself, I was starting to worry about you.
My take on private schools is that they turn out great academics, sportsmen and women and musicians because of their better equipment and teaching quality so why not if you can afford it.
I understand this lifestyle of intensely and constantly self-centered activity (I live it myself) but I can't understand that being ALL you want.
It seems as though the social system you're signed onto is trading some valuable social goods (shame, excellence, marriage, and tradition) for newer and shallower ones (youth, beauty, money, status).
It's hard for me to believe that anyone really thinks that this is a good idea, even if they're having fun. I rarely meet someone who can acknowledge that the values system they embrace for personal benefit is actually socially corrosive. I wonder: is that reluctance rooted in false assurance, or dishonesty?
Advice from a septuagenarian to the young that won't be taken well. At 74, I have NO pain at all and everything works great. How is that? It's because my whole life I NEVER DID ANYTHING. No exercise, no sports, no real exertion of any kind. When they sell my body to science, it'll fetch a great price 'cause it's "hardly been used," as the ad will read. So, my advice is DON'T DO ANYTHING! I know on my deathbed I won't be complaining that I never caught that touchdown pass. (Your mileage may vary. Ask your doctor if DOING NOTHING is right for you!)
PS: Love your family and do--as recommended by Stella--floss. That takes no effort whatsoever and I still can eat anything I want.
No love for sunscreen? What's up with that? 😉💕
But seriously, thanks for this. In the midst of transitioning off depression/adhd meds, and this walk down memory lane hit me in all the feels!
it's an oldie but a goodie :-)
Very wise Stella to pause the diaries, don’t wear yourself out! Glad to hear you’re looking after yourself, I was starting to worry about you.
My take on private schools is that they turn out great academics, sportsmen and women and musicians because of their better equipment and teaching quality so why not if you can afford it.
I understand this lifestyle of intensely and constantly self-centered activity (I live it myself) but I can't understand that being ALL you want.
It seems as though the social system you're signed onto is trading some valuable social goods (shame, excellence, marriage, and tradition) for newer and shallower ones (youth, beauty, money, status).
It's hard for me to believe that anyone really thinks that this is a good idea, even if they're having fun. I rarely meet someone who can acknowledge that the values system they embrace for personal benefit is actually socially corrosive. I wonder: is that reluctance rooted in false assurance, or dishonesty?
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-war-on-norms
This feels like a love letter to the self we never fully appreciate until it’s gone—tender, blunt, and honest.
A reminder that the race is only with ourselves, and that worry is just a thief dressed as preparation.
Mostly, it urges us to live now—bravely, gently, and with our whole, imperfect heart.
Advice from a septuagenarian to the young that won't be taken well. At 74, I have NO pain at all and everything works great. How is that? It's because my whole life I NEVER DID ANYTHING. No exercise, no sports, no real exertion of any kind. When they sell my body to science, it'll fetch a great price 'cause it's "hardly been used," as the ad will read. So, my advice is DON'T DO ANYTHING! I know on my deathbed I won't be complaining that I never caught that touchdown pass. (Your mileage may vary. Ask your doctor if DOING NOTHING is right for you!)
PS: Love your family and do--as recommended by Stella--floss. That takes no effort whatsoever and I still can eat anything I want.